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I need some advice. When I broke my son at 15 month from the bottle I thought the soft tipped sippy cups were a God send. However I am beginning to wonder how great they are. He refuses to take any other cup and it seems harder to break him from these than it was the bottle. He throws tantrums (sp), and cries non stop about these cups. I worry because he carries one around (even if it's empty) and refuses to go to bed without one. I put water in it at bedtime, but I still worry about his teeth. I have bought him other cups that he picks out, but he won't use them. Anyone know what I can do?
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my daughter, who is 3, also loves these stupid cups. I hate them because they leak. Most nights she whines for one - she was really hard to get off of the bottle, and I guess she still uses one, since the Nuby technically is a bottle. Since she got a baby sister for her 2nd b-day, we have been pretty easy-going about the whole issue, because some days she is a "baby" too. I don't offer them and she doesn't see them, but I do give her one when she starts in with it at night. She drinks her water and rolls over and goes to sleep - how can I say no to that? My DS was a binky-addict, and the pediadontist had told me not to worry if he wasn't an "active" sucker. So I'm thinking that advice might go for the Nuby as well. If you're pg - I would just try not to worry about it. He'll be fine.
Thank God they sell them at Walgreens now, so I don't have to go in Walmart anymore.
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I know this sounds bad but you just need to get rid of them.... it will be hard for a few days but if you really want to get rid of them this is all that worked for my sister. I would try to talk him into a big boy cup we bought a little set of glasses (juice) for my dd since she wants to do everything mommy does it worked for me very well. she gets them at meal time and during the day she gets a sippy cup but not the NUBBY one my dh hates them because they leak she bites them. HTH
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UPDATE: Believe it or not, DS has started taking different cups without being prompted to. I just fix one and hand it to him and he's taking it and going on with what he was doing. He even took a regular one to bed this past weekend. Thank you guys SO much for your support!
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I got this late but was gonna' suggest actually starting off with two cups...the nuby one EMPTY, and the other with whatever you want him drinking. We did this with the paci..we needed to switch kinds due to her current one being discontinued (several years ago), and we gave her one old one with the nipple split..and another new kind. It took a week or so, but it worked. (Now ALL pacis are gone, but that is beside the point!) Also, make sure you only give water at night. I have a five year old who has all his teeth capped already..and while his problems were NOT due to a cup at night, the dentist said most of the time problems like what he has are due to the cup/bottle in the bed.
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I almost had a problem with this with my 13mo old. We got him a Munchkin brand cup with straw and then when I bought a two pack of the Nuby brand with the straw he wouldn't take it, because the straw was oval shaped and not a circle! I was going to suggest to you to just keep offering one with liquid in it and one without until he took the other one, that's what we were about to do.
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Ds doesn't care if it's empty... that was the problem. He would just carry it around sucking on an empty cup. He is doing better now though... still hasn't given them up though...TY
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Yes, NUBY cups are meant to be transition cups, but they're great for that! My ds took to one and dropped the bottle overnight and then one day he just dropped that and took a regular sippy.....here's hoping that the pacifier will be so easy.
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What struck me so funny in your post is you mentioned that he whined to get something. That's obviously something we all deal with. I know I give in to it just to get it to stop. Sometimes I just stare at dd. It's hilarious. She'll cover her eyes, then look out to see if I'm still staring. My husband his to hide his grin. Anyway, I just wanted to say, wouldn't it be great if WE got what we wanted by whining? Somehow I don't think it would work. I did try it on my ds when he was older, just so he could see how nuts it can drive someone. whine....I want a day at the spa!!!