When do you introduce water and cups?

So, David was sitting on my cousins lap this morning while she was drinking a glass of water. He grabbed at her cup and she offered some to him. He drank fine and seemed to really like it. Of course a little messy but nothing horribe. I offered some to Jonathan and he did the same.

When do you offer water? When do you transition to sippies?

Thanks,
Jenn

 

i started offering sippies at around 6 months with water in them. they never really drank any of the water in there until closer to 8 months, it took them that long to figure it out. at this point though you don't really want your LOs drinking any large amounts of water, it will fill them up and then they may not drink as much formula, but i don't think little practice sips are going to hurt anything.

 

About 2-3 weeks ago we gave Ty his first cup. I had 99% water in at and a bit of juice. He did really well with the cup and seemed to like the change.

 

I started at 6 months but they didn't like it in a bottle so I gave it in a sippy cup. Just plain water and now that they've learned how to drink from a sippy with a straw they love it even more! Plus, they can hold that cup themselves and I think they like the independence.

 

We did water in sippies around 10 months. My boys were not drinking much formula and our pedi wanted them to drink as much of that as possible. She didn't want them to feel full on water.

 

I think mine were around 10 months as well, but they didn't really learn to use it very well for a couple of months after that.

 

I think I started after the 6 month appointment. I would put a sippy on their tray during meal times.

 

I started a sippy with water at 6 months, but my DD's really didn't drink much of it until they were about 8 months. I gave it to them at mealtimes. Now, they drnk about 3-4oz of water a day (at 10 months old). I give them their sippy after meals, so that they don't fill up on water. They also really liked drinking water from our glasses (just little sips, it was pretty messy!) from about 6 months of age.

 

I started offering at around 6 months. They got the hang of it around 8. We transitioned off of bottles at 10 months(which is early compared to my other kids, which were all right at a year).

 

We started trying at 6 months. At 8 months, they can really only use them with help, and DD still spits out most of her water. We do 2/3 water, 1/3 juice to help with constipation. I try to get them to take a few sips after each meal of solids.

 

We offered a first cup at 4months when we started solids, it was just a little wet really. Nowadays they drink great from a nuby cup, still just water though.

 

the resources i've read say you shouldn't offer water to a baby younger than 6 months because their tummies are so small and you don't want them to feel full and drink less formula/breastmilk. for now they're probably not swallowing a lot so you could let them practice with little bits.