Community› The Bump Message Boards› Babies: 9 - 12 Months
Babies: 9 - 12 Months
New Discussion

If you use a straw sippy

wonkataliawonkatalia member
in Babies: 9 - 12 Months

Does your LO suck the water or whatever up and then open his/her mouth and let it all fall out?  I think she probably swallows like a quarter of what she actually sucks up.  It's really messy and I don't want to put BM or CM or even juice in it until she stops doing this!  We've been using the straw sippy since she was about 6.5 months old and she started sucking right away but has always done this.  I really would have thought she would have figured it out better by now.

I'm just wondering if my DD is the only one doing this and if I should just give up on the straw sippy.

We use the Playtex twist and click starter straw sippy.

Report Reply to Post

Re: If you use a straw sippy

  • Ness365Ness365 member

    DD did this until I figured out that the spill-proof function wasnt allowing her to drink properly. I tried it myself apperantly you have to suck really hard to get the liquid out. So when LO actually sucked hard enough she'd let it all fall out.  

    I grabbed a pair of scissors and cut a tiny opening in the part that allows slip-proof and now she drinks like a champ.

    We use the Nuby Flip-It Sport Sipper Straw Sippy Cup and LOVE it. I love that the straw goes all the way down to the bottom of the cup too. I think it makes it easier for LO to get it when we dont have a Sippy and just use a pain 'ol straw.

    image

    photo IMG_20130803_203445_zps25fd382e.jpg

    Report Reply
  • Loading the player...
  • ohiorootsohioroots member

    DD did the same thing with the playtex starter, I assumed it was because she got too much and didn't know what to do with it all, so she spit it out. I tried the Tommee Tippee ones with the wide straw and built-in valve and she didn't do it anymore.

    https://www.tommeetippee.us/explora/547006_pink_blue.html

    Image and video hosting by TinyPicImage and video hosting by TinyPic Baby Birthday Ticker Ticker
    Allergic to soy, oat, egg, peanuts, and tree nuts
    Baby Birthday Ticker Ticker
    Report Reply
  • wonkataliawonkatalia member

    Thanks for the recommendations!  I'll give these cups a try.  I don't know what part of the Playtex straw makes it so hart to suck but it is annoying that it doesn't go all the way to the bottom of the cup. 

    Also, the straw is already stained from the other food she eats while she's drinking it!  Does anyone else have that problem?  Hopefully we won't have that problem with these other cups.

    Report Reply
This discussion has been closed.
Choose Another Board
Search Boards
"
"