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Does anyone have a Tommee Tippee easi flow cup?

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Ghosty · 19/09/2004 02:59

I bought one of these last week and for the life of me I can't work out how a baby is to get anything out of it ... I can't get a drop out myself .... what's the secret?

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Ghosty · 19/09/2004 03:10

Here is the link ... click the 'Easiflow cups' bit on the left and it is the Easiflow Spill-Proof First Cup

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Beccarollover · 19/09/2004 08:56

You need to bite on the teet to get anything out!

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Ghosty · 19/09/2004 09:27

Thanks Becca ...
Ok ... so, how do I tell my baby that? She can't even work out how to sip from a sippy cup! I don't want to encourage her to bite down to get a drink (ouch my poor nips!) ...
Silly me, thought the words Easiflow meant Easy Flow, not Bite Down to Get a Drop Flow ...

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Oooggs · 19/09/2004 09:33

Yes I have one - do you want it? along with the rest of the non spill cups that we (DS & I) find impossible!!!!!

JiminyCricket · 19/09/2004 11:53

I find the boots one good...tommee tippee and anyway-up-cups have been relegated to the top cupboard or the bin respectively, though some of my friends use them apparently OK...

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Ghosty · 19/09/2004 11:58

DS used the anyway up cups with no bother at all ... but DD just doesn't get the hang of drinking anything from anywhere except my boobs or if absolutely necessary a bottle ...
We have a heinz baby basics cup with a soft spout which she loves ... she chews the spout with her gums, sucks the water out, sits there with a mouthful of water laughing at me and then spits it all out again! ... it is her favourite game

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prettycandles · 20/09/2004 15:18

My 3yo ds worked out how to bite and get the drink within minutes, but the TT cup I bought was for dd, who was about 12mo, and nearly a year later she still can't get a drop out of it. It's been relegated to the back of the cupboard, together with all the Anywayup-type cups. Ds uses regular cups (though he does like a spouted beaker for his bedtime milk) and dd uses Avent spouts.

florenceuk · 20/09/2004 22:53

What about a sports bottle? Tomme Tippee make a flip top "on the go" cup as well I think. Not leakproof though. DS loves those Easiflow cups BTW, he prefers it to anything else. Also I think for a lot of kids, biting down is very natural on the soft spout. But it leaks, so I force him to use the Anyway up cup when we go out.

ebbie22 · 20/09/2004 22:56

Hi all,not sure of the make but try ur local chemist,they might do a two pack cup one blue one yellow...
As my dd didnt have any teeth til quite late she also found it impossible to use the cups you have all tried..
I swore by my dd until we lost them...now is happy with a straw and a spill one...Could be worth a try...

bunnyrabbit · 21/09/2004 11:58

I use the TT flip-top cups for DS (12mths) and have since he was 4mnths. I've not intention of moving to the non-spill cups unless absolutely necesarry. IMHO it makes it harder for them to drink, so why bother?

bunnyrabbit · 21/09/2004 11:59

Oh and he's quite happy to drink his milk from one as well.. now if I could just get him to fold the spout back down by himself I'd be sorted!!!

Furball · 21/09/2004 12:46

I've always used This Sort for DS (now 3) it is non spill as well. He too had bother trying to get anything out of those blooming spouts.

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