Contents:
- Medical Video: When Baby Should Start to Use Sippy Cup | Baby Development
- When do children start learning to use baby drinking glasses?
- Tips to teach babies to drink with this glass
Medical Video: When Baby Should Start to Use Sippy Cup | Baby Development
When the baby has to be given complementary food, of course there are many things he must learn. From the texture of food and drinks to how to use tableware. One of the things that parents must teach is to drink from a glass. Usually the baby is too comfortable with the bottle, it will be difficult to use a glass. Actually, when does the child have to be introduced to this baby drinking glass?
When do children start learning to use baby drinking glasses?
Not only breastfeeding through the nipple of the mother's milk, but also through milk bottles. Then if you have grown up, your child should also be introduced to a special glass rather than constantly drinking milk from a bottle.
Baby glasses are designed in various forms that make it easy to drink. Usually a baby glass is equipped with a handle on the side of the glass and a conical and perforated lid. From the hole water, milk and fruit juice can come out and enter the baby's mouth.
However, teaching children to drink with baby glasses is time, you know. Of course you have to wait for the baby to be ready first. If not, the baby can choke when drinking because too much water flows into the mouth.
The important thing that you need to consider to introduce baby glasses is fine motor skills. When he is able to hold the milk bottle properly, he is ready to drink with a baby glass. There is no benchmark when the baby can drink using a glass.
However, generally children can drink with this glass at the age of 5 to 9 months. At that age, your little one has begun to be able to hold the glass and the muscles around his mouth are able to regulate how much water to drink. After switching from a baby glass, your child can learn to use an ordinary cup
Reporting from the page Parents, Jonathon Maguire, MD, a child health expert at St. Michael Hospital said, "Parents who introduce drinking containers other than milk bottles more than one year old, will be more difficult to make children adapt".
Tips to teach babies to drink with this glass
When you introduce and train children to use baby glasses, there are several things that need to be considered, such as:
- Do not force and start if he feels interested or curious about baby glasses.
- Make sure he drinks with a baby glass in a sitting position so that it doesn't choke.
- When he spills water or milk, don't scold the child.
- Change the wet clothes after finishing drinking using a baby glass.
