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My son never drank from sippies - he went straight to the Playtex straw cups. We "taught" him at 8-9 months...took a regular, loose straw - put an inch of drink at bottom, held top with our finger to keep liquid in. Put it in his mouth and let go a tiny bit...kept doing "sips" like this until he figured out that if he sucked, it came out. That was it!
Mia however wouldn't do the straw. She did the sippies but we had to take the stopper out the first few times - they were just too hard to suck out of to "teach" her...once she figured out that liquid came out, she started sucking on her own. We just held her or put her in the corner of our sofa sitting up with a bib and held the cup (tipped it into her mouth for sips) and it really didn't make a mess at all. I would never just give her the cup without the spout. Good luck!!
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Bio son 5/6/02
Agency 3/5/05
HS Visit & Interview 3/20-29/05
I600A 3/18/05, Prints 4/8/05
HS INS 4/22
State Auth 4/29
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