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Water/cup

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Smellybears · 03/07/2018 08:43

Morning all!
I’ve been told to give little one some water with his porridge (by his specialist). Can anyone recommend a sippy cup please as there are so many different ones!

Thank you!

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spugzbunny · 04/07/2018 07:07

I went to an NCT class on weaning and they said to use only a traditional free flow cup. Anything else then you are teaching the baby to suck something again and not drink. She also recommended that everyone else in the house used the same zippy cup to get baby used to it

KimchiLaLa · 04/07/2018 16:43

What is a traditional free flow cup? A normal, standard cup that we would drink out of?

Cottipus · 04/07/2018 17:24

We use a Doidy cup for our 6 month old. She couldn’t get the hang of sippy cups or bottles so I just skipped these. The angle makes for easy drinking.

It is messy and most of the water ends up down her clothes but she’s slowly beginning to get the hang of it.

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rubyroot · 04/07/2018 18:00

Sorry if I seem thick, but why do you have to boil water?

dementedpixie · 04/07/2018 19:12

You don't need to boil water for babies to drink if they are over 6 months old

spugzbunny · 05/07/2018 20:41

@KimchiLaLa no like a sippy cup. Spout with holes.

FizzForLunch · 05/07/2018 20:52

Healthy babies can have normal tap water from 6months (only milk before that) and even at this age it shouldn't replace milk. Max 2oz per day. Free flow cups are better but best of all is an open cup (like doidy) if your little one can manage it. My baby managed well with the ikea closed cup in the beginning but had no idea what to do with the 360.

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