Training Cups

Your little one is growing up so fast! Big boys and girls want to drink independently. Training cups are perfect for the transition from bottle to drinking cup. Available in several sizes and of course in many nice colours and prints. This way your child can make the transition at its own pace.

When do you start practicing with a cup?

Learning to drink from a cup or spout cup is of course very exciting for your little one. Maybe it is just as hard as learning to sit, crawl and walk. A little help with that certainly wouldn’t hurt. From about 6 months, your baby will start eating solid food in addition to milk. This is a good time to start introducing a cup. Your baby gets less milk, so he needs extra fluid to maintain the fluid balance. You can give a little bit of water or lukewarm tea in a cup with every dish. In the beginning you hold the cup, but eventually your child can do this himself. It will probably be a wet mess the first time, so put a bib on your little one and see what happens.

Which training cups are available?

At Baby Plus there are various types of training cups available. What types are there and what are the pros and cons? We have listed them for you below:

• Open cup – drinking from an open cup is good for the development of your baby’s mouth muscles. In addition, drinking from an open cup promotes motor skills and speech development. With an open drinking cup, your child learns to suck in the liquid and can better estimate when to close his mouth while drinking, to prevent choking.
• Spout cup – it may be that drinking from an open cup is still too difficult for your little one at the beginning. Then you better start practicing with a spout cup. Spout cups are easy to grab and often have an anti-leak system, which means that there is a lot less spillage. The disadvantage is that your child cannot determine how big a sip is, which means that there is a greater chance of choking.
• Straw cup – this is a good alternative if your baby is having trouble transitioning from the bottle to an open cup. A straw cup is also good for the development of the mouth muscles.

Choose from top brands

To make learning to drink independently a lot more fun for your little one, there are various beautiful, cool and fun colours and prints on the training cups. Baby Plus has a wide range of cups. Choose from top brands like Done by Deer, OXO Tot and Liewood.