I was trying to find other threads regarding this, but wasn't successful....

I have a dcb who is transitioning from bottle to cup. Just started over the weekend, DCM said child did well at home.

I put dcb (10 mos) in the highchair with the cup, but he can't tilt it back to drink. I know I'm supposed to hold an infant while bottle feeding, but am I supposed to hold the cup, too? That would take forever & in my opinion, defeats the purpose of drinking from a cup.

Granted this is only the first day, but I have a feeling he's propped up at home & given the cup, which I won't do here.

I guess what I'm asking is, what's the easiest/most successful way to transition from bottle to cup in a daycare setting? Thanks in advance.

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More threads about bottle to cup transitions.

https://www.daycare.com/forum/showthread.php?t=59791
https://www.daycare.com/forum/showthread.php?t=28074
https://www.daycare.com/forum/showthread.php?t=28149
https://www.daycare.com/forum/showthread.php?t=25339
https://www.daycare.com/forum/showthread.php?t=11380

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Thank you, I guess I didn't use the right search words

Patience, patience, patience, I guess. I'll keep trying.

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I hold the cup out, and say "use your hands". Usually, they'll grab it and hold it to their mouth, but not know to tip it.

I stand behind them, and help them lift, saying "up up up goes the cup cup cup!" Then, I help them tip it up.

If they won't hold it themselves, I give them a little sip and then set the cup back down.

It took my latest bunch a little while to get it, but the fuller the cup, the easier it is (less tipping). Also, once they start getting at least about 4 oz. out of the cup at a meal (even with assistance), I ditch the bottle all together here. Usually, parents still give them first and last bottles at home, but I just stop about this time. At 10 months, mine are primarily eating what the others eat, except they get formula and some baby cereal yet.

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yeah, it's hard sometimes.... you just have to play around with it a bit.

I have better luck using the Advance Search mode.

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You HAVE to hold them? Gosh...as soon as they can hold their own bottle I pretty much quit holding them. And as soon as they start finger foods I start giving them their bottle in the high chair so they figure out how to tilt it back. Then around 11 months I start giving a sippy of water with meals and before too long they have it figured out.

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Here we only have to hold an infant while bottle feeding if they can't hold their own bottle. No propping. Once they can hold it on their own, they're good to go. I usually lay they're head on a big, somewhat flat pillow to prevent it running into their ears.

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That's what I thought, if they can hold the bottle themselves, then I don't have to hold them, but I can't find it in writing in either licensing or the food program rules (I'm on a roll with not being able to find info).

This baby can hold his bottle, and I did last week try him with a straw-type sippy cup, but he just let milk run everywhere.

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Maybe try the sippy cups with straws so it doesn't have to be tipped back?? I know a lot of parents who go from bottle to regular sippy cup then to one with a straw. They always have a hard time transitioning to the straw because they are used to tipping back. Maybe just skip that step and go straight to the straw.

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