Non-sippy cups... you know, regular cups

Snickerdoodle24

Does your LO drink from a regular, open-top, non-sippy cup?

We have only practiced with regular (albeit small, kiddie sized) cups a handful of times and usually just use sippy cups. E tends to tip regular cups up so that all the water spills on her, then she gets upset and won't try again. I feel like we might be behind on this skill, so I wanted to see how everyone else is doing.

blu-eyedwife

LBB is hit or miss most of the time.  Sometimes he's all about it and will drink from the regular cup (mine or DH's) fine.  Sometimes he pours it all over himself.  Sometimes he tries to put the cup around his mouth instead of putting his mouth around the cup.

The only thing we have 100% luck with is "tea."  We were at a Chinese restaurant in June and he really wanted the tea from the little tea cup we were all drinking, so I poured some water in there and he drank it perfectly (maybe because the cup is smaller/shorter?) holding it with two hands.  Now he loves to have "tea" with me in the morning.  I drink tea from a mug, he has some warm water in my ceramic 1/2 cup measuring cup (it's the closest thing we have to a teacup they have in Chinese restaurants, although I'm tempted to order some from Pearl River)

Snickerdoodle24

blu-eyedwife said:

The only thing we have 100% luck with is "tea."  We were at a Chinese restaurant in June and he really wanted the tea from the little tea cup we were all drinking, so I poured some water in there and he drank it perfectly (maybe because the cup is smaller/shorter?) holding it with two hands.  Now he loves to have "tea" with me in the morning.  I drink tea from a mug, he has some warm water in my ceramic 1/2 cup measuring cup (it's the closest thing we have to a teacup they have in Chinese restaurants, although I'm tempted to order some from Pearl River)

That's awesome! I think I'll try to have E drink out of a cup from her little tea set!

LCass

Lily is awesome with regular cups, has been for a long time.  When she's wandering around the house, though, it's sippy or nothing (although she steals from our cups all the time, too).  We've started giving her some milk or juice in a regular cup at some meals.  Unfortunately, the last few days she's gotten into throwing her food into the cup or sticking her hand in it and making a mess.

tiffbomb

DS is no where near drinking from a regular cup without a little help/serious supervision.  The last time we tried, the puppy ended up getting a bath.  I'll keep allowing him to try on occasion but I'm not super worried about it.  

CMonkey515

DS can technically drink out of a regular cup, but until he has the impulse control to not dump it, or put his hands and other items in it I won't consider him ready for one. It's still very early to make the switch anyway. I just got him this cup that works the same way as a regular cup but is spill proof. It works great and is good for practice. That's the closest we will get to a regular cup for quite some time yet. https://www.amazon.com/Wow-Cup-Kids-Innovative-Drinking/dp/B00AOFZKB0/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1375541253&sr=8-1&keywords=Wow+cup

kellybug80

Cate1234 said:

DS can drink out of a cup, but will usually only take a few sips before dumping it on the floor.

This. Dumping it out is too fun to resist.

cantalopes24

Lo is physically capable but I don't give them to her unless she's sharing with me and I hold the cup.

nittanyllama

My plan was to try the Avent training cup down the road... Anyone tried it yet? Gavin is full time with the sippy cup for now.

lynnblack

Scarlett can drink out of a regular cup but would much rather play with the contents or watch it spill. So we are still mostly on sippy cups or closed straw cups.