Straw Cup Help

[Mom to M&M]

I'm trying to skip the sippy altogether and just go to a straw cup - I don't like sippys - partially because they can cause speech issues. I'll just keep trying with the straw - hopefully she figures it out soon!

[Marisa's Mom]

I'm trying to skip the sippy altogether and just go to a straw cup - I don't like sippys - partially because they can cause speech issues. I'll just keep trying with the straw - hopefully she figures it out soon!

  I didn't know that about sippy cups! 

I tried offering a straw to DD yesterday while we were out at a restaurant. She didn't know what to do  with it, still need training. She was more interested in sticking her fingers into the strawberry lemonade..

[Mom to M&M]

It has something to do with the flatness of the sippy part flattening their tongue but may have to do more with overuse/long term use. Still, I'm going to skip and keep trying with the straw. Made a bit of progress today and going to buy the Gerber soft straw cup - have heard good things about that one.

[teezee]

that's the one i have for dd - actually i have three of em..she will get it just like with everything else - keep consistant.

[Mom to M&M]

So should I only offer that cup and she'll eventually get it? For now she just gets annoyed and pushes it away.

[teezee]

i offered that cup once she got the hang of it - otherwise i would keep trying different types of straws til she gets it..i just cut a reg straw in half every time i tried it with dd...maybe someone here has some different advice though...

[Mom to M&M]

Spoke yesterday with my friend who has twins. One picked up how to do the straw cup all on his own the first time but the other couldn't figure it out. She was able to help him by putting him in his high chair and getting him used to drinking his bottle that way. Then she gave him the same liquid in a Gerber transition cup - which has a hole similar to a straw but seems more like a bottle and it helps them realize they need to suck. Once he got used to that, he was able to figure out the straw.

So I may pick up that transition cup today and try that - we'll see!

[*Natasha*]

It has something to do with the flatness of the sippy part flattening their tongue but may have to do more with overuse/long term use. Still, I'm going to skip and keep trying with the straw.

This is interesting didn't know that, i don't plan on using the sippy cup forever anyway, my sippy cup has other things you can screw onto it when they can drink better anyway.

Well i went out and bought a cup with a sippy straw not an expensive one either only cost $2.30 and it only took DD 2 goes before she worked it out and then she loved it.

[katriona]

I'm buying a straw cup today! Wish us luck 

[notenoughshelfspace]

I think I want to try my little one with a straw as well.... WIll llet oyu know how it goes...............

[ryan's mum]

we have had better luck with a straw than a sippy cup .he can drink using both but just won't.he loves his bottle and he's not budging. all we did with the straw was let him see us doing it , then make the shape with our lips as if drinking with no straw and let him try. we laughed and praised him when he had a sip . it takes a while as Ryan sort of rum out of breath by the time the drink came up , or sometimes did it too fast and choked.
  good luck

[notenoughshelfspace]

Thank you Nadia; you are my sippy cup guru!!!!!!!!!!! ( not budging on the bottle over here either...........)

[ryan's mum]

Ryan will drink out of that cup more than any other but would rather go thirsty! if i could just refuse to give the bottle and leave him untill he's thirsty enough i would , cos this is going on too long .Ryan is on a med that he needs to drink a lot with , so i'm in a catch 22 situation (i think he knows too !) the thing is he's so chuffed going around with his bob the builder straw cup and shows off when he takes a sip but that's it . if i leave it out all day , i'm lucky if i see him take 10 sips .

[katriona]

hi gals,

not much success with the straw cups here, but then i must admit i haven't been trying that hard, because...

DS will drink out of a water bottle with the sports nipple!

we found this purely by chance -- he likes to try and drink from anything that i drink from, a cup, a glass, or even a gatorade bottle! one day i could only find non-refrig water at the store in the sports bottles, so bought one of those. i took the nipple off first, but though i'd try him with it on. well, that boy just latched on and started sucking away like nobody's business. i almost fell off the wall we were sitting on.

of course, regulating the amount of water he keeps in his mouth before he swallows is a different thing -- ds doesn't seem to get that at some point you do have to swallow, and pref. sooner rather than later to avoid spluttering or dribbling.

so we bought a lot of 8oz water bottles with sports nipples from the store, only to get home and find out that they were "kidproof" -- i.e. nonrefillable! i'm not quite sure how the cleaning and sterilizing would have gone anyway, but i'd have been willing to give it a shot.

anyway, just thought i'd pass this along.

katy

[Marisa's Mom]

How interesting about the sports bottles. I haven't tried that yet.

My LO is like yours, interested in drinking out of whatever I'm drinking out of. She's getting lots of practice drinking out of a regular mug. 

We finally introduced a straw sippy, and I was really surprised at how quickly she caught on to it. Of course, it didn't hurt that I put diluted apple juice in it.    The straw sippy tends to "spill" a little more when it is in it's side or upsidedown (she holds it in all directions, even upside down to 'chew' on the bottom, sigh...) so now I only keep water in the straw sippy.

In some ways it is a good thing your son hasn't figured out the straw. ...  It was a hot day yesterday so I decided to indulge in a cool refreshing fruit smoothie drink while at Borders bookstore. I discovered that she'll eagerly drink more of my fruit smoothie before I can get my share.    And she kept clinging on to me saying "mama!" for more more more...