Quick Before I Get Sidetrack'd

A few weeks ago I posted about beginning to move Little from nursing to a sippy cup. I thought some of you might be interested to know how it is going.

I was afraid we would have a hard time because she could not seem to figure out how to drink from a regular, spouted, spill-proof sippy cup. We were using Nuby sippy cups because she could bite on the silicone spout to get the liquid to start flowing; once she realized what was in the cup she would begin to suck the spout normally. However, once she started using the cup regularly, she noticed that it was fun to stick her finger through the vent in the spout, and it was even more fun because now the liquid would flow freely out of the cup and onto the floor and furniture! A delimma for sure.

A couple of days later I was talking to my friend Lindsey and she told me about Nuby spill-proof straw sippers. She had used these for her youngest son who also had trouble figuring out the regular sippy cup. We bought a couple for Little, and they have been great. Right from the beginning she was able to get liquid through the straw with no problem.

As of yesterday morning, we have stopped the last of her nursing sessions. Because her bedtime session seemed to be the least important to her, we cut that one first and then moved backward through the day. She took to the cup right away and didn’t even act like she wanted to nurse except at the times I offered. We waited at least 3 days after cutting one session before we eliminated the next. The first few sessions we eliminated I gave her a week to get used to it before I introduced the cup at a new time. She never seemed to hesitate about drinking from the cup and doesn’t seem to miss nursing at all.

All in all, it was a much smoother process than I anticipated, I guess she really was ready to move on.