Cup for 7 month old?

[amyboo]

Not exactly weaning, but I had no idea where else I could put it!

DS (7 months) is currently weaned onto 2 meals a day. I'm trying to get him to start drinking water after/during his meal. I bought a two-handled cup with a spout from Mothercare but he doesn't seem to like it. So, I just wondered if anyone could recommend a cup that he might be able to start using himself? I was thinking of trying the Avent Magic Cup, as he has Avent bottles. Are they any good?

I think it can be hit and miss with cups. The carefully chosen Tommy Tippee cup has never been a success. The random cup I picked up in Superdrug because I'd forgotten hers....she loves!

Something lightweight would be my only advice.

Does he understand it? I offered my DD a cup every day for ages(3 - 4 weeks). She just spat the water out or let it run down her face. I then added 1/10th homemade juice and after she realised she got the hang of it(but still drank slowly). Once that was established I went back to water...for some reason she didn't notice.

We used a cup we got free from the NHS. There is also a tommee tippee first cup(not the no spill ones where they must suck) and she is ok with that. I mean, tbh she really only takes a few sips at a time and then must break/pause as the flow is quite fast.

Good luck

I had to start with water in a bottle - he knew what to do with that - then move to a tommytippee sippy cup after that. A friend of mine's daughter never got on with any sippy cup and liked a doidy cup and the flasks with a straw. I might try to avoid the ones with a valve (at least to start with) because they can actually be quite difficult to drink from.

Tommee Tippee sippy cup. DS never got on with the valved kinds (went through lots, trying to get him off a bottle, nothing worked...) but worked out the sippy cup quite soon. They are cheap too!
Those valved ones are really hard to drink out of, IME and yes, I have tried them...
We had a Doidy cup which was not a succes when he was small (some babies can manage them from 6 months, or even earlier) but it was useful when he was progressing to an open cup.

THanks for all the advice. I think I'll maybe stick with the sippy cup and see how it goes. He does drink from it a little, but then other times just kind of looks at it like it's some crazy thing and lets all the water run down his chin! I might try the watered down fruit juice thing and see if that helps...

Have you tried a doidy cup?
My DS prefers it to a beaker.