re: Using Straws

Quoting mommybrain:“ But you're getting close! August will be here before you know it!”

i know...   Getting too old! haha

Quoting Easton Has My ♥:“ My son started using a straw this past weekend, so 8 months. Sorry i'm not quiet a PWT yet, but wanted to reply.”

i only put it in PWT because i thought i might get more responses but no worries you dont have to have a toddler to reply!! and thanks Brodie is going to be 8 months soon and he isnt getting any better with a sippy cup so im hopeing to go right to a straw cup instead

Quoting Sara12345:“ yeah saftey sent my boyfriend got home on tues cause it was too blizzardy to work...im just glad i didnt garden the weekend before last i had plans too”

it was nasty...do you live in the calgary area then?

Quoting blue.frog:“ i only put it in PWT because i thought i might get more responses but no worries you dont have to have ... [snip!] ... is going to be 8 months soon and he isnt getting any better with a sippy cup so im hopeing to go right to a straw cup instead”

yeah Easton can only use the soft spout ones and he more chews than sucks them. So while eating out I got hima kiddy cup with a lid and he put the straw in his mouth and sucked like he'd been doing it his whole life. Now he much prefers a straw to a sippy cup.

Quoting Tink [Pregonaut]:“ She liked these. http://www.greatbabyproducts.com/Cupsicle_Straw_Cup_p/munc-45004.htm Sorry, I would have used a picture but they won't let me steal the url.”

yeah i want to get a couple of those for in the car, i think im going to buy a few today

Quoting blue.frog:“ i only put it in PWT because i thought i might get more responses but no worries you dont have to have ... [snip!] ... is going to be 8 months soon and he isnt getting any better with a sippy cup so im hopeing to go right to a straw cup instead”

That was what we had to do. My son could never figure out how to drink from a regular sippy. Plus, have you ever tried to drink from some of them? Some of them were hard for me to drink from, let alone my baby!  

Quoting Easton Has My ♥:“ i know...   Getting too old! haha”

Tell me about it! My oldest will be 3 in August!!!I just keep thinking that I only have 2 years left before my baby starts school!  

Quoting Easton Has My ♥:“ yeah Easton can only use the soft spout ones and he more chews than sucks them. So while eating out ... [snip!] ... he put the straw in his mouth and sucked like he'd been doing it his whole life. Now he much prefers a straw to a sippy cup.”

yeah we havethe soft nuby oneand Brodie just chews it he could care less about drinking out of it, i think we'l have better luck with a straw

nate was 8 months

so we bought the Nuby straw sippy cupsand he got a few big sips out of it kinda choked it down and then proceeded to chew on it so i think if i just keep taking it away when he chews then maybe he'l get the idea to just suck it.

Quoting blue.frog:“ so we bought the Nuby straw sippy cupsand he got a few big sips out of it kinda choked it down and then ... [snip!] ... proceeded to chew on it so i think if i just keep taking it away when he chews then maybe he'l get the idea to just suck it.”

do those leak? or are the spill proof?

Quoting blue.frog:“ so we bought the Nuby straw sippy cupsand he got a few big sips out of it kinda choked it down and then ... [snip!] ... proceeded to chew on it so i think if i just keep taking it away when he chews then maybe he'l get the idea to just suck it.”

Those are what we used, and my son still prefers them over a regular sippy.
We actually took one and showed him how to suck on it and he picked it up rather quickly.

Quoting Easton Has My ♥:“ do those leak? or are the spill proof?”

They're spill proof....at least until they learn to turn them upside down and bounce the straw on the table until milk comes out.   Gotta love the age of curiousity!

mine was 9 months

I just noticed he cut a tooth today so im thinking after this tooth stops bothering him he'l quit chewing it.. i dont know how i didnt notice earlier...