Getting 7 and half month old to drink from beaker/cup

[cybil2403]

We're having difficulties in getting our 7 and half month old to drink out of a beaker or cup. We're trying the Tommy Tippy and Avent beaker/cup and she wont drink from them. She is always offered one or the other but just pushes it away or ends up on the floor! She'll happily drink water from her bottles. Am I expecting too much?
Thanks

[B00]

I wouldn't push her at at all- she's still a teeny one yet! As long as she's drinking fluids, I wouldn't be concerned how she's doing it.

No child ever enters school still drinking from bottles- eventually, she'll cotton on and happily take a beaker.

Incidently my daughter, whilst drinking from cups during the day at 3 still takes a bottle of (cows) milk to bed every night.

[cybil2403]

Thanks for your reply. At times I expect too much from her!
Hope I don't become a pushy parent!!!!!!

[meltoadhall]

you can get cups without a lid that are shaped for little mouths, my girls went from boob to cup and since I didnt possess any bottles it wasnt a problem.
Ask your health visitor she/he should know about them, mine did and that was 10 yrs ago.

[Psychick]

I think my eldest was getting on for a year old before she was using any form of a cup for her drinks. I waited until she started showing an interest in drinking from a cup. I did the same for any new thing in her development, I waited until she took and interest. That way things were done when she was ready and it was always an easier transistion.

Mind you, there were still times she would throw her cup just for the sake of it lol

[cybil2403]

I've cracked it! I put the beaker in my mouth as if I was drinking from it and she copied me.