Drinking from a cup and when to give normal water

[Tillysmummy]

Two questions ladies, first is when should I start training my dd to drink from a cup. She is 6.5 months and can hold it fine and put it in her mouth but gets confused with the sucking / tipping thing ! Also when can I stop giving her cool boiled water and give her normal water ?

One more question. She is 28 weeks which is technically 7 months isn't it ? But as there are 52 weeks in a year and calendar months are often more than 4 weeks is 28 weeks 6.5 months ? Can someone help with this I am also trying to work it out ?

I give them normal water straight away.

i give norma water straight away too. btw whats the cllb?

tried googling the wizzer cup jodee mentioned but couldn't find anything. anyone else know about this cup?

hi, i too use the doidy cup and ds seems to have got the hang of drinking from it whereas he couldnt do a spouted cup (hes 7m and has been using doidy for 1 months). i still have to hold it for him though. i was told that you couldnt give mineral water aswell, also ive heard that you shouldnt give filtered water either. does anyone know anything about this as i want to use water from a britta filter for ds.

my doctor advised me to use filtered water with my ds when i told him he had trouble bringing up wind. not sure what filtered water has to do with this, but if doctor advised it, it must be ok.