Moving from breast to cup

I am returning to work in January and my partner is taking 3 months shared parental leave. Until this point I have ebf and have not pumped. My partner will need to feed our LO whilst I’m working but I want to avoid introducing a bottle at this stage as she will nearly be 8 months old. I have been recommended an open cup by our health visitor and I’m going to try and teach my LO how to drink milk from this over the next couple of months. As I’m not sure how this will go I’ve been wondering whether a sippy cup might be better. I have heard they aren’t recommended due to lisps, etc. Is anyone is the same position and if so, what are you doing?

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We're in a similar position - I'll be starting with a small cup tomorrow and I'll try and give him the milk 😅 when we start weaning, we'll also eventually introduce a straw cup so he has the two types 😊 It's going to be messy but we're prepared for that - I think

You can start giving water on an open cup so she can getting used to it

That’s a great idea! My LO is refusing bottles and I was wondering how we would manage in January when I go back to work. He’s had milk from an open cup once and it went well so I think I’ll be trying that again. We have got him a sippy cup but he currently just chews on it 😅

My LO has been refusing bottles so we’ve recently introduced an open cup. I just bought a small, silicone one from Amazon and she takes the milk pretty well so far! We’re trying to do one a day so she gets used to the skill of drinking from an open cup as she is just trying to suckle from it atm!

Should also note that we went down the open cup route instead of using a sippy cup as it says it’s better for their teeth 😊

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