Drinking water

My little girl isn’t interested in drinking water, she’ll have perhaps one or two small sips from an open cup (most of it goes all over her or she splutters it out). She can’t seem to grasp drinking out of any type of cup, she won’t suck just bites (we’ve tried every type I can think of). She’s also barely drinking milk since weaning started, so it’s stressing me out. Anyone else struggled with getting little ones to drink and found a solution?

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Have you tried a munchkin miracle 360 cup? It’s basically the same mechanics as drinking from an open cup but spillproof

For water, is it the taste?

I’ve tried the 360, she just bites the rim, doesn’t understand she needs to suck to get a drink 😅. I don’t think she minds the taste, she just doesn’t seem to be able to drink it. I could give her some in a normal bottle, she’ll have a sip or two but feel she needs to grasp drinking out of a more grown up cup now.

Have you tried the little straw bottles from tommee tippee? They are the only thing my son will drink from!

We’ve got the tum tum straw cup with no valve, what a life saver it’s been. My LG struggled with every other cup but took to this within a few days and now loves her water. I have to actually cap her water as she’d drink way more if I followed her x

I offer water between every couple of bites of food and on the hotter days at random points throughout the day. We had loads of issues with cups but funnily the two we have had success with have been the cheapest which are a wilko flip top one (https://www.wilko.com/en-uk/single-wilko-beaker-1st-cup-in-assorted-styles/p/0347422) and a griptight trainer cup I got as a two pack from savers, although I've got 20 odd in my cupboard now! They both let out a small amount of water when first tipped and then baby can suck to get more which I think helped my boy understand what was in there and how to drink from it. But I do have to offer it he otherwise he doesn't drink any but I'm sure as he gets older he will start using his own initiative.

I second the tum tum straw cup! It took my son a while to figure it out and we had tears and tantrums but eventually he got the hang of it and now he loves to drink water. X

I got the tum tum but she just bites the straw, she won’t suck 😩

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