AP PSYCHOLOGY

Detailed explanation-1: -But by 12 months of age, most babies have the coordination and hand skills needed to hold a cup and drink from it. Age 1 is also when doctors recommend switching from formula to cow’s milk. It can be a natural change to offer milk in a cup rather than a bottle.

Detailed explanation-2: -Using an open cup or a free-flow cup without a valve will help your baby learn to sip and is better for your baby’s teeth. It might be messy at first but be patient, your baby will gradually learn how to drink from an open cup. Once your baby is 1 year old, feeding from a bottle should be discouraged.

Detailed explanation-3: -Babies can start learning to drink from a cup from around 6 months. Start with only a small amount of liquid in the cup. Encourage babies to use open cups from early on.

Detailed explanation-4: -Move slowly and allow them time to adjust to liquid flowing into the mouth. When teaching cup drinking, hold the cup to their lip and tip the cup up and down for drinking and pauses while maintaining the contact to the lip rather than taking it away.

Detailed explanation-5: -By 12 months: Most children can start to use objects like a cup correctly, and may hold an open cup and take sips (expect some spills!).