My baby boy is going to be seven months very soon. He’s been breast fed most of the time and prefers it than taking the bottle. When I give him water sometimes I have to give it to him in a cup because he likes to hold a cup (more like play with them and spill everything in it). Sometimes I’m drinking water, or whatever, and he sees me and leans forward with his hands up wanting to grab it. It’s weird. I try to give him water in his bottle, but he doesn’t really suck on it, he mostly bites it (maybe it’s because he’s teething?), but when I give him from the cup he puts it to his mouth and sticks out his tongue, wanting to suck the water out. It’s kind of cute. Of course there are always spills here and there, but he manages to take some pretty big gulps. I can hear those gulps!
Our third child is 6 mos. We have an 8 year old and a 3 year old also.
My wife breastfed all three and they never had a bottle. This made the whole sippy cup thing a new experience for them and this one is the same. He really just chews and does no sucking. We really end up giving him water out a big cup and we hold it/fight him while he holds it so he can get some water in his system.
I wonder why they find those big cups so fascinating… I guess they want to use the “grown-up” cup. We also hold it/fight it, he needs water, sometimes he just wants to hold it and play with it and gets mad when I try to take it away from him.
Did your other children do the same thing as your baby boy?
Yes, they were all the same. We do take a sippy cup and remove the valve. He still gets soaked, but it is at least a contolled soaking!
Enjoy your moment guys with this little ones.
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