How to Get One Year Old to Hold Cup

She may not be really ready yet. I would not force it but periodically put one in front of her. Maybe let her practice with an empty cup. I used sippy cups at 12-18 months. I let my children tell me they were ready for a regular cup by when they would start reaching for mine and wanting to try it. (I mostly drink water, milk, juice)Some times I would offer mine and would help them drink. It's a new concept, with a little adjustment time she'll get it. Also, remember she didn't start out holding a bottle by herself either. Maybe she just wants a little more assistance from you? Just some ideas. Good luck, it's always interesting to see your child develop new skills! Happy Parenting!

She's not ready for it yet. My daughter was the same way. I put it on her high chair tray and let her play with it, look at it, throw it and slowly tried to put it up to her mouth a couple times while she held it. It took a few weeks but then she was finally trying to hold it in her mouth, but then couldn't figure out that she had to hold the cup up to get something out of it. So I'd just wait and let her try and do what she wants with it, she'll get there when she's ready

Can she did she hold a bottle? I think some kids have a hard time mastering the motor control to lift their arms up and hold an object to their mouth at the right angle to have it come out.
My little guy wanted to hold his own breastmilk bottle at about 5 months but of course that was laying down so he had the angle right, he just needed to get his hands to his mouth. My neice had no desire to hold a bottle and refused to hold a sippy cup until she was about 16 months old. Now that my guy has been using sippy cups for water for a few months he can use the hard spouted ones just as well as the soft nuby spout ones, It is easier for him to grab hold of skinny cups and he prefers the ones without handles to the fat short handled ones because he can get a good grip. With my daughter I fully took away bottles at 16 months when she had the sippy cup skill mastered, I felt she was still little that she deserved the comfort of a bottle.

Nuby makes a trainer sippy cup called a sport sipper that has a flat bottle nipple style top with a skinny portion to get their hands around it. Here is a link. http://www.diapers.com/Shop/ProductDetail.aspx?productid=...

Good luck, another change brings another challenge.

She doesn't sound ready yet. When she is ready, she will reach for the cup and try to bring it to her mouth. For now, continue to put it in front of her, and let her play with it a bit--she'll be building up her coordination and getting the hang of handling the cup.

When my son was around 6 months and still using a bottle, he would reach his hand up to it from time to time while feeding. This showed me he was getting ready to hold it on his own. What I would is start out holding the bottle, and then slowly give up my grip on it. When the bottle would sag, my son would then grab it and hold it on his own. It was instinctive. You could try this trick and see if it works for you.

Also, it is completely normal for toddlers--even those that can hold their own cups--to dump over cups, swing them around, throw them on the floor. If anyone out there has suggestions on how to stop it, now THAT I'd love to hear!

Also, don't feel pressure because she's a certain age and not yet holding her own cup. If someone has said something to you, tell them to stuff it. Kids develop at their own rates. My son could not sit up on his own until he was 9 months old. Everyone else was freaking out about the delay. But then, just 2 weeks after sitting on his own, he was standing with support, and pulling himself up on furniture.

My daughter didn't start holding her own cup until sometime after 12 months. I remember thinking that she seemed to be a little slow to learn how to use a cup but now she is 2 now and uses normal cups that are not sippy cups all by herself. Just keep giving her the chance to try, practice makes perfect. It's good to start with no spill sippy cups to aviod all of the messes. She'll get it. Try not to do it for her, if she is forced to at least try it will go faster. We used Take and Toss sippy cups with the handles you can snap on if you would like and then not use then when she masters the holding up the cup and eventually take away the top so she can drink without the sippy function.