Choosing a Sippy Cup

My son also has reflux and we had a horrible time with sippy cups. We had to use a straw type, Rubbermaid makes them first, then he took to the sippy. He is 2 now and he will now drink from a sippy and the starw cups but it took a long time. He even had a therapist working with him on it. I was like you and had one of ever sippy on the market and he would not drink out of any of them. One suggestion might be to put water or juice in it to get her used to it. My son would never take his milk and still will not out of the sippy, his therapist is still working on that one! Gerber is a good cup and he likes his. He tends to like the soft tip sippy cups better so see if you can find those, they were usually the starter sippys. I also took the spill proof thing out for the first few times so it was easier for him to use. I hope this helps.

Hi J. -

My son took quickly to the Born Free sippy. Check it out at Amazon and you can read more about it, but he took right to it and when he turned one, we no longer touched a bottle and it was never a problem. And they are touted with having a special valve system to reduce gassiness. It's the same system they use for their bottles. Oh, and another bonus, they are BPA free.

Good luck!

J.,

We use(d) the platex brand sippy cup that has the handles on the lid of the cup, not the base. There is a plug/valve in the lid that makes it mostly spill proof. Both my kids preferred these because the tips were chewable. They're not molded hard, but they're not flexible soft either.

Hope this helps,
Melissa

My son didn't like or catch onto anything but the straw sippy cups at first. Then he liked the ones with the really soft lids (Nuby) - these are also BPA-free, by the way. Unfortunately, I had to do the same as you - keep trying all the different ones. Some people's kids caught on to the stainless steel one that works like a sport's bottle... Good luck!

Hi J.,
Since your daughter has reflux I would call the nurse at the pediatric office and ask for advice.. I like the Gerber sippy cups.. they do not leak and they sell them at target.. but I do not introduce the sippy until around 10 months and my youngest took to it for good at 12 months. My oldest hated the sippy and missed the bottle.... such a battle that it was 17 months until the bottle wasd fully gone. (a little late) My doctor like the transition to a sippy around 1 year old. Since I have never delt with reflux I only know the general rule of around a 1 year of age the doctor likes the child to be off the bottle.
Best of luck,
Lenc

Mom of a two girls 2.5 and 5

My daughter only liked the straw type of cup. We used Playlex. They worked really well for her and they don't suck as much air. i think she was around 9 months old when she got the hang of it. It took a while because the straw is a different type of sucking than a bottle.

I suggest the Rubbermaid "juice box" (it's called a juice box, but we never give my daughter juice), it's in the tupperware section of the store, not the baby area. It's considered "safe" plastic.