There are few disadvantages of feeding your baby
breastmilk from a cup, however, there are a few things to consider:
In situations where your breastfed baby is unable to latch it's possible that your baby can drink expressed
breastmilk from a cup.
Many older babies or toddlers accept expressed
breastmilk from a cup.
Not exact matches
If your baby is willing to give up breastfeeding sessions but isn't interested in drinking
from a bottle or
cup, put some of your
breastmilk on the spout or bottle nipple to give your baby a taste of what he or she is used to at the beginning of each feed.
So just because they start talking, have a birthday, and can drink other liquids
from a
cup doesn't change ANY of the benefits
breastmilk gives to the child.
El Chico would never take
breastmilk from a straw
cup (only me or the bottle), but would take ice cold cow's milk
from the straw
cup.
There are several ways to feed expressed
breastmilk to your baby, such as
from a
cup, a syringe or a bottle.
My son just turned 21 months i would like to have him weanned by two but im a single parent and around him 247 he does eat solid foods and drinks
from a
cup never
from a bottle i know know he drinks more
breastmilk for comfort But he is a very picky eater and most of tjme choose the breast over something healthy and on top of that he wakes me up almost every two hours at night to breastfeed!
Many parents find success in weaning
from formula or
breastmilk at one year of age and going straight to a sippy
cup with whole milk.
I now give her
breastmilk in a sippy
cup during the day when she takes it but most importantly I talk to her I tell her no milk
from mommy and if she wants milk she can have her
cup.
«For those few health situations where infants can not, or should not, be breastfed, the choice of the best alternative - expressed breast milk
from an infant's own mother,
breastmilk from a healthy wet - nurse or human - milk bank, or a breast - milk substitute fed with a
cup...» [3]
If you want to give expressed
breastmilk, try it on a spoon or
from a
cup.
It may seem weird to give expressed human milk in a bottle (or spoon /
cup), but it is really the second best option after giving
breastmilk directly
from the breast.
I mostly worried with the first as she completely refused to breastfeed
from day one and screamed for the first 4 months of her life for hours on end (so she was bottle fed: / Did give her
cups of
breastmilk when I had my second)..
The daycare keeps hinting about her transitioning
from pumped
breastmilk to milk in a sippy
cup, but she's not a huge fan of milk and I don't really understand why the cow's milk is better than what I pump.
If you are concerned about Bisphenol A (BPA), be sure to remember your own BPA free bottles or sippy
cups, as you may have to pump
breastmilk initially for a child recovering
from surgery.
However, if this is the case you may like to consider expressing some
breastmilk and feeding it
from a bottle or sippy
cup to the baby or babies who are unable to be breastfed during a session.
Studies vary on the effect of the caffeine
from coffee (and other drinks / foods) on breastfeeding and the amount that gets passed through to
breastmilk, but many doctors will tell you that it is okay to have one
cup.