hi,
can anyone pls tell me how to start teaching my 9 months old baby to use sipper or tumbler.
Hetal replied. tips for sippy training,,,have written about it alot,,please go thru it !

http://www.indiaparenting.com/boards/showmessage.cgi?messageid=6761&table_name=dis_feeding

at 9months, your baby will start to suck,dont expect him to start drinking,,his muscles has to coordinate well with tongue for perfect sucking for longer duration,,which is possible after 10months or 1 year to the perfection...

try nuby sippy cups,they often have soft spout and have given good transtn..also ne other brand that have soft spout will work !

other tips that might help you are :
1.make the bottle disappear out of his sight and whenever he asks for it,,show him there is no bottle.by reducing the number of bottles in the shelf storage....somtimes when they dont see it at all on the kitchen counter,, they forget about it and accept whatever is given. that worked for my dd pretty well..also, when hunger strikes, some kids take watever given..a couple times he may resist or cry for bottle, but dont give up,,

dipping the tip of the sippy spout gives them a hint that there is milk in there,,,,give him empty bottle and fill sippy with milk,,,and let him decide what he wants to drink : air or milk :)..sometimes that works..also, filling 25% of serving wth bottle and then rest 75% with sippy works..when he is over drinking 25%,as soon as you see it getting empty, release his fist/hold of bottle and remove the bottle and slowly replace sippy spount,,keep the liquid flow abit high than setting,,so tht it becomes easy for him to drink..,sometimes that works,,mostly when baby has that habit to take bottle just before sleep or he is not much interested in messing up with you,,.
for valve,,see what setting your baby likes..and always keep sippy cup as the first option,offer that first and let it be a toy all the time before his eyes and keep bottles out of sight,,,,see if that works! some kids leave the old habits when new ones keep hitting them again and again..

take care, hp it works out smooth..