Sippy Cups

gutsysneakers

I know some of you have already started your LOs on using a sippy cup. I seriously can't believe we are talking about this - I feel like DD was just born. Anywho, we have started solids and I wanted to be able to give DD an ounce or two of water in a sippy cup during dinner. Please recommend your favorites. 

usernewname

Shot glass

and I'm not kidding.

hbird0723

She uses the nuby ones really well and she never took a bottle so they must be fairly easy. They make one that transitions too so it starts as a bottle nipple then you can put the other one in. She seems to like that one just because it has handles. She's pretty good with a straw too but her favorite is just a regular cup.

SurprisePartySue

I've tried the tommy tippee and the ones with the straw and they really only worked as teethers. But I got the nuby ones yesterday and she was able to use them. I will be buying more.

keeumm

DD loves drinking from our glass, but hasn't quite mastered a sippy cup yet. The handle seems more interesting to her than anything else.

Emmagk

We wanted to stay away from too many plastic products so I got the green sprouts glass sippy. It has a glass inside part and outer casing. It also has an interchangeable sippy or straw spout

https://www.amazon.com/green-sprouts-Glass-Straw-Light/dp/B00GD0YFWU

jenb_99

I bought DD the Playtex soft-spout trainer with handles and she figured it out right away.

Katzalia

usernameedit said:

DS actually likes taking sips from my water glass.  I always hold the glass for him, but he does a few slurps and then smiles. 

This. She takes little sips or laps like a puppy. It's the sweetest.

We are also trying to just do open cup with adult help at home. She likes the Nuby sippy cup PP have mentioned; because of the handles she can hold it herself. We (mostly) just use that when we're out.

Edited for spelling.

yogasailmomma

Another vote for the nuby, she loves it and the double handles are great. We've been using it for 2 months already since she won't take a bottle.

gutsysneakers

Thanks, everyone!

I've used a shotglass at home too, @usernewname! I figured I probably should get her a cup of some sort so I'm not judged when in public. 

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Junebug060609

DS preferred the NUK soft spout ones. Then as he got more teeth...I mean older ...we switched to hard spout Playtex insulated. But Playtex recently revamped their lid design and the new version leaks like a damn seive. Anyhow... my point is that dd will just use DSs. We have a bunch of random ones we tried with him that didn't take, so we even have back up plans if she hates what he liked.

LunaBug924

I saw a lot of love for the zoli bot soft straw cups over on the breastfeeding board, so I ordered one off Amazon. DD loves it, and she was drinking from it on the first try!

usernewname

Jcrewgirl85 said:

Thanks, everyone!

I've used a shotglass at home too, @usernewname! I figured I probably should get her a cup of some sort so I'm not judged when in public. 

Hah never thought of public. He LOVES his shot glass. A little too much.

I do have a straw water bottle style. It's more kid like than baby for out and about.

I do love the Kleen Kanteen water bottles. I have a sports style lid. So I might buy a small size bottle for him. Then be can just tip and drink like we would with a water bottle.

Helmink0804

Thanks for posting this- the dr recommended us to introduce a sippy at her appointment today and was gonna post asking which one!

apinkpelican

We aren't even on solids yet bc DD had hives a couple times when EBF and dr wanted to wait. So seeing the food thread, insta pics, and now this makes me feel so behind!!
If I keep just feeding her bottles will that make her stay a baby?!

momo214

I bought DD the Tommy Tippee one bc it was the smallest sippy cup I could find. She hasn't really figured out how to drink from it though. I think she has to suck pretty hard to get anything out. She has been trying to cm grab my cup when I drink so I let her sip out of it and she does great. I think I'll try this cup: Munchkin Miracle 360 Trainer Cup, Green/Blue, 7 Ounce, 2 Count https://www.amazon.com/dp/B00MRZIFD0/ref=cm_sw_r_awd_0Fexub000R9PX
Anyone try it?

ho11yday

apinkpelican said:

We aren't even on solids yet bc DD had hives a couple times when EBF and dr wanted to wait. So seeing the food thread, insta pics, and now this makes me feel so behind!!
If I keep just feeding her bottles will that make her stay a baby?!

Ahh. We haven't stayed on solids yet and I wasn't even thinking about sippies yet. I felt the same way with ds1. I don't think we transitioned him from bottles to straw cups until he was a year old.

danabsd

We went straight to draw cups. We do the Zoli Bot cups. Pedi said straws only by 2 so in glad we never had to transition out of other sippys. One less thing to worry about.

https://www.amazon.com/Zo-li-Bot-Straw-Sippy-Cup/dp/B0031E1GEG

usernewname

Haleighkay90 said:

Ugh I feel like my LO is the only one that can't get the hang of the straw cups! He just chews on it and tries to latch onto the lid of the cup haha
Do I need to start drinking out of a straw cup so he sees what to do?

DS sucks and laps this glass. He still gets water. I imagine he will drink like we do eventually.