Nuby Sippy Cup

Addison has been experimenting with sippy cups lately and its SO FUN! We are not expecting her to be an expert or anything since we started on the early side (most recommendations are to begin at 6 months). We decided to experiment because 1) she has impeccable eye hand coordination 2) she tries to take our cups and opens her mouth to take a drink and 3) she has elimination issues, so our pediatrician recommended juice and water in a cup.

We started with Avent sippy cups and although she could hold them very well she had trouble with them because 1) you have to suck really hard and 2) the type of plastic is a soft plastic (which is recommended for the first sippy cups) but it was the same softeness as her teething rings, thus she thought it was a teething ring.

After determining she confused cup with teething ring, we made a trip to Target to check out other options. I saw the Nuby Sippy Cup and noticed that unlike many other cups, the spout was SILICONE, just like her bottles (which for the record...she RARELY gets since she is EBF)! We decided to give it a whirl and she took to it very quickly! I am convinced this is the cup for her! Sometimes it does drip slightly, but after re-tigthening the lid it works great.

Addison takes a few sips at a time, but loses interest after that and then a few minutes later wants more. She is so easily distracted, cute! She can hold it well and sometimes sips from it when she holds it, but honestly has not mastered multi-tasking enough to hold AND suck. Occasionally she will not drink unless SHE holds it---my independent little nipper scrapper :)

Although it is fun, it is somewhat sad how big she is getting!

Da Cups!
Da spout!