Sippy Cup recommendations

[lavenderblue]

I don't have little ones any more, but my sister has a 1 year old and is struggling with getting her to take a sippy cup so I told her that would try to get some information for her because she doesn't really have a lot of mom friends. Also, my niece is special needs in that she is blind, but I don't know if that has anything to do with the sippy cup struggles. Are there any sippy cups that make the transition easier? She's tried straw cups and the hard top sippy cups and isn't having luck with either of those. They recently started OT but the therapist straight up admitted that she's never worked with a blind child before so she is basically zero help. 

[felicity]

Has she tried the soft spout sippy cups, like Nuk? Both of mine liked these as a transition.

Friends have also recommended the honey bear straw cup for learning to drink from a straw, but I haven’t personally tried it.

[osulori]

I like the Nuk soft spout sip cup for my feeding therapy kids that are having trouble getting off bottles...once they're in a good groove with the Nuk we can usually branch out to other sippy or straw cups from there. This may be harder for your niece though because (in my experience) kids with vision difficulties rely on their other senses to interact with their environment so making transitions between things that feel different like different cup types or bottle nipples can be difficult. Do you happen to know what kind of bottles she's using?

[lavenderblue]

Mar 11, 2024 10:53:29 GMT -5 felicity said:

Has she tried the soft spout sippy cups, like Nuk? Both of mine liked these as a transition.

Friends have also recommended the honey bear straw cup for learning to drink from a straw, but I haven’t personally tried it.

I believe so far all she has tried is a variety of straw cups and the hard spout cups. I'll definitely suggest the Nuk ones, thank you. 

[lavenderblue]

Mar 11, 2024 11:35:21 GMT -5 osulori said:

I like the Nuk soft spout sip cup for my feeding therapy kids that are having trouble getting off bottles...once they're in a good groove with the Nuk we can usually branch out to other sippy or straw cups from there. This may be harder for your niece though because (in my experience) kids with vision difficulties rely on their other senses to interact with their environment so making transitions between things that feel different like different cup types or bottle nipples can be difficult. Do you happen to know what kind of bottles she's using?

I believe she uses Dr Browns. You'd think I'd know since I literally gave her a bottle yesterday LOL I think you are right on about her relying on her other senses making transitioning more difficult. She very much has issues with foods with certain textures, so that may be why she is rejecting the unfamiliarity of the other types of cups in her mouth. I'll tell her about the Nuks.

[Jalapeñomel]

I agree with Nuk.

[waverly]

My son was mad when I tried to give a sippy cup as opposed to a bottle, and used to throw them down on the ground and across the room. Change can be hard. With him, we used Tomee Tippee, but it was more a matter of him getting used to it than the brand. Took him about a month to stop tantruming about it.

When I introduced them to a straw cup, I had to get the ones where you squeez the sides to show them how to suck on a straw because they didn't know how. You squeeze the sides and the liquid goes up the straw. I can't find them anymore, so not sure if they still make them.

[noodleoo]

My kids loved the munchkin 360 cups. They are different than normal sippy cups but might be easier for a blind child since you don’t have to find the spout, you can drink from anywhere on the rim. They aren’t 100% leak proof though, especially if dropped.

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[felicity]

Mar 11, 2024 11:45:47 GMT -5 lavenderblue said:

Mar 11, 2024 11:35:21 GMT -5 osulori said:

I like the Nuk soft spout sip cup for my feeding therapy kids that are having trouble getting off bottles...once they're in a good groove with the Nuk we can usually branch out to other sippy or straw cups from there. This may be harder for your niece though because (in my experience) kids with vision difficulties rely on their other senses to interact with their environment so making transitions between things that feel different like different cup types or bottle nipples can be difficult. Do you happen to know what kind of bottles she's using?

I believe she uses Dr Browns. You'd think I'd know since I literally gave her a bottle yesterday LOL I think you are right on about her relying on her other senses making transitioning more difficult. She very much has issues with foods with certain textures, so that may be why she is rejecting the unfamiliarity of the other types of cups in her mouth. I'll tell her about the Nuks.

I think Dr Browns makes a sippy nipple that might work with some of the bottles.

[rhian]

We had luck with these sippies which have a soft spout: www.target.com/p/munchkin-gentle-transition-trainer-cup-4oz-blue/-/A-80793820 We used them from about 8-14 months, when my son really figured out straw cups. We also used open cups starting right at 6 months.

[janegold]

My kids both also liked the Munchkin 360 cups.

[Susie]

We also used the Munchkin 360 cups.  I liked how easy to clean they are, and I agree they seem like they'd be beneficial for a blind child who can't see where on the diameter the spout is.

My 1st briefly needed something with a spout to make the transition from bottle to cup, but my 2nd went straight from bottle to 360 cup, no problem.  

[macmars45]

Take and Toss was what I used for my DS. I used those until he switched entirely away from sippy cups at 4 years old.

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[osulori]

Mar 11, 2024 11:45:47 GMT -5 lavenderblue said:

Mar 11, 2024 11:35:21 GMT -5 osulori said:

I like the Nuk soft spout sip cup for my feeding therapy kids that are having trouble getting off bottles...once they're in a good groove with the Nuk we can usually branch out to other sippy or straw cups from there. This may be harder for your niece though because (in my experience) kids with vision difficulties rely on their other senses to interact with their environment so making transitions between things that feel different like different cup types or bottle nipples can be difficult. Do you happen to know what kind of bottles she's using?

I believe she uses Dr Browns. You'd think I'd know since I literally gave her a bottle yesterday LOL I think you are right on about her relying on her other senses making transitioning more difficult. She very much has issues with foods with certain textures, so that may be why she is rejecting the unfamiliarity of the other types of cups in her mouth. I'll tell her about the Nuks.

I was hoping you'd say Dr. Brown's! They make a soft spout sip top "bottle" with handles, but the spout nipple should fit onto regular bottles if your niece is resistant to the handles.  www.target.com/p/dr-brown-39-s-8oz-milestones-narrow-sippy-bottle-with-silicone-handles-38-soft-spout-6m-gray/-/A-76485226?sid=&ref=tgt_adv_xsp&AFID=google&fndsrc=tgtao&DFA=71700000012510928&CPNG=PLA_Baby%2BPriority%2BShopping%7CBaby_Ecomm_Baby&adgroup=Baby_Priority+TCINs&LID=700000001170770pgs&LNM=PRODUCT_GROUP&network=g&device=c&location=9014989&targetid=aud-554348709499:pla-297068456345&ds_rl=1242884&ds_rl=1246978&gad_source=1&gclid=Cj0KCQjw-r-vBhC-ARIsAGgUO2AQ7zdWqPzcHeIX-8sdoWidjRyBXKLfvAnGUU828d6nBAwXJSPYGDwaAvV0EALw_wcB&gclsrc=aw.ds

The spout is shaped a little differently from the Nuk soft spout sip top but same idea.  And the Nuk has removable handles also!