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Friday Favorites: Born Free Training Cups

A few moms have asked me lately how I got Maggie & Alex off of bottles. So I figured this week I would highlight my “magic” sippy cup & share how I kicked the bottles. When Maggie was about 6 months old I noticed that the sippy cups in Babies R Us said some were for “4month+. I panicked! Like any new mom I freaked out because I realized Maggie was 2 months passed that & had never even sipped a drop from a sippy cup. So of course I bought 5 different cups, all of which she threw on the ground & cried until I gave her a bottle.
Then, I bought a Born Free Training Cup. I had avoided them in my first round of cup shopping because they are a little pricey. TOTALLY worth the price (best price I have seen is Diapers.com). The spout is pretty similar in shape & texture to a bottle nipple. You can also take the handles off so it looks like a bottle too. For the first few times I held it & fed Maggie before she went to sleep at nap time. She drank out of it & before long it was all she used. We still gave her a bottle at night for a while. Then by 1 she started drinking out of any cup I gave her.
I thought maybe it was just Maggie, but seems like the same thing with Alex. She will not take a sippy cup unless it’s the Born Free Training Cup! Now, she is 10 months & pretty much done with bottles thanks to these great cups!

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  1. I love hearing what works for other moms and babies! So far, Maclane has been a completely different baby than Carter so I love hearing great reviews on products I didn't necessarily use the first time around- there's a good chance Mac won't take the same sippy C did- so this is good to know! 🙂 Thanks for sharing!

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  2. I wish my little guy liked the training spouts/cups from born free. (we use born free bottles) because I bought the spouts to go with the bottles to transition and he likes to bang the bottle on his tray and chew on it, but that's it. le sigh!

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  3. What a neat product, thank you for your feature!! You have such an informative blog for young mothers, I hope you have a wonderful weekend!!

    Toodles,
    Twirling Clare
    twirlingclare.blogspot.com

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  4. I'm with you…my mom just asked me the other day why I hadn't started training my 6-month old on a sippy! It hadn't even dawned on me that he was old enough yet. Alas, we bought one this week and I can't believe what a champ he is.

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  6. what a great product! i dont have kids yet but i love how they keep coming out with new technology! I am your newest follower! I cannot wait to read more of your posts and hope that maybe you can return the favor and follow The Preppy Student. I always comment for every comment left on my page and hope to start a friendly relationship with your wonderful blog!

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  8. I pinned this for the future because we are having quite a time getting rid of the bottle at night–I may get one for my 2.5 yo anyways to kick the nighttime habit. Thanks for sharing and for stopping by my blog–I'm a new GFC follower!
    Jacki@redheadedmommy.com

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  10. Thanks for the tip! My first daughter went off the bottle no problem, but #2 is fighting it like crazy. She will drink water out of a sippy, but not milk. I will try this one for sure! She drinks from a Tommy Tippee bottle and I am convinced she won't get off of it because its so much like a real nipple…thats my theory anyway 🙂

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