Cups

controlledchaos617

My DD is almost 11 months old and is only taking formula right now from bottles and water in a straw cup sometimes.  I am wondering if there is a type of cup that she should be using like as an “expert  cup”, if that makes sense.  Like is there a transition of cups that she should go through…like use this cup first then go to this cup, and so on until the last type of cup before normal “adult” cups/glasses?   I am so confused by all the types of cups they have for babies/kids, I would like to make sure she is using the right kind. 

I want to start putting formula in a cup to get her off bottles and the straw cup we use only holds 7oz, and she takes 3- 8oz bottles a day, so I want to find a bigger one as well, and then soon I can transition her to whole cows milk in a cup.   TIA!! I hope that all made sense!

linzeek44

I think it's probably trial and error as to what will really work. You could get used to formula in a cup and then switch to WCM in a cup... or you could just do formula in a bottle and then WCM in a cup with the idea of "new drink, new cup" since there is no association with WCM and a bottle. Since formula is expensive, I wouldn't want to necessarily do a huge 8 oz of formula in a cup that was easily leaking/spilling/etc. (Or maybe that's just me with BM. Don't want to waste a ton of it since it's precious.)

I don't think there's any real kind of sequence necessary. E wouldn't take a bottle and wasn't great with the sippy, so we use mostly straw cups and occasionally an open cup. He is a pro at drinking bath water out of a measuring cup (lol) so we're going to try a coffee mug with a handle with some water soon since he can manipulate it pretty easily. 

MrsManny

LoisLayn23 said:

Honestly? Every kid is different. Sometimes it really is trial and error. We didn't 'graduate' to another cup with DD1, we just slowly started giving her a cup with no lid like they do at DCP.

This. I bought DS several different kinds that all had great reviews on amazon. What does he do the best with? The ugly one I got from the dollar spot at Target.