My baby (12 months) gets really frustrated with most sippy cups because the flow is so slow. Does this one have a fairly fast flow?
916795
No it is slow and I tried it myself and had trouble my daughter couldn't get anything out. I liked the nuk for soft spouts and gerber graduates for hard spout
2034519
I believe the infant version was more for bottles, this is more for sippy cups.
1555063
In our experience, we switched to these bottles because they had a slower flow than some of the other bottles we had tried. Our daughter was gulping and unhappy with how fast the milk was coming out of other bottles. These bottles fixed that, so yes in a sense they would "slow your baby down a little so they are not eating so fast". Although this also depends on the sucking power of each baby. :-)
530843
I tried the spout out. Baby still needs to suckle to drink out of bottle. However, without the valve, the flow is faster than a regular bottle. The spout is also more like a sippy cup to get them ready to transition to a cup with a harder spout.
1097987
Nipple is faster flow on the bigger bottles. I got the smaller bottles better for slow flow bigger bottle once child is drinking more oz. My 8 month old still drinks out of 4 oz bottles she is mostly breastfed and almost never drinks more then 4 oz.
1324852
It's supposed to come out slowly, it won't flow like a faucet. I always say I can pee faster than the water can come out and it's probably true. I store the water in jugs and use it when I need it. If you are getting water flow I'm sure you have it hooked up correctly.
1808857
My son has not used the sippy cup tops yet, we're still pretty much breastfed only. Sorry of little help.
1753206
Me neither! And the 14 month old couldn't either. Jaclyn below says her 15 month old has no problem, but then she says it leak, mine doesn't leak, NOTHING comes thru.. It's not supposed to leak, so hers is broke too, but you have to be able to get something out of it! I'd prefer a little leakage!!
1662578
Yes! We started it with my son at 7 months, it took him until 10 months to get really good at it, but he likes it better than a sippy cup!
1978406
I think this Standard Flow is equivalent to Slow Flow. I used it for my son since Nb. My other kids (2yo & 3yo) uses this as well and they dont complain about the flow. Looks like it expands the more it's used making the flow from slow to medium. I hope this helps.
1039035
I usually only fill it part way and my daughter (8months) is able to get liquids out. The cup does not leak either if filled to the top
229205
The straw comes with all the safe sippy 2 cups but can be removed if not needed. My daughter is 19months and still doesn't use it so we're just saving it. The spout is hard on all the cups and can not be changed, it's part of the construction. I wouldn't recommend giving this cup to a 6 month old. Our daughter started using this cup at 10 months and by 11 months she was only using the cup. She caught on pretty quick so maybe just wait a bit, 6 months is kind of young for any cup.
1093514
I bought the 5oz one for my son and it came with a slow flow nipple. He loved it and it still is his favorite bottle to use at 10 mo. I don't know if the 8 oz version cones with the slow flow but if it does I would definitely recommend it!
296966
It says slow flow. However, for us the baby was choking on this flow. Note, the baby was born full term. Hence, we used another brand with preemie flow. Start with a preemie flow for the baby and then switch over to the next level as baby gets adjusted.
1854010
My experience is that the valve inserts are quite finicky and even when they are seated in properly, they are very difficult to drink from. Our 4/2 year olds had trouble getting much out with the valves in. Liquids flow freely without the valves, so much so that it spills out when tipped.
1333558
I actually bought it for my daughter and she loves it! She said that she didn't have to sip any harder. Hope that helps!
2020274
It's a hard plastic spout, not like some of the softer spouts I've seen out there (like Playtex First Sipster Spill-Proof Cup). I also thought the spout on this was too small and short, so that my 15 month old daughter has to work extra hard to get liquid out of there. I would go with the Playtex First Sipster that has handles and a softer spout.