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Transitioning from Nuby Sippy Cup to Hard Spout

My son(11.5 months) has used a Nuby sippy cup since he was 6 months old to drink water and juice. He holds them well and loves to drink from them. I have been a bit disappointed, though, because all of his sippies have started to leak like crazy over the past month, so I figured it would be a good time to transition to another cup since I can't stand the leakage wanted to transition him to a bigger cup anyway. I purchased the gerber sippies with handles and a harder spout(still a bit soft). It has a valve to control leaking, but my son will...

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5 Year Old with a Sippy Cup

My youngest son is five and, although he CAN drink out of a regular cup and cup with a straw easily, he is still most comfortable with the NUBBY type soft top sippy cups. Part of me knows he won't go to college with them, but part of me knows that he should be way past this stage and I should break the habit. He doesn't carry the cup around all day, but when he asks for a drink - milk or juice - he will take whatever cup I give him but only drink it in the sippy cup. He'll just sit it down otherwise. I tried going a few days with regular...