Water Drinking Sippy Cup

The bottle to sippy cup transition can be a scary change for babies and parents.

Water drinking sippy cup. With time the sippy cup with water will naturally transition to a straw cup with water and eventually to a water bottle that she takes to school and drinks from all day. Somewhere towards the end of baby s first year most parents start moving from a bottle to a sippy cup. A sippy cup is a training cup usually plastic with a screw or snap on lid and a spout that lets your child drink without spilling. However i haven t met too many parents who didn t worry about the transition.

Sippy cups were created to help children transition from a bottle to drinking from a regular cup but they re too often used for convenience says american academy of pediatric dentistry aapd president philip h. When kids sip for extended periods on sugared beverages they re exposed to a higher risk of decay. Water is traditionally introduced through a sippy cup. The message you begin at 1 year of age.

Drink water all day and liberally because your body needs hydration. Our miracle 360 cups limit the flow of water in order to reduce the risk of spills as well as decrease the risk of choking while drinking. However assuming adequate formula or breast milk intake your child may not need more than 2 to 4 ounces of water over a 24 hour period. They re the ideal option to help your little one transition from a bottle to a spoutless cup.

3 5 out of 5 stars 99. Their tongue is placed down and towards the front of their mouth and they suckle to extract the liquid from the spout. You can get models with or without handles and choose ones with different types of spouts. Baby sippy cups and toddler trainer cups are designed to teach your little ones how to drink from a big kid cup.

The reason for no or very limited use of a sippy cup is because the skills of using a sippy cup are actually the same ones they would use when drinking from a bottle. Get it as soon as mon aug 17. Sippy cups can be a great way for your baby to transition from nursing or bottle feeding to a regular cup. Its plastic construction is bpa free and it features a soft silicone spout.

Drink milk and juice sparingly and while seated with meals.