DS refuses to drink from a beaker/cup

[AuntDotsie]

He's 8 months old. Weaning is going pretty well food-wise, but he is now refusing to drink from his doidy cups. He just screws up his face, turns his head away and whinges whenever I pick it up. We've tried him on other kinds with spouts and handles but he just wants to chew on them. He's fine drinking from his bottles though.

Should I just persevere? Does it matter all that much at this point? Any magic solutions?

I wouldn't overly fret about it at the moment. I think we aimed to switch to cups by 1 year, but it took a heck of a lot of trial and error with different cups, beakers etc. Cost me a bloody fortune!

Agree, don't fret but have you tried a straw?

My son has just turned two and has only just started using beakers, he has used the nuby grip and sip ones for a few months though. I wouldn't push it, they do it when they are ready. I would say my son is very finickle about different textures and materials and whatnot and I think that's why he didn't want a hard plastic beaker to drink from

I have not tried a straw, but I will! Assuming he doesn't just gum at it

All the questions they ask at baby clinic - it's amazing how insecure HVs can make you, isn't it? Will deffo chill out about it!

Have you tried using Babycup? My dd absolutely loved these little cups.

You want one of these. I had brought eight variations on sippy/straw cups until I found this when she was ten months old. She loves it.