stupid qestion about training cups

[fernyburn]

Hi all
My dd is 6 months old, and Im having a few problems with training cups.

I was given 2 avent bottles with a non drip valve inside and a spout, when she drinks from it, often nothing comes out... she sucks away and gets air.
I got fed up with them and bought her a tommee tipee cup for 6 months + this has a non drip spout, which she has to bite to get liquid out, and she cant get the hang of biting it, just tries to suck, and gets nothing, as its sealed air tight.

My problem is... I was told that babies need to learn to drink from a cup by using a sipping action, the advent is correct, because she is drawing from a spout, the tippee, needs to be bitten.......

whet did you ladies use... if she gets the hang of the tippee, does it just come naturally.. sipping ......

totally clueless on this one

thanks

Had same problem with DD in garden last weekend, paddling pool was out, me ans DH were busy trying to lay a new patio, looked up to see dd dipping an old, drirty, flowerpot into the water and drinking from it. Lovely,,eh!!

My daughter tried literally dozens of spouted cups, and we found the best one was the John Lennon Tiny Love by Maws, you can get it from Woollies. You can use it with or without the valve, but it's not difficult to get the drink from even with the valve in. It's completely non-drip, easy to keep clean, and it was the only spouted cup my little girl could actually manage to drink from.

wow
I didnt realise that when i posted this thread that it would be such an issue !!!!

I thought it was just me being dumb.

tommee tippee is going back to the shop tomorrow, and i'll find something else...

I mentioned to the techy folk about adding training cups to their reviews!