Weaning LO to straw cup

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I'd really like to wean DS off the bottle to a straw cup. He knows how to sip water from it, but if I give it to him when he's hungry during his usual bottle feeding times, he pushes it out of his face and screams for the bottle. I'm getting a little afraid he's going to drink from a bottle forever (joke obviously), but it's a little disheartening, since he knows how to drink water from it. Any tips on how to get him to drink his formula (or soon to be whole milk) from a straw cup? Thanks in advance!
 
Looking at your signature, it looks like he's still a bit shy of a year. I wouldn't worry about it yet. Keep offering it maybe once a month to see if he has any interest, but follow his lead. We started to try at around maybe 10 months. My daughter absolutely and completely refused (like screamed and turned bright red). She had used a straw for smoothies that I made her for a couple months, so it was a normal thing. But at that age, milk is still time for cuddles and the suckling that goes on is comforting and soothing. If he's not having it, wait and try again next month and then again the next. He'll eventually come around to it. At about 13 months, I gave her a straw cup with milk in it for her morning milk. She was busy climbing around on our bed and playing and drank the whole thing straight away and thought it was hilarious. This was a kid who had screamed and turned bright red at even the sight of the straw cup a month earlier! It's just that the timing was right and she was ready. We switched totally to straw cups for the daytime from that day, and switched her bedtime bottle to a straw cup at 15 months, and it was easy peasy. I'd just give it some time until he's happy to try it.
 
Looking at your signature, it looks like he's still a bit shy of a year. I wouldn't worry about it yet. Keep offering it maybe once a month to see if he has any interest, but follow his lead. We started to try at around maybe 10 months. My daughter absolutely and completely refused (like screamed and turned bright red). She had used a straw for smoothies that I made her for a couple months, so it was a normal thing. But at that age, milk is still time for cuddles and the suckling that goes on is comforting and soothing. If he's not having it, wait and try again next month and then again the next. He'll eventually come around to it. At about 13 months, I gave her a straw cup with milk in it for her morning milk. She was busy climbing around on our bed and playing and drank the whole thing straight away and thought it was hilarious. This was a kid who had screamed and turned bright red at even the sight of the straw cup a month earlier! It's just that the timing was right and she was ready. We switched totally to straw cups for the daytime from that day, and switched her bedtime bottle to a straw cup at 15 months, and it was easy peasy. I'd just give it some time until he's happy to try it.

Thanks so much! That makes a lot of sense that he may not be ready for it yet. I will give it some time and then try again.
 
My LO I nearly 16 months, we only switched from bottle to beaker about 6 weeks ago x
 

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