https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Fri, 31 Jul 2026 07:09:56 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-did-you-start-offering-open-top-cups-to-your-lo#post-405894 Mon, 19 Nov 2012 10:55:35 +0000 mrs. wagon 405894@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>WJ is almost 3 and we still don't let him use an open top cup!! I just cannot deal with the spills and he's way too active. He regularly has spills/leaks with his straw cups alone, no matter how much we tell him to be careful. So it's just straw cups with us. We started at 12 months with just water. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-did-you-start-offering-open-top-cups-to-your-lo#post-405888 Mon, 19 Nov 2012 10:54:24 +0000 Mrsbells 405888@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>my LO is 7 months and only just started on a sippy cup so I think it will be a few more months before we transition to a regular cup. We aren't in hurry. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-did-you-start-offering-open-top-cups-to-your-lo#post-405879 Mon, 19 Nov 2012 10:51:18 +0000 Baby Boy Mom 405879@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We started around 7 months, with water during solids meals. Within a few weeks he could drink by himself without much spilling. I'm a proponent of starting early because it makes it easier when you go out or to someone's house and you forget a sippy/straw cup. But, I never gave breast milk in a cup until he was closer to 1...no point in risking liquid gold. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-did-you-start-offering-open-top-cups-to-your-lo#post-405829 Mon, 19 Nov 2012 10:28:02 +0000 Sammyfab 405829@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We probably started around 6 months with just water...but only because my LO would see us drinking water and he would reach out for it and cry until he got some. For the most part he uses sippy cups but we can't drink water in front of him without having to let him drink out of our cup. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-did-you-start-offering-open-top-cups-to-your-lo#post-405819 Mon, 19 Nov 2012 10:23:32 +0000 Andrea 405819@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I don't know of a reason to start that early, since you have to help them anyway. DD was probably 15 months before we started having her learn how to use an open cup with water and milk. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-did-you-start-offering-open-top-cups-to-your-lo#post-405808 Mon, 19 Nov 2012 10:19:26 +0000 mediagirl 405808@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I was reading some old emails from my SIL and noticed she started letting my nephew attempt to drink out of an open top cup (with help, of course) at around 5 months. Is there a reason to do this? I am so protective of my breastmilk that I can't imagine trying to offer it to M in a cup right now. </p> <p>When did you offer a cup to your lo? What was in it? </p>