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My ped had us start little sips of water out of a shot glass at 4 months, tastes of solids at 5 months (just a lick off a finger), and feeding solids at 6 months. The water sips helped him figure out how to get food/liquids in without sucking them all the way in (if that makes sense).

He also never took a bottle.

I think 6 months is a fine time to start. We started when we started solids (around 6.5 months) but honestly we haven't been that diligent about it and she hasn't gotten the hang of it. We would like to skip sippy and move straight to straw/regular cup. We have take 'n toss for straw cups since they seem relatively easy to use (but aren't spill proof and we haven't tried them yet) and we have sassy grow up cups, which we give her but she hasn't figure it out yet.

The no spill straw cups are incredibly hard to suck out of - we have a nuby one and I can barely get anything out!

We used a zoli cup at around 8 months, I think. She liked the straw and has never really used a sippy.

I think around 5 or 6 months when we started solids.

I think we introduced the straw cup around 6-7 months but she didn't really get the hang of it until 9 months.

I introduced a straw cup of water at 5.5 months, the same time I introduced food. I am not sure when LO was getting a significant amount out of the straw cup, maybe around 9 months. I like the thinkbaby straw cup for water.

We let DS try water out of our open glass at 5 months and bought him a Munchkin straw cup at 6 months. We never introduced a sippy cup.

I will give him water in a Zoli when he has dinner. He's also fascinated by water in cups and my LC recommended we start a cup early bc of his bottle refusal. So around 5.5 months. He only gets a sip or two from it and I usually help him somewhat but he likes to play with it.

Introduced the zoli cup at 6 months. Took a few tries for LO to actually drink through the straw (and only when he was thirsty after a rice cracker). I also attempt to give LO water with a regular cup (I hold it). I skipped the sippy with LO1 and will again for LO2. Daycare discourages them.

I pulled the bottles at 6 months and gave them straw cups and have never looked back. So many of my friends are struggling with figuring out how to ditch the bottle. I did it in one week, my nanny was worried they wouldn't drink enough but I just hid the bottles from her and the twins.