Sippy Cup

mlkwmu

How did you get your LO to drink from the sippy cup?  So far mine just like to bite on the handles and mouth piece or fling the cup everywhere. I was thinking of taking out the valve in it (that stops it from being nonspill)... oh what a mess this will make!

 

Qmommy

My DD never did well with sippy cups (introduced them at 4 months) but does really well with a straw cup because she doesn't have to tip the cup to drink.  I started with a 12 month + straw cup because it is easier to suck the liquid out than the 9 month straw cups.

rosalyian

he just went for it, i find when he is thirty or wants formula/water he will use it properly...the rest of the time he throws it or plays with it. I removed the valve right away.... he would get frustrated with it.

mm&m2010

I am a sippy cup/bottle junkie, so I have probably 1-2 of every kind out there & the one pictured is the one that worked for us. It is a playtex lil sipper trainer cup. See the spot on the front? You squeeze it to get the liquid to come out, so baby learns to suck it out. DS took right to it.Now he holds it like a pro & can use any straw sippy. The others (non-straws) he just chewed on them & never got anything out of them. The straw cups are also recommended from dentists too! Good luck...

naturelle25

I did the same with both kids.  I gave them a sippy to play around with at 5 or 6 months. They both figured out very quickly what its purpose was.

JulesDiane

mm&m2010:

I am a sippy cup/bottle junkie, so I have probably 1-2 of every kind out there & the one pictured is the one that worked for us. It is a playtex lil sipper trainer cup. See the spot on the front? You squeeze it to get the liquid to come out, so baby learns to suck it out. DS took right to it.Now he holds it like a pro & can use any straw sippy. The others (non-straws) he just chewed on them & never got anything out of them. The straw cups are also recommended from dentists too! Good luck...

 

These are what we use too! And now that she is so good with it... if I forget one at a restaurant, she is just as good with a regular straw.

KristinKD

DD1 could never figure out regular sippy cups, so we've always used straw sippy cups for her, and that's what we've been using for DD2 too. We use Nuby no-spill cups: Mega Flip-It for water and Insulated Flip-It for milk.

hikerbeth

My DD wouldn't drink from a sippy until about 14 months (introduced at 6 months) and that was after trying every cup out there AND cutting out a nursing session to make her more thirsty.

The cup that ultimately worked was a first year's tupperware-type cup with a snap on spout top (no valve).  She started drinking from an open cup (on her insistence) very shortly thereafter.

shirls

Qmommy:

My DD never did well with sippy cups (introduced them at 4 months) but does really well with a straw cup because she doesn't have to tip the cup to drink.  I started with a 12 month + straw cup because it is easier to suck the liquid out than the 9 month straw cups.

Exactly this. We use the Nuby ones and DS has done much better with them than the sippy cups.