Transitioning from Bottle to Sippy Cup - Omaha,NE

So many parents ask this question on this website..there is a simple way to do this. It worked for my kids. At the age of 12 months I threw away ALL of their bottles. I didnt keep 1 because I knew that I would give in. They had no choice but to drink from the sippy cup because that was all I had. For the first couple of days it was hard. They would only take 1 or 2 sips at a time and whined for their bottles. But I didnt have any bottles. On week 2, they were drinking sippy cups with no problems at all.

I always just threw the bottles away by the time they turned 1. It wasn't ever an issue because I didn't make it one.

Have you tried getting him to just use a regular cup?

How old is he?
At some point, he will drink from a sippy or straw cup.
It is just on his, timeline.
My son was similar.
Some kids, will not drink milk... from another type of drinking apparatus, because inherently and instinctively.... milk comes from a "nipple." Be that in bottle or actual breast form.

Again, my son was like that.
But so, try putting water in a sippy or straw cup, and your son may take that. Because it is not milk.
That's what I did with my son.

Isn't he around 14 months? Most babies have a need/desire to suck until about 18 months or so. If he still finds comfort in that I wouldn't push it, he's still a baby! Just keep trying different cups and straws and he'll figure it out soon enough.

You just said you tried a sippy cup that mimics a bottle.....then why not just give him the bottle? There is no harm in letting him stay on the bottle for that exact reason...sippy cups are so similar. He won't go to school with it....and there is no magic age to stop. This is not a battle worth fighting.

I agree with Mamazita, I wouldn't stress about it too much. Like potty traiining if you push too much you may actually go backwards. Just keep introducing it gently, I'm sure he will decide to us it and be a "big boy" at some point. I too had some issues, but mine liked the soft top sipy cups, playtex makes a great one that he likes, but he would bite through the sippy part lol, we went through a few of those. Now he's almost 2 and has a bigger one with a harder but still rubber sipper top.

I'm sure your little one will get the hang of it soon, but don't stress about it! We have to pick our battles lol.

could you put a special drink like a smoothie or something that he likes but doesnt get in the sippy and get him used to it

Have you tried just a regular cup?