https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Fri, 17 Apr 2026 05:58:52 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-did-you-teach-your-lo-to-drink-from-a-glass#post-1467477 Tue, 04 Mar 2014 17:22:03 +0000 Weagle 1467477@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Just putting small amounts in at a time at first. Honestly, LO's best teacher had been church. There is a snack time in her class and they get water in those little paper cups you would normally use in a bathroom to rinse your mouth out with. She figured it out quickly. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-did-you-teach-your-lo-to-drink-from-a-glass#post-1467462 Tue, 04 Mar 2014 17:18:10 +0000 pelikila 1467462@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I agree with @Freckles:, try using a shot glass at first. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-did-you-teach-your-lo-to-drink-from-a-glass#post-1467421 Tue, 04 Mar 2014 16:55:49 +0000 Freckles 1467421@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We started with shot glasses when we were trying to get her to drink milk. I think we started around 13 months.</p> <p>I recommend putting small amounts in the cup, as opposed to filling it to the top. Less spills that way! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-did-you-teach-your-lo-to-drink-from-a-glass#post-1467360 Tue, 04 Mar 2014 16:31:02 +0000 septca 1467360@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>DD loves to drink from my glass, so she learned the concept pretty early. In terms of giving her her own glass to drink from, I would start with just a little bit of water and practice, practice, practice. Also, there are many good stainless steel straw cups out there you may want to try while you are practicing with a real cup.</p> <p>(FWIW, I think all the plastic drama is way over-hyped. The amount of disgusting chemicals that were in the plastics we were raised on is a thousand times worse than the BPA-free stuff you buy today. And don't even get me started on things like cell phones.) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-did-you-teach-your-lo-to-drink-from-a-glass#post-1467345 Tue, 04 Mar 2014 16:27:35 +0000 Beehive 1467345@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>After all the new stuff that's come out about plastic, I'm newly motivated to teach LO how to drink from a real glass. I'm going to get some of those small tempered glass tumblers, and was wondering how you have gone about teaching your LO to drink from a glass. LO is 16 months old, and while he drinks very well from a straw cup, he has never tried an open glass before. He also really likes throwing his straw cups on the ground. Any tips welcome!! </p>