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I am weaning my daughter but she won't take milk or water out of her sippy cup. How can I get her to have it? Xx

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babesinbrum

If you think she'd prefer to drink water or milk out of a bottle "with a teat" then so be it. It's never a good idea to try and force a child to drink out of something which they may not be comfortable with as this will only make it more of a losing battle.

Weaning dosen't automatically mean a baby needs to take every form of liquid through a sippy cup, it's known a suggestion NOT a recommendation.

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missklt in reply tobabesinbrum

Thank you x

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Bean-baker

Have you tried a completely open cup? My daughter would never take a bottle, nor a sippy cup and would drink from nothing but my breast. When we started weaning we gave her water in a completely open cup. The novelty seemed to work for her and she drinks from it really well now at 8 months.

You can get a slanted one called a doidy which can be easier, but we often just use a plastic beaker.

Hope that helps

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missklt

No will give it a go. Thank you xx

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lolly-mc

Doidy cups are fab i used it with my son and he was drinking from an open top cup independently at 1yr old x

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Mamma1

I have same problem mines 6 and half months I've stopped it will try a month later

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