I agree Tommie tippee are the way to go with
straw cups!
When I weaned at 15 months, my daughter (who hated bottles but loved
straw cups) handled it like a champ.
My kids and I use them everyday, and they are the best
straw cups we've found... no spills (even my 15 month old loves drinking out of hers)!
Sippy or
straw cups cost about $ 3 to $ 20 each, with plastic ones on the lower end of the range and silicone and stainless - steel cups on the higher end.
After talking with other mothers about my experience, I learned that some of their children found it so difficult to sip from toddler
straw cups with spill - proof valves that they were turned off from using straws altogether.
The use of
straw cups does not affect a child's speech and does not risk the health of a child's teeth like sippy cups can.
My granddaughter refused the sippy and loves
the straw cups because she sees the «big kids» and adults using them.
Straw cups are a good choice for older toddlers and school age children, often they are leak resistant and hold quite a bit of liquid.
Sippy cups and
straw cups take up entire aisles at baby stores, as I'm sure you've noticed.
Luckily, those aisles full of sippy cups and
straw cups also come in spill - proof versions!
A lot of
straw cups we used had a gap between the bottom of the cup and the straw, which made it quite difficult towards the end of the drink to get all the liquid out using the straw.
I see giving kids
straw cups too early - as a way to reinforce a suckling pattern to drink.
I shared a post on sippy cups vs
straw cups and how you can actually skip the sippy cup and go straight to a straw cup with your baby.
I believe that anyone who has a problem / complaint with Tommee Tippee
Straw cups is not putting it together correctly.
Thus, we made a total switch to
straw cups.
My daughter gags on sippy cups as well but she now drinks from
straw cups on her own doing.
We then switched to similar cups, Munchkin click «n» lock silicone
straw cups.
The babies weren't ready for regular straws so we began using Nuby silicone
straw cups.
Many grumbled that ALL sippy and
straw cups leak.
We loved the Nuby silicone
straw cups until the fateful day when Harper learned to unscrew the lid and dump his milk.
There are some great options for spill - proof
straw cups that are available at department stores.
This means that it can take just about any cup (a customer actually confirmed they don't work well with
straw cups when full).
We have a great selection of leak proof
straw cups and drinking cups from brands you know and trust!
The new Playtex
straw cups STINK!
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She figured out
straw cups and that was the end of her wanting to nurse... literally one day refused and never went back.
After talking with other parents about my experience, I learned that some of their children found it so difficult to sip from toddler
straw cups with spill - proof valves that they were turned off from using straws altogether.
My son was soooo fussy with sippy cups, then i saw somebody using
the straw cups and it was like the burden had been lifted.
Close seconds are the Lollaland cup (have had a little bit of leaking, but it is so cute) and the RePlay Sports Cup (no leaking, very sturdy, but we prefer
straw cups).
My DD is 26 months and jumped from nursing to
a straw cup at under a year and then to a regular cup at 18 months.
Should I transition into giving breastmilk in
a straw cup instead of a sippy?
My daughter's pediatrician also said that
a straw cup is better than a sippy cup because that will make for one less transition as they get older.
My 9 month old does much better with
a straw cup than he does with a sippy cup.
I purchased
a straw cup (if you search this at babierus.com the type of product I use will come up) and she loves it!
If anyone is struggling with the traditional sippy cup, try
a straw cup and maybe that will work better for your child.
As your child heads into toddlerhood, he needs to transition into using a sippy cup or
straw cup, whether he's been breastfed or bottle - fed.
This straw cup comes with a flip top that slides open when needed and prevent leakage when closed.
If you're especially concerned about nipple confusion, you can have a caregiver use a cup or even
a straw cup to feed expressed breastmilk.
The hole can be used to sip from or use the straws to create a glass
straw cup.
In fact the taller Foogo
straw cup is pretty darn similar.
This baby sippy
straw cup has been recommended by dentists worldwide.
Here are the common concerns regarding sippy cups: Swallowing When a child drinks from a sippy cup vs. an open cup vs.
a straw cup, what they do with...
The munchkin patrol click insulated straw was designed with the aim of seeking to avert any sort of mess that the baby might do while drinking from the sippy
straw cup.
I went with
a straw cup instead, as drinking from a straw is something my kids will do later in life.
It can be used even when on journeys because the manufacturer's fitted it with a snap - on travel lid which makes the first years take spill proof
straw cup leak - proof.
Since the baby using this cup is a growing baby the first years take spill, proof
straw cup has been designed with a fast flow straw which keeps liquid away from the developing teeth of the baby.
The greatest feature of
this straw cup is the click lock system which prevents any leak and spillage of a drink from the sippy straw cup.
The first years take spill proof
straw cup is made from lighter material and makes it easy for the baby to carry.
Most parents don't realize that babies less than a year can learn to take sips from an open cup and
a straw cup.
Strategies for skipping the Sippy Cup (and why you should) by teaching baby to drink from an open cup and
straw cup.