Sippy Cups

I've just about decided that the key is to have the cup out ALL the time and offer it several times a day. (I'm sure it helps that they are all older now!) Owen has started drinking an entire cup of very diluted juice or just plain water everyday from his sippy cup. He was also take a *little* milk from one.

How much water/juice should they be having? I don't want to fill him up on water when he should be drinking milk!
How are you guys handling that?

Hey Lou Lou, I don't have any problems with thane drinking TOO much milk, so he gets about 8 oz total of milk a day and then the motts for totts juice and of course, my milk on demand. If he isn't getting too much milk, then there's nothing wrong with keeping on giving it to him all day, but if he weighs more than he should really then I'd say more water would be fine to substitute Thane hates water though, so he never gets it...

Ginny - I've been meaning to tell you - THANE IS SO GROWN UP IN THAT PICTURE!!!!!! WHAT HAPPENED TO YOUR BABY!? YOU HAVE A LITTLE BOY NOW!!!!!

CAN YOU TELL I'M FREAKED OUT BY MY USE OF ALL CAPS!!!!!

Haha!! I KNOW Lou Lou!! AND that was like 2 months ago almost!!! He is a big boy, but still a big baby too! He is his mommy's boy! he is even saying "mommy" and "Daddy" now So sweet!!!! He also calls my mom "me-ma" which she hates! she said it makes her sound like a TN hick Her name is really Grandma

But, yes he is a big boy all of the sudden huh!? This morning when he woke up we said "You wanna go to church and play with your friend Abe?" and he started laughing and nodding his head yes! It only took 16 months but we have finally mastered the word YES!

Jayden hates water too, and I have to remember to try cause I don't drink much water either. But, the doctor said that she should be drinking 16oz of milk a day(as if) try tripling that on a good day. He never gave me a set quantity for water though. But, I would say 8oz is sufficient(we don't even get 1oz down her on a regular basis). But, now she's learned the word "juice". Lucky for us, she considers her milk juice too. If anyone knows how much water they should be drinking let me know, cause I know we need to give her more water.

hey nicki, iam the same as you with the nursing and not knowing! but, its like when they are newborn and if they are peeing plenty they are getting enough! that goes for all our babies

it does get easier the older they get cuz finally i am getting nods and shaking heads for NO, I don't want crackers, NO i don't want Cheerioes, YES I want strawberries!!!! Woo hoo! It does get easier

amen to that! itsonly the past week he can finally nod his BIG head yes toddlers have big heads so its hard to move it to nod bless him! but he is doing great, and now he can say 'boo' and go for it and sometimes i'm like 'no, go get sippy cup' and he'll go find it and drink but if its a NO WAY, GOTTA HAVE BOO, then sorry, gotta have boo

It is getting much easier to understand what he wants and he even says "Thank You!" (ta - too) so i will give him something

Your updated post sounds more reasonable for me. I just don't see myself giving her two 8oz cups of milk(min amount per doctor) and 4-8oz cups of water. But, starting today, I WILL make sure she drinks at least one full cup of water per day. Thanks again, Tiff.

Wow! that is something to think about. Owen still drinks 18 oz of milk and probably just 4 oz of very diluted juice a day. If we are outside or in the car he will drink and entire sippy cup but I think it's just because he is bored.
I've also noticed that when he drinks a lot of juice/water it interferes with his milk consumption.

wow that is alot of water!!! Audrey gets water on most days, but only 8 oz at the most and juice other days. Plus she gets 16 oz of milk a day too.

Lucy still gets 24 oz of formula a day. And she drinks a cup or two of water. I try to encourage it because it is so hot here, easy for a baby to get dehydrated. We turned her car seat around a little early (shh don't tell--she weighs enough, just a couple weeks shy of old enough) because it was blocking the air vents to the back seat and in 100+ degrees I was worried she was getting overheated driving around, her little face would be all flushed. She thinks she is the queen of sheba facing forward lol.

I bought a new little cup I really like, I think it is smiliar to the nuby. It is by Munchkin. I think I got it at walmart or target. She seems to like drinking out of it, and I like knot having to mess around with those valve things (especially when it comes to cleaning them!). We were in the restaurant and it was hanging upside down by this tether strap we got and it did not even drip once. ( the tether strap is a great thing-- I got it at Walgreens).

OMG! I love that strap!!!!! I haven't seen those at our Walmart!!!!!!
I'm on the hunt for one today! I am so SICK of picking his cup!!!!

The tether strap is at WALGREENS. I got the cup at that other w place. It is like $6.00 for two and they are totally worth it to not have to pick things off the floor fifty million times.

I got Lucy a little cup at Walgreens - a Sesame Street one, that has a straw. It only took her about 10 seconds to figure out how to use that straw!

hmmmm I need to get to Walgreens! I want one of those straps and I would love for Owen to learn how to use a straw!