Can someone help me with toddler cups please?

[HelpwithNameNeeded]

Is free flow best?

DD can drink from a free flow tommee tippee cup. DH brought her a new cup today which isnt free flow and dd isnt happy with it.

DH says his cup is better as she cant throw water everywhere, which is true.

Is there a reason why she should/shouldnt have a non free flow? Is one better than the other?

I always thought that with a valved cup they have to suck to get the drink out and that the suck action against that kind of hard spout damaged their teeth. But I'm sure someone else will come along to say what a lot of rubbish that is!

It is the sucking hard she is protesting about nightcrawly

We had to give up on all forms of non-spill cups. DS just refused to play that game.

(I think we did have a few non-spill valves for a variety of Avent cups/sports bottles - they were marginally more acceptable than the others we tried)

Give an open cup but only under supervision? Try steady cup or doidy, depending on age. I've only ever used free-flowing spouted cups when out and about.

Dentists all prefer free flow - I think it's something to do with the having to suck hard meaning sugary drinks hang around the teeth more (which is why the advice is also to teach your child to drink from a cup rather than a beaker as early as possible). This doesn't apply if you only ever give water in the beakers, though, of course (but is it really so bad to spill a bit of water???).

Why not get your DH to try drinking from the cup he's foisting on his daughter? He'll probably see it from her point of view if he has to try and get a reasonable drink out of it himself...

agree give an open cup at home - doesn't matter if water is spilled and is the only way she'll learn. doidy is a good place to start. and then tommy tippee for out and about. personally i don't like other cups but that's just my opinion. dd likes all cups however, especially if they don't belong to her

She has a tommy tippee which is her regular cup, I think I will try a doidy at home.

The water is only a problem when DH has to clear it up

HelpwithName - my ds only ever used an open cup. I did this because the idea of him becoming attached to a particular cup and having to remember to take it everywhere filled me with dread!

I just used to put a little bit of water in it, and I helped him with it to start with but he could manage it on his own around about 12 months I think.

I use of these www.amadeusail.co.uk/amadeus-productf.html for DS they are great. Not completely nonspill but they do get the idea of drinking from a proper cup and there is no spout.

sorry i am cr!p at links www.amadeusail.co.uk/amadeus-productf.html Does that work?

I agree with kwaker. I tried to give dd a non-spill cup for a while, she hated it and when I tried to drink from it I realised why - I could barely get anything out either. Also they have all those annoying extra bits of plastic valve that you have to wash and put back together.

And if she gets used to a proper cup it will be so much easier when you are visiting friends with older kids, or out and about, and don't have to take a beaker with you everywhere.

Mine used a and still has Tommy Tippee beakers - we went through about 4 different types of beaker before he settled in these. Refused the Avent ones and similar.

Now transitioning to an open cup and most of the time he's fine with them.

we always use nonspill cups - DS1 and gravity havent been introduced yet so they are my salvation

shivster1980 - where did you get that? it looks worth a try

fledto - you can get the Amadeus non-spill cups from Jojo Maman Bebe if you have one near you or can order online.

thanks babyisaac