https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Wed, 21 Oct 2026 04:40:47 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-did-you-introduce-a-sippy#post-818631 Thu, 30 May 2013 14:41:25 +0000 betsyboop 818631@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>6 months. We started with water in a straw cup offered when she was eating solids. We started offering milk once a day when she was 8 or 9 months and by 12 months she was completely transitioned. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-did-you-introduce-a-sippy#post-818548 Thu, 30 May 2013 14:22:17 +0000 pl0508 818548@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@birdofafeather: i'm in major denial!! I'm going to try to give J a sip of my water tonight. when he is in the bath tub he grabs the rinse cup and puts it up to his mouth like he's drinking -which I think is super cute - but now I'm like "ummm do you sort of know what you are doing mister??" I thought he was just playing around with it but part of me thinks he's catching on to what a cup is for ?!</p> <p>i'm going to get a zoli to start with, I think! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-did-you-introduce-a-sippy#post-818078 Thu, 30 May 2013 12:32:16 +0000 birdofafeather 818078@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>i have seen the same thing! our ped recommending giving R 1-2 oz of water "to get her used to drinking something without taste" which i don't think is necessary, but the other day, i gave her a taste of my water out of a open cup and she was swallowing it! i have been reading every thread on here about cups! it looks like the zoli and thinkbaby are popular. i might get one soonish or the sippy tops for our lifefactory bottles to have her try it out.</p> <p>how did our babies get here already?! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-did-you-introduce-a-sippy#post-817903 Thu, 30 May 2013 11:56:12 +0000 lamariniere 817903@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We started around 6 months and didn't use a sippy at all. We used straw cups and encouraged drinking out of open cups. When he switched to cow milk at 1 year, he drank about 8oz in a straw cup. The rest of his liquids were in an open cup. By about 14 months our LO could drink pretty well out of an open cup. </p> <p>I find the Oxo tot cups to be a good size/shape for very young children. They come with a sippy attachment but my son never figured out how to use it and got used to the open cup instead. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-did-you-introduce-a-sippy#post-817890 Thu, 30 May 2013 11:53:03 +0000 Running Elley 817890@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We started offering it a little boy after we started solids... So at about 6.5 months. We tried a normal sippy and he was having trouble getting the water out so we moved to a straw sippy and he caught on right away and loves it! We use it for water and for a teeny amount of juice diluted by lots of water with dinner. We just started the little but of juice about 2 weeks ago. He's nos almost 8 months. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-did-you-introduce-a-sippy#post-817880 Thu, 30 May 2013 11:49:53 +0000 lovehoneybee 817880@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We offered it very soon after we started solids, and jumped straight to a straw sippy cup. I had done that thing where you suck water into a straw and then hold it in place with your finger and let it go into his mouth a few times, and he seemed to understand how to move the water so we decided to go straight to a straw cup. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-did-you-introduce-a-sippy#post-817874 Thu, 30 May 2013 11:48:14 +0000 banana 817874@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We introduced the zoli cup at around 7 months and she took it really well. She drinks water from it with every solids meal. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-did-you-introduce-a-sippy#post-817826 Thu, 30 May 2013 11:35:23 +0000 regberadaisy 817826@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>About 7 months, I think </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-did-you-introduce-a-sippy#post-817797 Thu, 30 May 2013 11:29:24 +0000 hilsy85 817797@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We did a zoli cup at 6 months and only use it for water. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-did-you-introduce-a-sippy#post-817796 Thu, 30 May 2013 11:28:57 +0000 boiledpnut 817796@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We introduced one at 4 months. We really just let him play with it to get him used to it. We did it so early bc he never took a bottle. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-did-you-introduce-a-sippy#post-817794 Thu, 30 May 2013 11:28:34 +0000 Dandelion 817794@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>5 months...I put EBM in it, cause DS wouldn't take a bottle. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-did-you-introduce-a-sippy#post-817790 Thu, 30 May 2013 11:27:52 +0000 Mrsbells 817790@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@coacheswife123: we introduced it when we started solids at 6 months. LO was breastfed as well and we liked the zoli cup best of all. we only gave her water in that cup. When she was about to turn a year we introduced milk in a different cup </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-did-you-introduce-a-sippy#post-817786 Thu, 30 May 2013 11:27:05 +0000 pl0508 817786@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I was researching on Kelly Mom about introducing solids and was surprised to see the recommendation of starting a sippy as early as 4 months! I'm sure most of this is just me not being ready for my baby to be old enough to take a sippy!?!? We aren't starting solids YET but I think we will start a little earlier than 6 mo so I'm researching!</p> <p>When did you start giving your LO a sippy? Did you mainly use it to offer water? What kind is best for a breastfed baby? </p>