Formula in Straw Cup

My 7 month old has always been a nightmare for drinking bottles and he's now a nightmare for eating too. I think he's determined to be independent, but is still lacking the skills to hold his own bottle.

Can I allow him to have his formula in a weighted straw cup?

If so, any recommendations on which one would be best? He has the TumTum bottle for his water, and he can use it really well.

If not, any tips on how to feed a baby who hates being held, but can hold a bottle on his own. I've tried proping his up, but he wriggles too much. I've also tried handles on the bottle, but he just puts it in his mouth and chews.

Thanks.

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You can give him the milk in the cup, I offered my eldest his milk in a cup when we were coming close to switching cows milk to get him used to not using a bottle anymore

Okay that's great thank you 🥰

Use the munchkin weighted straw cup! They are hard to spill and great for oral development. I would not ever prop the bottle though, this is dangerous

You can get Mam bottle handles relatively cheaply on Amazon to help him hold it himself, if that’s something you’d like to try

You can use them ofcourse but only if they are safe to be sterilised as he's still on formula, with it being a straw and valve etc it would need thoroughly cleaning after each use because of the bacteria in formula that's why they don't really recommend formula in anything other than a bottle and suggest beakers for cows milk at 12 months, but I have to second above and say the munchkin weighted straw cup is amazing and super easy to clean if I remember right mine came with a brush to get inside the straw properly

Another vote for the munchkin straw cup with handles.

I mistyped, I meant proping him up, not the bottle! Like not holding him, just proping him up in the corner of the couch 🙈🙈

@Amber We have these, but he doesn't tip the bottle up to get the milk out. We will keep practising though 😄

@Kate Amazing advice, thank you! I'm going to chat with my health visitor about his feeding, but I was looking for a solution in the mean time 🙈 Definitely going to order the munchkin cups I think!

We use the munchkin straw cup and really rate it but we only used it for milk once he was on cows milk as although it does come with a little brush for the straw it would be a faff to sterilise x

Would I still need to sterilise it if I made the bottle in his Mam bottle first and then poured it into the Munchkin cup? 😁

it’s not what it’s made in haha it’s what he drinks it from! The formula will get all through the straw in the munchkin cup so it will need to be thoroughly cleaned after each use because of the risk of bacteria in the formula. If you are boiling and preparing properly however the risk lessens

Thank you, I just wanted to check as I am genuinely unsure 😁

It’s totally okay to use sip cups or straws at this point. Just watch him about the shocking reflex (baby’s after 4/5 months already have the reflex) to see how he does, but is actually very good for him to not be taking as much the bottle, will be easier to introduce cow milk and if/when he starts to go to daycare or school will be also much easier to transition. And as you do with the bottles of you have the habit to sterilize, you can keep doing that with the sip cups or munchkin cup.

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