After doing some research I have decided to scrap the regular sippy cup and work on getting Liam to drink from a straw. From what I've read it's better for oral-motor development and causes less problems when it comes to weaning from the sippy later.
Anyway, what straw sippy do you use and how did you encourage LO to use it properly? Thanks!
Re: Recommend Your Straw Sippy!
We use the playtex straw sippys and they are great! Logan refuses to hold his regular sippy up so i tried these and he gulps it down.
https://www.playtexstore.com/cgi-bin/item/PLA05855
We started him with this trainer one from target that has a squeeze side. You can squeeze it until it reaches his mouth so he can get the idea. It only take Z a few squeezes for him to get it. The problem was that it wasn't leak proof and I was not going to put my "golden supply" in that cup with my crazy walker.
I can't find a picture of it and I thought it was made by munchkin. I will try and find it.
After he got the hang of it we switched to this one. Z really likes this one and we take it everywhere. It has the leak proof straw and is durable.
Luv n' care nuby sippy.
That's it, it was playtex that had the trainer.
This. The squeeze aspect was perfect!
We use these as well as the Tommee Tippee straw sippies. I like the Tommee Tippee ones because the straw is angled towards them, but they're a little larger.
We just got a couple on clearance at Sears. They're also Playtex and have almost like a built in koozy lol. I can't find a picture, but the top is like this:
They're not leak-proof, but we are only putting water in it right now so if we go out I just wait and fill it when we get where we're going. She "got" the straw right away after a month of just chewing on her regular sippy and it seems like it will be more convenient in the long run!
DD uses Nuby No Spill flip n sip
She never did get the hang of a regular sippy so I tried these and she looooves it.
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