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Avent spout

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Coj · 18/05/2004 23:01

Friend's midwife told her that ds needs to suck really hard on these which isn't good for mouth. Any truth in that? Have found no evidence

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mummytojames · 18/05/2004 23:16

you talking about there normal teats because i use advent and as long as there the right ones for there age theres no problems from what i have seen

madgirl · 19/05/2004 22:24

avent stopped doing their first spout which was a weird shape in white, fitted their usual bottles, when ds used the next one (the white soft spout that you are talking about) i pricked more holes in the spout to make the flow easier...alternatively leave half the valve out til he/she gets older. hth.

LunarSea · 20/05/2004 14:40

Try him with a normal (i.e. not non-spill) spout and see how he takes to it. Avent don't even sell the old type spouts any more, just the "magic" ones, but my ds couldn't suck hard enough to get anything out of the cup at first so I'd just alternate between using a normal (cheap) beaker with a spout and a Doidy Cup instead.

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Coj · 20/05/2004 18:39

I think this midwife was talking about the magic ones. Someone has mentioned Doidy cup to me before but I presumed ds (8 months) had to be older to use. Would you advise it for milk or will most of it be lost and hard to judge intake?

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prettycandles · 20/05/2004 20:46

If anything it's the classic Anywayup Cups that need really hard sucking. I found that the Avent Magic spouts were the easiest to suck from of all the truly non-drip spouts. Both of my babies started using them from about 4-6m. They found the flat shape confusing at first, I think, because they would just chew it, so I started them off without the soft part of the valve, and put the valve back in when they had got the hang of it. Plus there's the advantage that you don't have to buy more cups if you've already got the bottles.

Piffleoffagus · 20/05/2004 21:17

it was the recurrent mould that put me off avent magic cups
GROSS
muc prefer the tommee tippe cups and so does dd

Ronny · 20/05/2004 21:37

I found mould a problem with the 'magic'spouts as well. I only use them when out.
My DS1 was ill a lot from 15 montths - he had surgery and afterwards didn't eat for about six months. He constantly had colds, bronchitus etc. and had real problems drinking from a no-spill beaker, but the doidy cup was great.

Hulababy · 20/05/2004 21:46

Lunarsea - we used the Doidy cup with DD too (from about 4 months) as she found the non spill cups a nightmare to use. We even gave one a try ourselves and it is actually pretty hard to get anything out. The doidy cup was a huge success.

Hulababy · 20/05/2004 21:48

Coj - as I mentioned below we used a Doidy from 4 months. To begin with we simply ehped her with it. At that age we never left her alone with a drink anyway (safety and all that) so it wasn't a problem. By 9 or 10 months (maybe earlier???) she used it by herself with us nearby incase she needed help placing it back down. She is now just 2 and just uses regular cups, glasses and beakers (without lids) on her own really well.

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Coj · 21/05/2004 18:54

Have ordered Doidy cup- thanks for link. Have not exp mould yet sounds horrible

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SoupDragon · 21/05/2004 19:03

I never got mould in the Magic Cups when I took the spouts apart for cleaning and stored them in their separate pieces.

If it's too hard to suck, leae out the rubber disk - it won't be non spill then, obviously.

hercules · 21/05/2004 19:11

Ordered one too. Thanks.

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