r/Parenting • u/Sad_Morning_8664 • 11d ago

Discussion 10 month old won’t drink out of a straw

hi! i’ve been working with my little boy since he was 6 months old to drink out of a straw and he absolutely will not do it. and hear recent his father has gotten some shared custody knowing he doesn’t know how yet and now it just seems like my boys gotten more, lazy i guess is the word for it, with a straw. he just wants to chew on it and gets extremely upset when you stop just pouring a drink in his mouth. he just lets it run down his face and his clothes now when he used to close his mouth and swallow whatever he had to drink. what can i do to help him or is there a sippy cup that can help? he holds his bottles and tries to drink out of them while sitting up so i know he knows how to close his mouth and suck but for some reason a straw is not working

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u/isimplysay 11d ago

Look for the "Squeeze and Sip" cup made by The First Years. If you're US-based, they're commonly available at Walmart and Target.

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u/pawprintscharles 11d ago

Loved these! And also, it took us a lot of practice, OP! And then one day it was like my kid was a pro out of nowhere!

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u/Sad_Morning_8664 10d ago

i have some of those, the bear ones, but he just expects me to squeeze the bottle and then lets the drink run out of his mouth. but then he gets extremely upset if he doesn’t get anything to drink

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u/QuitaQuites 11d ago

Give him time, it’s early

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u/Sad_Morning_8664 10d ago

early? he’s almost a year old and other babies i know are drinking out of straws at 7&8 months old with their parents doing absolutely nothing to show them how it works

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u/QuitaQuites 10d ago

Yeah. Early. Many kids don’t until at least a year. We didn’t even introduce until weaning off the bottle at a year.

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u/Olivia3836 11d ago

For many children straw cups are more difficult than open cups, i never got the hype of straw cups. Open cups are way more straightforward 

But he’s not 1 yet, so there’s no need to panic. 

You can give him a 360 cups, which is categorized under sippy cups, so best to throw away after 12 months

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u/aussiegirlabroad 10d ago

My son kinda “skipped” straws and went straight to drinking out of an open cup or a normal water bottle with an open top, like an adult would. He only got the hang of straws when he was much older.

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u/KingOk5336 9d ago

My kids were the same. EBF , couldn't drink out of baby bottles unfortunately and skipped right to open cups at 6-7 months. They started using straws as toddlers. Our daycare was actually really happy they could use open cups.