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Topic: Lots of toddler questions!
Posted By: denny25
Subject: Lots of toddler questions!
Date Posted: 22 August 2009 at 9:19pm
Ava will be 1 in a couple of weeks  and I have some questions
1) How do I teach her to drink from a straw? Shes using a normal sippy cup at the moment and I saw today in the supermarket the 12 month plus cups have straws. Do i need to teach her to drink from a straw at all even? 2) Should I offer her milk in a bottle still or in her sippy cup? 3) When should I be teaching her to use a spoon? 4) She is still rearfacing in her convertible car seat - should I have it forward facing now. She is about 10kg. Thanks! :) |
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Posted By: BugTeeny
Date Posted: 22 August 2009 at 9:32pm
Hi denny 
1) How do I teach her to drink from a straw? Shes using a normal sippy cup at the moment and I saw today in the supermarket the 12 month plus cups have straws. Do i need to teach her to drink from a straw at all even? I didn't really teach Hannah, as such. I just bought one of those cheapie dinkee drinkie cups and left her to it. She figured it out before too long (she still gets a little confused and tips the cup up, while sucking on the straw  but then she remembers).
2) Should I offer her milk in a bottle still or in her sippy cup? Hannah's morning and night milk is still in a bottle. But she drinks milk out of her sippee cup during the day (we're still learning how to use a normal cup). 3) When should I be teaching her to use a spoon? Anytime is good, really. Hannah's been experimenting since she was about 14 months old. She's only just now (at almost 19 months) really got the hang of it, but I know of others who were earlier, some later. 4) She is still rearfacing in her convertible car seat - should I have it forward facing now. She is about 10kg. Still rear-facing here, in the infant position. I haven't even thought about putting her upright. It's never crossed my mind, to be honest. I'd like to know what others do on this one, too. She's not quite 10kg. We'll keep her rear facing until she's 12kg, as that's how heavy her carseat will allow. But that's just how we do it. I'd like to see what others do, as I'm still clueless  ------------- 
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Posted By: Bombshell
Date Posted: 22 August 2009 at 10:38pm
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Posted: 22 August 2009 at 9:19pm | IP Logged | Report Post -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ava will be 1 in a couple of weeks and I have some questions 1) How do I teach her to drink from a straw? Shes using a normal sippy cup at the moment and I saw today in the supermarket the 12 month plus cups have straws. Do i need to teach her to drink from a straw at all even? -we gave Ella calciyums and she demanded to try our drinks when out etc...so she "learnt" that way bu one. 2) Should I offer her milk in a bottle still or in her sippy cup? I stopped at bottle at one and give her milk in a sippy (not a straw one) - we are still using only cause house on market and we have new carpet down and dont want milk stains...if not in those rooms she uses a cup with one handle now and has done for ages (since 18 months at least) 3) When should I be teaching her to use a spoon? while still in a highchair we let her experiment with spoons and forks...and eventtally she just got it...she has just in last few months moved from plastic to "big girls" real cutlery - child sized of course - altho knives still freak me out! 4) She is still rearfacing in her convertible car seat - should I have it forward facing now. She is about 10kg. we moved Ella into forward facing at just before 12 months - more a leg room thing as she is so tall....she coped no worries. most of the kids around at DC were forward facing by one |
Posted By: peanut butter
Date Posted: 22 August 2009 at 10:49pm
| I agree with everything the others said. I turned Tom around in his carseat at 11months and he loved it! You dont have to turn them round at a set time...if they are happy rear facing it is the safest for them. |
Posted By: Babe
Date Posted: 23 August 2009 at 11:59am
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1) How do I teach her to drink from a straw? Shes using a normal sippy cup at the moment and I saw today in the supermarket the 12 month plus cups have straws. Do i need to teach her to drink from a straw at all even?
Jake had a sippy cup so I didn't worry about a straw cup til he showed interest. He figured it out himself at about 15 months. 2) Should I offer her milk in a bottle still or in her sippy cup? Jake started refusing his bottle (and formula) at about 11 months. I would have weaned him off at one anyway so it was good timing. Personal preference - I think 1 is def time to come off the bottle. 3) When should I be teaching her to use a spoon? I started giving Jake a spoon at 4 months after he'd been on solids and started demanding to feed himself lol mr. independent! I'd def be giving her a spoon at mealtimes and letting her play. 4) She is still rearfacing in her convertible car seat - should I have it forward facing now. She is about 10kg. Like someone else said theres no set time. Jake was front-facing at 6 months and was much happier. Mind you he was just over 10kg at 6 months and we have a very expensive seat that can lay back even when forward facing so he wasn't upright. Another personal preference I think
Good luck! -------------   
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Posted By: arohanui
Date Posted: 23 August 2009 at 12:52pm
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1) How do I teach her to drink from a straw? Shes using a normal sippy cup at the moment and I saw today in the supermarket the 12 month plus cups have straws. Do i need to teach her to drink from a straw at all even? I'd just offer it and if she's interested then she is, otherwise no biggie! Harry liked to copy us so he'd watch and eventually got it. 2) Should I offer her milk in a bottle still or in her sippy cup? Whatever you prefer really... Harry still has his in a bottle, just cos I know he'll drink more that way. Though I'm gonna change him over to a sippy cup soon. 3) When should I be teaching her to use a spoon? Def give her one to play with now and she'll learn that way. Harry was feeding himself weetbix totally independant at 13 months I think, weetbix is a good one to start with actually cos it's easy to scoop and thick so it doesn't fall off too easily. 4) She is still rearfacing in her convertible car seat - should I have it forward facing now. She is about 10kg. Personally, I'd keep her rearfacing for as long as possible. It's a heck of a lot safer rearfacing (in case of accident), and although they say you can put them forwardfacing at 1 year, that doesn't mean you should. My boy is still rearfacing at 19 months and over 13kg, and will for a while yet (his carseat goes up to 25kg rearfacing). I say if she's happy, keep her rearfacing as it's safer if there's an accident. You might be interested in this vid... watch til it gets to the crash test dummy part... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y2DVfqFhseo - rearfacing video ------------- Mama to DS1 (5 years), DS2 (3 years) and... http://alterna-tickers.com" rel="nofollow"> 
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Posted By: tishy
Date Posted: 23 August 2009 at 1:28pm
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1) How do I teach her to drink from a straw? Shes using a normal sippy cup at the moment and I saw today in the supermarket the 12 month plus cups have straws. Do i need to teach her to drink from a straw at all even?
Practice makes perfect. Those dinkee straw cups seem to be the easiest to drink from. It took Aoife longer to figure out than Eimear. 2) Should I offer her milk in a bottle still or in her sippy cup? We are still using bottles. I'm not sure when we'll drop it to be honest. 3) When should I be teaching her to use a spoon? Give her one to play with. My girls eat their breakfast and yogurts on their own now. I think we offered them a spoon from about 13months. 4) She is still rearfacing in her convertible car seat - should I have it forward facing now. She is about 10kg. It's personal choice once you abide by the car seat limitations. We were forward facing from 10 months but it was personal choice. |
Posted By: Snappy
Date Posted: 25 August 2009 at 8:38pm
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) How do I teach her to drink from a straw? Shes using a normal sippy cup at the moment and I saw today in the supermarket the 12 month plus cups have straws. Do i need to teach her to drink from a straw at all even?
We bought Jackson a sippy cup with a straw, it did'nt take him long to figure it out. 2) Should I offer her milk in a bottle still or in her sippy cup? We offered Jackson milk at lunch in a sippy cup at first, and he kept with his morning and evening bottle. We've now dropped his morning one (he's 16 mos) and have replaced it with a sippy cup. 3) When should I be teaching her to use a spoon? I gave Jackson a spoon to play with while I'd feed him. At the moment he still hasn't quite got the hang of it, he usually gives up and picks it up with his hands! 4) She is still rearfacing in her convertible car seat - should I have it forward facing now. She is about 10kg. When I went to my Porse Carseat safety course, the plunket nurse said to keep them rear facing as long as possible if your car seat allows it. She said even if the legs are hanging out of the carseat they are still much safer rear facing. She mentioned in some other countries children at 6 years were still rear facing (Not in baby carseats though!) I personally have Jackson forward facing as he's a monster!! |
Posted By: ElfsMum
Date Posted: 27 August 2009 at 1:59pm
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1) eventually E got the idea....took ages for him to stop tipping it but we just offered him a range of things to try to drink from 2)he has been out of bottles since 13 months 3)he has had to have his own feeding spoon for a very long time now and is really mostly now just getting it.. some days bad some days brilliant:) 4)have had him forward facing since 1 as he hated rear and it's much better for me too. Thanks! :)[/QUOTE] ------------- Mum to two amazing boys! |
Posted By: ElfsMum
Date Posted: 27 August 2009 at 2:03pm
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though re the bottles he still likes to try to throw the dinky cup we offer so as if yesterday he has no more cups of milk at night ...will be given at lunch or sometime instead.
all of it is personal preference..for me getting rid of the bottle was important...some people don't mind... ------------- Mum to two amazing boys! |
Posted By: freckle
Date Posted: 27 August 2009 at 4:23pm
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1. I didn't teach her just gave her the straw and she sucked on it she did need reminders not to tip it up....
2. My girl still has a bottle morning and night at 19 months... she just loves to snuggle up for a cuddle and have her bottle so I'm reluctant to take it away for awhile yet 3. I gave her a spoon and we both fed her from about 10 months I guess... from about one shes fed herself unless I'm not in the mood for the giant mess she creates when she's had enough
4. I turned her around at one... she absolutely hated facing backwards and use to get wild about going in the car... then we turned her and she was so much happier... But I definitely would have kept her rear facing if she hadn't been a wee tart about it... ------------- mum to 3 lovely girls :D |
Posted By: lisa85
Date Posted: 03 September 2009 at 8:52am
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Hey chic my 2 are 16 months
1) We got our girls the bottles your talking about at 10 months it took them a while to figure out how to use them. Usually they would just suck the water up then spit it down them so we started by giving them the bottles when they were in the bath so they could make a mess and get used to using it. I think these bottles are a great buy :) 2) We still give milk in a bottle. One in the morning one at night We'll probably stop at 18 months 3) We still haven't tried teaching them to use a spoon. I'm terrified of the mess lol 4) Doesn't hurt to keep them rear facing for longer but we had ours turned around before the girls we're 1 -------------  
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