i know they say to do it by 6 months but i cant get ava to use a beaker yet, i use a doidy cup for her water but for the volume of milk she needs i have to use a bottle with a teat, she hasn't got any teeth yet but the hv said i shouldn't be using them as they may cause dental problems, has anyone got any suggestions?

Nope! Caitlin still at 16mths has a bedtime and morning btl (though takes feck all ounces). She does take beaker for water & juice durng the day so its just handyness on my part for making up the formula (btls clearly marked in oz/scoops).

I thought the thinking was to encourage a beaker from 6mths and discourage btl from 12 mths. You have plenty of time to switch over! I think your HV is being too fuusy! Ava is in the transition period and it sounds 100% normal.

If you really wanted you could try a few dif cups, maybe suction action ones with valves to start with (they have to suck to get milk out & its not just falling out and startling them). Doesnt really help with the volume issue tough!

all i can suggest is my h.v said that we should be using beakers for everything (ummm i cant fit a beaker to my boob ) - you can get larger ones at mothercare etc which look like maybe 9oz size? i think they come in non-drip and freeflow, but that probably isnt very helpful!

I wouldnt worry at all, most babies dont take a beaker til later than 6 months

Izzy refused flatly to take milk from anything but her bottle for ages, then suddenly it was ok and she now only has beakers for juice, water and milk

She doesn't take much milk now though, I make her 5oz but she nearly always leaves that, but she still sleeps at least 12 hours so she doesnt seem to need it.

There are some big enough for 8oz or so, I had the same issue that izzy was taking 8/9oz and didn't even fit in a beaker, but by the time she decided beakers for milk were ok she had started to take less.

I thought as previously said introduce beaker at 6 months a get off bottles around 12 months. H had his milk in bottles till 12/13 months. I wouldnt worry too much yet x

lilly still out right refuse her milk (morning and eve) if its not in her bottle!! she rinks fine out of cups for eveything else!! x

with braden he was off bottles by 8 months, but i used trainer cups with him, a whole range of different onnes...it got stupid trying to find 'the best'

with dita i took her off bottles at 6 months and straight on to the tommy tippee first cup, the really simple one lidded with 3 holes in the mouth bit and she never had any probs with that, she drinks her milk out of it in the morning but i do give her a nuby trainer cup at night cos she usually doesnt finish her milk and i dont want it all over the cot lol
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Niccsy or anyone really -

How do you giv formula in a sippy cup. Most of the cups/beaker I have dont have fluid oz/ml markings so to make formula id have to make it up in a btl and then pour into a cup. Im too lazy to faff about with that and dirty two things at at time . Caitlin still cant take cows milk so is on her hydrolised (sp) formula from dr. I think if I could just pour milk straight in it would be easier...

the tommee tippee one has mls on the side (the one niccsy is talking about) and you can get it from tesco - but i dont think its that large (maybe 5oz?)

alfie still takes his milk from a bottle and he takes his juice/water from a bottle too. its a comfort thing i think. im not bothered about it yet - hes stilla baby to me! i think ill start to push it a bit more when hes about 9 months x

Alice still refses to take milk from anything but a bottle but has been using sippy cups from 6 months!

i took them off formula at that time too, so i never made formula in the cups x

Callum still wont take milk frm sippy cup or beaker but everything else water/juice he will drink out of his cup x it took him a while i tried frm 6months but he didnt get use to it till 7-8months xx

When i swapped to cows milk in the day (is bf once at night) I found a Cow Cup. ITs brill, it looks like a cow in the pattern but is a beaker, sophia used to tell me she wanted milk by pointing to it.

Have you trued one of thors tmmee tippee first sips ones? Its just a soft spout that you can pput on a bottle instead of a teat. Worked with Sophia when she was younger.

MAndy x

i must be a bad parent lol! iv never been able to get A to take a cup of any sort and iv bought the whole tesco and asda range! literally! he drinks easily a carton of milk a day, he always has been a big drinker. at almost 2 he is still on bottles with no idea when he will give them up. its a comfort to him.