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I gave her a regular plastic cup, and a straw cup. Avent makes straw cups that you can squeeze a little to help them "get it" and it took her a couple of weeks but she did!

We did a combo of the zoli straw cup and a plastic open cup (that we hold). Those are the most successful--a sippy cup was a big fat fail.

I started with a honey bear straw "cup"

Since its flexible I could squeeze it to get water in my child's mouth - after doing that a few times they figured out how to use it themselves..

DS has been drinking from a regular cup since about 4 months. Recently, at 8 months, we added a munchkin straw cup from Target to the mix and he loves it and has had no problems. He hates sippy cups.

@Foodnerd81: Does C actually like the taste of water? We've tried a Nuby sippy cup and a straw cup with no luck. But I did tilt the sippy cup for her--she loves chewing it but as soon as water comes out she gets the most disgusted look on her face!

It took DD *forever* to get the sippy cup/tipping thing. Seriously like 12 months?

She was interested in straws very early, though - maybe from 4-5 months? I figured out how to drink from my straw around 6 months, so the straw cup was an obvious choice. Now that she is about 13 months, she is able to use the Take and Toss straw cups without spilling everywhere. Before that, we used the Lansinoh Momma straw cups with handles with good success. For water, the Zoli is okay because I don't care if it leaks a little.