Sippy Cup - Richmond Hill,NY

I started giving my exclusively breastfed baby a sippy right around 6 months. I would give it to her with the spout out so she could begin to understand what that thing was I gave to her lol. I just put a tiny amount in because she was going to make a mess with it but it really didn't take her too long to get it. Once I knew she had an idea of what it was for then I put the spout back in. My daughter barely knew what a bottle was.

I have a friend that bottle feeds and she has her kids off the bottle and exclusively using the sippy cup by 9 months old. No bottle fights in her house.

No, that's not too early to introduce it. We would put ice cubes in ours at my child care center so they would hear soemthing and be curious. Don't expect them to actually drink out of it for a while though. They don't really have that ability until later.

6 months is a great time to get your baby interested. If your baby doesnt take to it, you can always put it away and try again in a month.

I started allmy kids at 6 months old. I had to try a couple different syles until I found one that the girls would use. It makes breaking them a bottle MUCH easier!

Know I am responding late but just wanted to put my two cents in regarding tummy ticklers and belly washer sippy cups. THESE HAVE LEAD in them. Just got an email from the company today confirming it...they should be ashamed!

I have just started using one with my just 6 month old - I give it to him with his lunch (he is on first stage solids) with water in as I am phasing out his milk at this meal. I also offer it to him around 4.30pm between feeds to see if he is thirsty. He seems to mainly chew the drinking bit but he enjoys holding the handles and is figuring it out slowly. Also one thing I heard is that if you have one of the cups that has the valve inside that stops the liquid pouring out to remove it at first - yes they will get covered in water but at 6 months there is no way they will get anything out at all with it in.

No 6 mos isn't to early. My son got his at 6 mos because he was interested in drinking from our glasses so he got his own. I bought ones with a soft spout at first. Also, don't expect them to know how to suck. We removed the anti-spill until they learned what to do. Because if he doesn't get anything out of the cup he may lose interest.

I also gave both of my boys a cup at 6 months. I found that they did much better with a straw cup though.

It isn't too early. I just gave my baby a sippy cup a couple of weeks ago when she turned 6 months. My pediatrician recommended that I start giving her a little bit of water each day and she suggested that I try giving it to her in a cup. I really didn't think that she would take to it because she is a breastfed baby and I have never been able to get her to take a bottle.

I got the Avent sippy that is listed for 6months and gave it to her without the valve at first so she could understand what was inside. After I put the valve back in, it took about a day of her chewing on the tip before she learned that she needed to suck to get the water out, but she eventually got the hang of it. I still haven't been able to get her to drink breast milk from a sippy, but I'll keep trying.
all the best.