tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5545700872023273596.post6249353544341983578..comments2023-08-20T07:47:48.043-05:00Comments on Baeten Family: No More Bottle...maybe?Melaniehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04597514092059155556noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5545700872023273596.post-46104391413608542292009-01-14T17:35:00.000-06:002009-01-14T17:35:00.000-06:00I found your blog through Class of 2008. My daugh...I found your blog through Class of 2008. My daughter is almost 18 months old and we are in the battle of the bottle/sippy cup/ straw... anything to get her to change from the bottle. Your story was SO similar. Good luck. I know it will be a while until any transition takes place. Does he like anything besides formula? I can't get Syd to take ANYTHING but formula. Ugh!Randallhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12524378590858799102noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5545700872023273596.post-66443826373157902492009-01-12T12:12:00.000-06:002009-01-12T12:12:00.000-06:00Ah, he looks like such a big boy with his cup!!Ah, he looks like such a big boy with his cup!!CJ Fieldhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07068829071983278903noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5545700872023273596.post-42254321588492344922009-01-12T06:50:00.000-06:002009-01-12T06:50:00.000-06:00He is just too cute, how can you take his bottle a...He is just too cute, how can you take his bottle away! We have been luck that Penny has been able to drink out of a straw since about 9 months. She does forget to get the cup down sometimes; we have to remind her often. <BR/><BR/>Logan will get there with practice I am sure! Just look how great he is doing with everything else. Good luck.Maureenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08653413286650360934noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5545700872023273596.post-75133250428320311062009-01-12T06:18:00.000-06:002009-01-12T06:18:00.000-06:00Chase uses a straw, and we started with that by us...Chase uses a straw, and we started with that by using a honey-bear cup. Has your ST ever recommended that? It's just the honey-bear container (like the one in the grocery store) but with plastic tubing. You can squeeze the bear and force liquid into the straw for him, then once he swallows and starts to get that he can drink from it, the swallowing creates suction and before you know it, he's drawing liquid into the straw without your help! I think we used the honey-bear for about a week before Chase really got it.<BR/><BR/>Also, for lip closure, ask your ST about oral-motor massages you can do to stimulate some of those muscles. And Chase started the whistle hierarchy with the ST, where there are a bunch of whistles that he learns how to use and each one targets a different area of muscles to help oral posture. <BR/><BR/>Good luck!Lauriehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04741359606851431005noreply@blogger.com