Bit of a back story:
Right after my kids 2nd birthday, my son was diagnosed with PDD-NOS. This didn't come as a huge shock, we had been suspecting as much.
We didn't start weaning the kids onto toddler cups until their 1st birthday, for no other reason than we simply forgot. From about 3 months on, they were bottle fed with EBM since I went back to work. My daughter was able to be weaned off completely after 6 months. My son, however was not.
At 2 years old, he would still refuse to drink anything that wasn't in a bottle. No occasional sips from a straw, nothing. Before his diagnosis, we tried the whole "cold turkey" thing, thinking he was just being stubborn. We wouldn't offer bottles, only toddler cups. This became an issue and we had to stop because he stopped drinking all together, even though he was thirsty.
Right after this is when we were told his diagnosis. Out of desperation I tried him on the Nuby Sports Sippers, since they take on a similar nipple shape, and voila! He's now off the bottle!
My problem is that they're approaching 3 now and we still can't get him to drink from a toddler cup. We tried giving him other sports cups (like the ones with the straws and the ones with the push down tops) but he still won't try them.
Is this an autism related problem or do we just have one stubborn child? I'm growing desperate as I've run out of ideas.
Right after my kids 2nd birthday, my son was diagnosed with PDD-NOS. This didn't come as a huge shock, we had been suspecting as much.
We didn't start weaning the kids onto toddler cups until their 1st birthday, for no other reason than we simply forgot. From about 3 months on, they were bottle fed with EBM since I went back to work. My daughter was able to be weaned off completely after 6 months. My son, however was not.
At 2 years old, he would still refuse to drink anything that wasn't in a bottle. No occasional sips from a straw, nothing. Before his diagnosis, we tried the whole "cold turkey" thing, thinking he was just being stubborn. We wouldn't offer bottles, only toddler cups. This became an issue and we had to stop because he stopped drinking all together, even though he was thirsty.
Right after this is when we were told his diagnosis. Out of desperation I tried him on the Nuby Sports Sippers, since they take on a similar nipple shape, and voila! He's now off the bottle!
My problem is that they're approaching 3 now and we still can't get him to drink from a toddler cup. We tried giving him other sports cups (like the ones with the straws and the ones with the push down tops) but he still won't try them.
Is this an autism related problem or do we just have one stubborn child? I'm growing desperate as I've run out of ideas.
