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I tried the sippy cup to at about 7 months and my dd who is now 17 months did not want anything to do with it. She chewed on it more than anything. Well at about 1 years of age she started to drink out of it and now she takes 2 bottles a day for her milk those are at nap time and bedtime. The rest is out of a sippy cup. I think they will do it in there own time. I tried to push her and it just made it worse. Maybe just put a bit of water in it and let him play with it. If he drinks it great if not no biggie. Just be patient and it will happen. They really say that they should be off the bottle at 18 months of so. So you have plenty of time. It will happen in good time!

What's the rush? I don't think there is really a need to give a 7month old a sippy cup. Maybe he isn't ready yet. I would try closer to 12 months. Some people do manage to introduce the sippy cup at a young age but I personally don't understand what the rush is all about.

i tend it agree its way too young and when i use the sippy cup it was for water or juice ..... they dont actually learn that they need to tip it up to get the juice or so till they r around 14 to 15 mths old (was what i was told and also around that age my little one grasped the concept) if u are worried about the cutting out the bottle thing, well i wouldnt worry at such a young age..... i would put juice or water in the cup and stick to the bottle for the milk cause u need to offer them some fluids and its best off in a cup........ good luck

wait a few months and try again. 7 months is a little early I think

babys should be off the bottle at about 12 months so you still have time

My son did the same thing when he first started drinking from a sippy cup. He wanted to suck from it like it was a bottle, which they can't do because sippy's flow to easily. I think I introduced in January so he would have been about 8 months at the time. He'll be 14 months next week and it just occurred to me recently that he is finally getting the hang of it. I did find a sippy cup at Target that allows me to adjust the flow level. (I can look at the brand tonight when I'm home if you are interested.) Being able to adjust the flow seemed to really help. Of course, then you have to be prepared for the spitting out phase that comes immediately after learning how to drink from the sippy. (You'll definitely know when your LO is in this stage.) I have never heard that a baby should be 100% of a bottle at 12 months. For my son that would have been premature. It seems at 12 months he was ready to start drinking from a sippy, but not proficiently enough to convert completely over to a sippy. He uses a sippy at daycare and for a drink with dinner, but he still insists on a bottle each evening while we drive home.

Hey try a NUBY sippy with a soft top it is really a lot like a bottle, and there is no plugs yet it is spill proof. My ds and dd loved them till they got teeth and ripped out the slits in the top making then no longer spill proof and my dd was on it at 8 months and my ds at 7 months so i would try that first :-) but remember no rush you have till they are a year :-)

I agree that 7 months is a little young but its your choice... My daughter is 9 months and only wants a sippy cup when her "big bubba" has one!!!

i would say 7 mo is quite young for a sippy cup i started introducing one at 12 mo and he took it well maybe it is still to early

he's still really young so i wouldn't stess out about it too much. maybe you could get one of those transitional cippy cups that look alot like bottles for him to practice on every once in a while, though.

oh and my daughter wasn't completely switched to the sippy cup until she was 18 months old

Thanks ladies. I was just trying it out to see how he reacted. It would be great if he accepted it. I thought that maybe there was something that I could buy to make the transfer a little easier. I'll just keep trying every other week to see what he does. I tried again yesterday and he put it to his mouth but couldn't hold it right to get the juice out. I'll keep you posted, thanks again.

I agree with the NUBY cup suggestion. That is the only one my son will take.

I always have used the gerber soft spout. It will not come out fast. I have tried drinking from it. I always offered it to my son when he was about 6 months old and on. I put juice instead of milk in it. I also only offered it at meal/snack times. I started offering it to my son (and my daughter who is not six) the sippy so they knew there was something else. both of my kids were weened off the bottle by 13 months. I think introducing it early make it not such a new thing when it comes time to ween from the bottle. When your child can hold its own bottle and tip it up I am sure they can figure out the sippy. The funny thing is that when I did ween my kids off the bottle, they hardly even cared! I dont understand why everyone is saying 7 months is too young for a sippy. I am sure that wellis10 does not plan an weening yet. Maybe the early introduction of the sippy does help with the weening process since my kids didn't really fuss at all. they had a sippy a while before bed and then went to bed. I know pediatricians say being off the bottle by 2-3 is good but my personal opinion is different.

I bought a Nuby sippy and he took it alittle I had to hold it for him...as he doesn't know to tip it alittle. And No, I don't intend to take him off the bottle. I just don't like putting juice in a bottle....as well as most of the infant counselors say to introduce a sippy at this age. Not that there always right but I don't want my lo to be behind.

At 7 months I only gave him a sippy cup with meals. I took the bottle away at about 14 months. He was still wanting the bottle but after a week he stopped crying for it. It was a very hard week. I agree that 7 months is a little young to worry about it. Honestly I would have given my son his bottle back if he seemed overly stressed. It's not like they'll be wanting a bottle forever. They grow so fast!!