Talktools Honey Bear Drinking Cup with 2 Flexible Straws - Includes Instructions - Spill-proof Lid by TalkTools

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Step 1: Using a straw (a standard plastic restaurant straw will do), use your finger to trap a *small* amount of liquid in the bottom.

Before choosing a straw cup, we recommend first teaching your baby the skills of using a straw by itself, which we’ll outline below. Once your baby has the basic idea of the straw itself, you can choose any straw cup you prefer, knowing your baby can use it. Now, before you tear through your kitchen and trash your sippy cups or worry you’ve irreparably damaged your child, we just want to point out that using a sippy cup will not damage your child and likely have zero noticeable impact. In fact, one of our staff feeding therapists occasionally used sippy cups with both of her kids because she already had them and they were spill-proof. While sippy cups may not be ideal for oral motor skill development, babies are incredibly flexible and resilient. These stainless cups are fitted with a silicone sleeve so they’re easy to hold (even when cold), and they’re bright and fun. They are easy to clean, come in 8-ounce and 10-ounce sizes, and are very durable.

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Step 2: Let your baby open their mouth and lean in to accept the straw, then give a little squeeze to the cup, which will express a small amount of the liquid into your baby’s mouth. Most babies will respond by immediately sealing their lips to swallow, which helps them learn to close their lips around the straw. We recommend introducing your child to a side sipping cup (with your assistance) around 6 months of age, as this is the time that your baby will begin to eat food. Remember, at 6 months old a baby does not need more than an ounce or so of water. But, offering water around this time will help flush down solid food during mealtime and will allow your baby to become more comfortable with the act of drinking from a cup. Question #1B: WHEN should I wean my baby off of the bottle? What to do if baby is resistant or struggling with cup drinking Baby not interested in cup drinking Made from medical grade materials that are FDA compliant - free from BPA, latex, lead, phthalates and PVC We do not advise using sippy cups with a “spout”. These cups are similar to bottle nipples, therefore they do not promote a proper tongue placement or a mature swallow pattern.

They pretty leak-proof when they fall over, too, which is always a plus. Be sure to take the two pieces of the lid apart when washing and drying to prevent mildew.We recommend slowly weaning off of a bottle. This slow wean may take anywhere between one to six months depending on when this process is started and how well your baby adapts to this transition. Honey Bear Straw Cup is the famous straw cup from Talk Tools. Our occupational therapist was attempting to get Noah to like the straw again close to his birthday. We attempted to use the honey bear, which I am sure a lot of you have used with huge success. A: Around 6 months, when your baby starts food ( Baby-led Weaning or Traditional Weaning/spoon feeding). The winner of straw cup show down however was the Take & Toss Straw Cups . They do not have a valve and are surprisingly spill proof (although they do not survive drops to the floor as well as others. OPEN CUPS WE LOVE: First, we advise introducing your baby to an open cup. We like to start with the (#1st Open Cup) Tiny Cup and then move to (#2nd Open Cup Options)another small, safe and soft rimmed open cup. See some of our favorite open cups below! Other side sipping cups are ok too! These are just our favorites!Open Cup #1: (5-6 months old) The EZPZ Tiny Cup is a silicone training cup specifically designed for infants by a pediatric feeding specialist. The Tiny Cup is made to help a baby smoothly transition from a bottle to cup. The description of this cup says, “open cup drinking supports healthy oral and speech development, aids with teething, helps baby learn to have a strong swallow and can decrease tooth decay.” This cup is meant to be used with parent assistance. You will hold the cup to your baby’s mouth and allow your baby to take tiny sips from the rim.Open Cup #2 Option 1: (6 months old) Bambini Bear Elephant Mug is made from a soft and comfortable silicone material that is BPA free! This mug has “ a built-in handle that teaches kids to gradually learn to drink independently. This cup helps to improve fine motor skills and hand-arm coordination.” Additionally, this cup promotes proper tongue placement, so it is a great option!Open Cup #2 Option 2: (Any age) Olababy 100% Silicone Training Cup for Baby and Toddler. The Olababy Training cup is “gentle and flexible, specifically designed for little hands. The weighted base provides stability for toddlers trying to master fine motor skills and does not tip over easily. And the see-through measuring dots allow parents to monitor liquid consumption while doubling as a measuring cup.” And don’t forget it allows for proper tongue placement! Sounds like a win to us! STRAW CUPS WE LOVE:Straw Cup #1 (6 months old): Talktools Honey Bear Drinking Cup is the straw cup we like to introduce first. The description states, “a cute honey bear cup that teaches and helps transition to straw drinking. This cup is used by many speech and feeding therapists to teach tongue training, lip rounding, tongue retraction, and other oral motor skills.” You can squeeze the bottle of this cup to help push the liquid through the straw into your baby’s mouth. This will help your baby start to understand the purpose of drinking from a straw.Straw Cup #2: (8+ months old) We recommend introducing a weighted straw cup with handles. A weighted straw cup is spill-proof and allows a child to drink from any angle, while also being spill-proof! These more advanced straw cups will require your baby to engage those articulatory muscles (e.g. tongue, lips, cheeks) to gain access to the water inside. You have three great options here:

Have a kiddo just learning to drink from a sippy cup? Try this one!It’s easy to hold and to drink from and is the one I used with all three of my kids in their first years. It’s a great way to serve water to a baby just learning to use a cup.It’s also an appropriate size at 5 ounces, so it won’t be too heavy for a baby to drink from. months: Start by introducing water to your baby in an open “side sipping cup” (see recommendations below) a few times throughout the day (e.g. mealtime). You will hold the cup and offer your baby tiny sips from the rim. This will train your baby’s tongue to start to elevate to the correct, mature swallowing posture. At first this may be difficult for your baby, but with practice it will become more natural!Anna, the wonderful mother of Ellie, taught me how to really give the mouth a workout. She recommended putting a straw through the tops of pureed baby food, and so in this video you see Noah doing that for the first time today. As Annamentions in her blog post, this is a great exercise to help strengthen your child’s oral-maxillary facial muscles(try saying that 3 times real fast!)