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

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For example, if your baby is independent, you may need to be hands-off, even if that means your baby spills water over and over again. As pediatric speech-language pathologists of Speech Sisters, we hear four common questions pertaining to the “bottle to cup” transition. 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. The former is best suited for younger babies, while the latter is preferable for older babies and toddlers. Step 1: Bring the straw trainer with water, breast milk, or formula to the table and offer the straw to your baby by holding it in front of their mouth.

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Because they are thicker, these liquids tend to move more slowly, giving the child's brain more time to understand where the liquid is moving in the mouth. This may sound crazy, but I recommend introducing a cup at 6 months, or when your baby is able to sit independently, but you should definitely help your child transition to a cup before 12 months. We recommend you seek support from an occupational therapist or speech therapist who has a specialty in feeding, eating, and swallowing to help your baby learn this skill. We have ‘ball’, ‘no’, ‘yes’, ‘want more’ and ‘no more’ all coming through in the last couple of months – this, along with his first few steps, is making this a very exciting time for us all! Slide it open and the straw pops out; slide it closed and the straw goes down, and there's no leaks.Our SALT had never heard of the Honey bear cup which annoyed me slightly and i am slightly unsure whether i should be concentrating on getting Lauren to drink something other than milk from a bottle so she can be independent or tying the straws and open cups with milk in or other liquids. It is used by speech and feeding therapists around the world to teach lip rounding, tongue retraction and other oral-motor skills. includes; 3x bear straw cup with lid, 6x straws, 1x custom straw cleaner honey bear sippy cup lid designed for improved safety. However, this adapted cup has helped many children who have struggled in their initial exposure and experience with straw drinking. and we have a doidy cup and a normal plastic beaker, both of which he loves trying to drink from (with some success now, woohoo!

2 Pack Honey Bear Straw Cups with 4 Flexible Straws

Like most feeding therapists and swallowing specialists, we strongly recommend using open cups and straw cups rather than sippy or 360 cups. Many different companies make similar cups but Sarah notes that the brittle plastic flip-up lids on most break easily and create dangerous sharp edges.If you’re set on using a sippy cup, we suggest a soft spout over a hard spout because they are more similar to a large straw and might not pin your baby’s tongue down quite as much as a hard spout.