What did you do for water when your baby was first learning? I feel like I have tried several options and I'm not really happy with anything, but before I go buy another cup, looking for your experiences.

So far, we have a sippy cup that C can drink out of on her own, but I think it's too big, so when it's full enough that she can get to the water, it's heavy, and she drops it off the high chair a lot (scaring the poor dog waiting for scraps!). She likes drinking out of an open cup, but I'm pretty sure most of it goes down her chin and chest. Plus, well, that's just annoying-- I'd like something she can hold herself at some point soon. I have to hold the open cup. I have bought a couple of straw cups but she doesn't really get it yet. They are so hard to suck on, even for me, I don't know how she is supposed to figure out that water comes out. I tried putting a regular plastic straw in it and it's still not working. I can't seem to find a softer one that I could squeeze, so push some water up the straw, but I'm going to BBB this weekend.

So, how did you do it? What was the process and what cups did you like?