"Cary Hayes" wrote in message
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I was wondering how early you can offer a sippie cup with water? My sweet
pea is about 4 and a half months old and is exclusively breastfed. I gave
her a sippie cup with a little bit of water today just to see what she
would
do with it. It is the type of cup that you have to suck on to get
anything
to come out of it - but it is not a bottle. She enjoyed holding it by the
handles and actually got water out of it once (and made a sour face at the
strange liquid!).

So I am curious...at what age do you typically introduce a sippie cup with
water? We would like to bypass the bottle as our breastfeeding goal is
1-2
years. I am not wanting to give it to her because I think she needs water
just simply as a source of fluids between feedings. Is it harmful to give
her extra water as I know that she gets everything she needs from breast
milk?

Thank you!

Melanie

Mom to the teething Olivia Madison 2/28/03



I have no recollection at all of when we did the sippy cup thing. The only
thing is that it may be easier to start with the kind that has no valve,
that they do not have to suck.

S