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If you think about it, when you drink out of a straw you have to a) stop sucking and then b) swallow. It does take a bit of mastery!

Well, my LO is a little different in that we didn't start the Zoli straw cup until 12 months, so she knows perfectly well how to suck up fluids and swallow. But sometimes the little rascal will suck up a bunch, open her mouth, and let it dribble out and giggle.

Yes. It's awful. It's been MONTHS of it (only using water). She's finally started actually swallowing from Time to time, but I think it's almost like a game for her, to suck it up then spit it out. Blaaah

Yes, we especially had this problem when we started using just plain straws in restaurants around 10.5 months old... because there was no valve controlling how much liquid he would take in, a lot of the time he would take in too much and dribble it all out. He figured it out pretty quickly though, I'll be that phase won't last long.

Yes, my LO uses a similar straw cup and he did this for a while… I think maybe a month? As he started to drink a bit less formula and actually was thirsty for the water he stopped, but even now at 10mo he will dribble a bit back out if he accidentally takes a bigger mouthful than he means to!

@Mae: yeah she'll definitely figure it out soon enough. But fair warning, C had stopped doing it with water and was doing well, then when I started offering her milk in a straw cup, she started doing the same thing for another week or so. It was like she was all excited for the milk, took too big a sip, then dribbled it all out. Babies. They are messy.

@Mae: hahaha. I'm sure the dogs w ould clean the baby if you let them. My dog got so spoiled by everything C dropped he would only go for the good stuff like cheese. Boring vegetables or Cheerios weren't worth the effort to investigate. Lazy lazy dog.

Consider yourself lucky for now...
When DD started figuring out how to get the water out of the straw, she SPURTED the water out. Like, she was a fountain for three months. She could spit that stuff three feet away. The first time was hilarious, the next 2,492 times not so much...

Yep he did this for awhile and thougt it was the funniest thing ever!

My son (14 months) does this when he just wants to play with the cup but isn't thirsty anymore. Luckily he likes drinking water so it doesn't happen that often.

Unfortunately he does it every single time with milk, which is so gross and messy. He never took a bottle and now I can't even give him milk in a straw cup!