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s/o - Moms with older babies/toddlers using a cup, not a sippy?

March2004brideMarch2004bride
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How did you get your DC to hold a cup without it spilling everywhere?  DS will probably drink from a cup and doesn't really know how to use a sippy (though we have tried it many times).  He seems to love a cup though!  My worry is that once he officially transition to only a cup, he will spill everything.  Any thoughts or tips on how to only give a cup?

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  • fjarilfjaril

    we started with a straw cup (heb brand) and we tried open cups b/c he wanted to drink like us.

    I highly rec the Ikea plstic rainbow cups. 2 bucks for 6. they are the perfect size. 

    We started only giving him about 1/4 of an inche of water and yes it is a wet process, but hey it's only water. he's up to almost half a cup full now, but you have to help him put it down. 

    He always looks so happy when he drinks from it. We've also moved up to giving him milk in the cup too. :)

     

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  • AbrooksAbrooks
    We started with the straw cups and then transitioned to regular cups.  We use small plastic cups as well that she can easily hold.  And I never fill it full.  We started w/ very low amounts of liquid.  Now we do about half a cup.  DD is 2.5 though - so she has better coordination now than she did when she was younger. 
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  • NessiaNessia
    DS does really well with cups but I think what helped him was the cup he has in the bath. I've had a little cup in there for him to play with and he started trying to drink from it. That's how he was able to learn the coordination. Now that he knows how to do it, he is constantly trying to drink his bath water. Tongue Tied
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  • fjarilfjaril

    imageNessia:
    DS does really well with cups but I think what helped him was the cup he has in the bath. I've had a little cup in there for him to play with and he started trying to drink from it. That's how he was able to learn the coordination. Now that he knows how to do it, he is constantly trying to drink his bath water. Tongue Tied

    Little Dude tried to do this so we took the real cups out and he has other stuff he tries to drink from but it's not the same shape as a cup so he usually doesn't get any in him :)

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