https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Mon, 04 May 2026 11:30:58 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-can-you-teach-your-child-to-drink-out-of-a-sippy-cup-sitting-up#post-2050797 Mon, 02 Feb 2015 13:42:20 +0000 lamariniere 2050797@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@ShootingStar: we used a similar method with fruit pouches to teach how to drink from a straw. I gave my LO a fruit pouch, let her suck on it a few times, then quickly took it away and got the straw cup into her mouth. She figured out how to suck out of the straw pretty much right away like that. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-can-you-teach-your-child-to-drink-out-of-a-sippy-cup-sitting-up#post-2050776 Mon, 02 Feb 2015 13:28:25 +0000 Mamaof2 2050776@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@ShootingStar: yes I agree - use a straw and make sure there is something super yummy on the other side -chocolate milk, fruit punch, etc.</p> <p>Squeeze it so it comes up and into his mouth and he will quickly learn o suck up the rest!</p> <p>I used the honey bear cup like this</p> <p><a href="http://www.amazon.com/Ultra-Bottle-Teach-Straw-Drinking/dp/B00H3V1RUG/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&#038;qid=1422901663&#038;sr=8-2&#038;keywords=honey+bear+straw+cup" rel="nofollow">http://www.amazon.com/Ultra-Bottle-Teach-Straw-Drinking/dp/B00H3V1RUG/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&#038;qid=1422901663&#038;sr=8-2&#038;keywords=honey+bear+straw+cup</a> </p> [attach=4342/15/nj5pze.600x600.81vzmtpiVML__SL1500_.jpg] https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-can-you-teach-your-child-to-drink-out-of-a-sippy-cup-sitting-up#post-2050763 Mon, 02 Feb 2015 13:23:05 +0000 ShootingStar 2050763@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We taught DS to drink out of a straw by using juice pouches. We start by just squeezing it by his mouth and letting the juice go in. He figured out really quickly to put his mouth on the straw, but I still had to squeeze the juice out. But he figured that out afterwards pretty quickly too. I think the key was using juice so it was highly desirable. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-can-you-teach-your-child-to-drink-out-of-a-sippy-cup-sitting-up#post-2050754 Mon, 02 Feb 2015 13:14:50 +0000 mediagirl 2050754@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@BabyBoecksMom: great idea! That cup was the one we started with and when M would try to tip her head back, the straw went up with the liquid. Highly suggest it! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-can-you-teach-your-child-to-drink-out-of-a-sippy-cup-sitting-up#post-2050740 Mon, 02 Feb 2015 13:05:10 +0000 shortcake 2050740@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We use a straw training cup that was awesome. Basically just a straw cup but you can squeeze the sides so liqid goes up the straw so he can get the idea. Ours is a playtex gripper straw cup. Maybe as an added incentive put some watered down juice in there. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-can-you-teach-your-child-to-drink-out-of-a-sippy-cup-sitting-up#post-2050473 Mon, 02 Feb 2015 10:41:39 +0000 BabyBoecksMom 2050473@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@hotchildinthecity: Have you tried the Zoli cup? The straw is weighted so he could drink from any angle. It would only be able to handle liquids though (no smoothies). </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-can-you-teach-your-child-to-drink-out-of-a-sippy-cup-sitting-up#post-2050468 Mon, 02 Feb 2015 10:40:37 +0000 mrswin 2050468@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@hotchildinthecity: The other thing that might help him is to get one of the open cups with the straw attached because then he can see the liquid moving when he drinks it. Also I know when teaching little ones to swim they usually teach them to blow bubbles before learning to hold their breath. Maybe blowing a few bubbles in the cup would be "fun"...</p> <p><a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0068PM6SK/ref=pd_lpo_sbs_dp_ss_1?pf_rd_p=1944687442&#038;pf_rd_s=lpo-top-stripe-1&#038;pf_rd_t=201&#038;pf_rd_i=B00A435HCO&#038;pf_rd_m=ATVPDKIKX0DER&#038;pf_rd_r=0295Y6TQR4CZG4DGDJVH" rel="nofollow">http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0068PM6SK/ref=pd_lpo_sbs_dp_ss_1?pf_rd_p=1944687442&#038;pf_rd_s=lpo-top-stripe-1&#038;pf_rd_t=201&#038;pf_rd_i=B00A435HCO&#038;pf_rd_m=ATVPDKIKX0DER&#038;pf_rd_r=0295Y6TQR4CZG4DGDJVH</a> </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-can-you-teach-your-child-to-drink-out-of-a-sippy-cup-sitting-up#post-2050455 Mon, 02 Feb 2015 10:35:52 +0000 hotchildinthecity 2050455@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Bluebonnet: ahhhh got it! I could totally do that :) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-can-you-teach-your-child-to-drink-out-of-a-sippy-cup-sitting-up#post-2050422 Mon, 02 Feb 2015 10:14:25 +0000 Bluebonnet 2050422@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@hotchildinthecity: I'm sorry, I realize my post is not clear. I was suggesting that you only use straw cups when you drink, so LO can see you modeling that behavior. </p> <p>I agree, transition on a timeline that works best for you and LO, but I think if you are constantly modeling the use of a straw, it will be easier for LO to pick up the concept. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-can-you-teach-your-child-to-drink-out-of-a-sippy-cup-sitting-up#post-2050407 Mon, 02 Feb 2015 10:07:58 +0000 hotchildinthecity 2050407@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Thanks all! I will definitely start offering straw cups. </p> <p> @Bluebonnet: I'm a little nervous to switch exclusively so "soon." Just switching to a sippy cup trainer/soft top sippy took a couple weeks of screaming and tantrums. My son has about a billion issues related to eating and drinking that we're still getting figured out. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-can-you-teach-your-child-to-drink-out-of-a-sippy-cup-sitting-up#post-2050401 Mon, 02 Feb 2015 10:04:43 +0000 Bluebonnet 2050401@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Mama Bird: I was about to suggest the same thing! </p> <p>@hotchildinthecity: If you start exclusively using straw cups, LO may become more interested in straw cups and that could be a better transition for you than a sippy.</p> <p>LO2 skipped sippy cups altogether because she saw her older sister drink out of a straw cup. She figured it out immediately. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-can-you-teach-your-child-to-drink-out-of-a-sippy-cup-sitting-up#post-2050372 Mon, 02 Feb 2015 09:47:13 +0000 Mama Bird 2050372@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Does he enjoy copying you? Maybe seeing you sip from a straw would help. Or maybe getting him a tiny open cup to play with would work, because that's what he sees you drinking from. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-can-you-teach-your-child-to-drink-out-of-a-sippy-cup-sitting-up#post-2050241 Mon, 02 Feb 2015 08:37:31 +0000 hilsy85 2050241@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I also feel like a sippy cup might exacerbate the issue, since he has to put his head back, which kind of encourages him to put his whole body back...I agree with experimenting with straw cups, like the one you squeeze, or the take n' toss, since they are super easy to drink from. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-can-you-teach-your-child-to-drink-out-of-a-sippy-cup-sitting-up#post-2050228 Mon, 02 Feb 2015 08:19:27 +0000 Foodnerd81 2050228@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@hotchildinthecity: I got too annoyed at sippy cups so we went straight to a straw cup. The turning point was getting a straw cup where I could squeeze the liquid up the straw (playtex lil gripper training cup). Once I squeezed the liquid up for her she realized how it worked. But she would still try to tip it a lot so a cup with a weighted straw (lollacup or Zoli bot) probably would have helped at that point. But she also never really took to the bottle anyway so it's a different situation. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-can-you-teach-your-child-to-drink-out-of-a-sippy-cup-sitting-up#post-2050222 Mon, 02 Feb 2015 08:10:19 +0000 twodoghouse 2050222@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Would he let you hold him? Perhaps you could let him sit on your lap, reclined against you (his back to your front) so he can hold his own cup, but you can keep him at a good angle. My kids (albeit they are only 9 mo) want to hold their own bottles and cups now, but don't yet understand tipping them up so it flows into their mouth. Holding them like that is sort of an intermediate where they're doing it themselves but also getting help to actually get the liquid in his mouth. Being older, he might learn quicker how to tip his head back so you wouldn't have to do it too long? </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-can-you-teach-your-child-to-drink-out-of-a-sippy-cup-sitting-up#post-2050209 Mon, 02 Feb 2015 07:47:02 +0000 hotchildinthecity 2050209@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@looch: will do!! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-can-you-teach-your-child-to-drink-out-of-a-sippy-cup-sitting-up#post-2050208 Mon, 02 Feb 2015 07:43:59 +0000 looch 2050208@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@hotchildinthecity: totally understand! I would still try with a straw cup (stopping before the frustration level is reached). And I'd get a clear one, where he can see the liquid. Even if you let him just play with it, tipping it this way and that way, it might trigger something for him. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-can-you-teach-your-child-to-drink-out-of-a-sippy-cup-sitting-up#post-2050207 Mon, 02 Feb 2015 07:42:21 +0000 hotchildinthecity 2050207@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@looch: we're definitely trying straw cups....he can't seem to get the concept yet, because he just keeps trying to tip it and lay down lol. He had been on a bottle for so long that even a sippy was a HUGE leap. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-can-you-teach-your-child-to-drink-out-of-a-sippy-cup-sitting-up#post-2050206 Mon, 02 Feb 2015 07:40:10 +0000 looch 2050206@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Do you think he can handle a straw cup? From an oral motor perspective, they are a lot better than sippy cups because they promote active jaw movement. Plus, you have to sit up with the cup in an upright position to get anything out! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-can-you-teach-your-child-to-drink-out-of-a-sippy-cup-sitting-up#post-2050203 Mon, 02 Feb 2015 07:37:43 +0000 mrbee 2050203@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@hotchildinthecity: Was just researching it online... what about this cup as a change in direction?</p> <p><a href="http://www.amazon.com/Bickiepegs-Doidy-Cup-Blue-color/dp/B0012AUR32" rel="nofollow">http://www.amazon.com/Bickiepegs-Doidy-Cup-Blue-color/dp/B0012AUR32</a> </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-can-you-teach-your-child-to-drink-out-of-a-sippy-cup-sitting-up#post-2050191 Mon, 02 Feb 2015 07:26:49 +0000 hotchildinthecity 2050191@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@mrbee: the issue is that he can't seem to figure out how to tip the cup up. We've been trying to increase, and show him how to tilt the cup upwards, but he just forces it down, and consequently tries to slide into a lying position. It would be cute if it wasn't so frustrating ;)</p> <p>His sucking mechanism is strong. He drinks smoothies out a sippy cup every day. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-can-you-teach-your-child-to-drink-out-of-a-sippy-cup-sitting-up#post-2050189 Mon, 02 Feb 2015 07:24:13 +0000 mrbee 2050189@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@hotchildinthecity: Can you gradually increase the incline over a few months until he's sitting up?</p> <p>Also, how strong is his sucking force (sorry not sure what to call it!). </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-can-you-teach-your-child-to-drink-out-of-a-sippy-cup-sitting-up#post-2050187 Mon, 02 Feb 2015 07:18:52 +0000 hotchildinthecity 2050187@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I know most of these simple things are probably intuitive to most children, but definitely not to mine. J (26 months) came to us two months ago drinking only out of a bottle and only laying flat on his back. We've been able to transition to sippy cups and propping him up on two pillows. </p> <p>However I would like to transition to him drinking upright. Right now it's really hard to feed him on the go because we have to tilt the stroller back, lay him down somewhere, etc. </p> <p>Suggestions? </p>