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Hello! My twins are only little, so we're not off the bottle yet. But,

also has a cleft lip and palate. We're going to probably try to cup

feed after the lip repair next week. I've been doing alot of reading and we

could either use a paper dixie cup because they are flexible and you can mold

them to the child's mouth, or a short, very wide mouth clear plastic cup (the

kind that have a " V " shape). I haven't done any practicing yet, but I think it

could get kind of messy because he has a strong tongue with some big tongue

thrust. I don't know if this would help you at all, but this has worked for

very young babies with clefts. Good luck!

> From: GVanHouten <rjvh@...>

>

> Hi everyone, as I was just telling , with my twins turning ONE this

> week, our speech therapist is really pushing me and Tara{and too}to

> drink out of a straw. OK, she CAN drink from a straw, but not ALWAYS

> swallow, sometimes she lets it come back out of her mouth, or after

> drinking, she tires and lets it come right back out. Any suggestions out

> there?? She isn't good at it enough to drop the bottle yet.

> What were some of the ages out there with your own children{esp. Ds

> children}when they were successfully off the bottle and onto what???? I

> hate this stuff, I have no patience

> Gail.......Bobby 6, Jillian 3 1/2, and Tara{Ds} 1 in two days

>

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