Cups for babies and toddlers

What cup? When to introduce? And why does it matter?!

The most optimal progression from the bottle/breast is:

Open cup--introduce as early at 6 months

360 Trainer cup (if needed)-between 6-12 months

Straw cup-Introduce between 6-12 months

Eventually the goal is for a toddler to drink from an open cup and/or straw cup for optimal oral-motor development.

Well what about a sippy cup? And why should you wean the bottle optimally by 18 months?

A sippy cup is not optimal in the dental and speech therapy world.

Both a bottle and sippy cup utilize an immature tongue-thrust pattern. In the speech world, this can have an impact on oral muscle development and delay ability for certain speech.

In the dental world, prolonged use of sippy and bottle cups can potentially increase the risk of cavities due to liquid pooling around the teeth.

Here are some personal tips:

✔️Cup use takes practice: Introduce the open cup at 6 months. It can take months for them to get the hang of it. Practice with water so spills are easier to clean. Be patient with them and yourself.

✔️Straw cup: You can start anywhere after 6 months. For me, we optimized the open cup first. I do recommend starting the straw cup around 9-10 months and definitely by 12 months. The earlier you introduce, the more practice they can have.

✔️360 cups: Can be a good option as they learn the straw cup. We are okay with a little mess if we are practicing with water, so tend to use the straw cup. For milk, we will likely so the 360 cup as he masters the straw cup.

What questions do you have? Ask below!

Hold old is your baby/toddler and what cups are they using?

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🎶: Cups from Pitch Perfect

[anglobong]

Video made my head spin. Too much happening behind to read the captions.

[ingamadan]

Thank you! Which straw bottle you can use for 15 month baby who is still on formula milk?

[Sadiyaa-w]

Looks really informative but please less distraction

[arpithavijay-lw]

What happens if we don’t wean by 18 months, my son has 8 teeth at 18 months and is fighting to have the bottle only, doesn’t accept open cups, spits all the liquid out and with the straw he just throws it around and plays with it, pls give tips to wean off the bottle 😢😢😢😢

[kirstinelazaga]

I haven’t introduced her the open cup at all and she’s already 12 months old. Should I introduced it first before she starts using the straw cup? I’m starting to wean her bottle and use a cup but don’t know which one to use! 😢

[reenathakur]

Link of the product please
..which brand and which straw pipe to use?

[idkwhatimdoin]

So the straw cup had to wait till 10 months or just after baby master's the open cup at 6 months

[ar]

Video too much distracting.. it will help if it’s clear and slow .. not much help.. too much going on

[NanaGrandmaJ]

Great video. What to do if 1yo is fighting anything but bottle 😔

[sinishaji]

So a pediatrician with no sense of making caption based informative video...

[GlockFito]

I was gonna watch but I’m not watching a 30 plus women do these hand gestures like a little teenage

[anjanaravi]

Unnecessar drama


😢 cant read it properly

[ShadyIsSlim]

Where's the glock?
Where's the mag?
Where's the rhythm?