Simple ways to move to drinking from a cup

When infants are born they are able to nurse and to suck milk from breast or bottle. As they grow they move to drinking from a cup or beaker. Usually this is started at about 6 months, or when the infant can sit unsupported. This does not mean that it becomes immediately safe to leave a little one with a cup or beaker any more than it is safe to leave them alone with any foodstuff or bottle. There is still a risk of choking.

Using a standard paper cup you can make an appropriate drinking solution when out and about.

Mark the paper/plastic cup leaving a small container to hold the liquid.

In this case the rim has been left intact to keep the structure rigid, but removing this part of the rim is OK it just makes the cup more "bendy".

Now you can easily see how much fluid is heading to baby's mouth and can avoid rushing this experience and ending up with some fluid going into your little one's nose!

In these pictures a doll has been used to demonstrate this, but the principal is the same when adapting a paper cup for a child who can sit unsupported.


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