What Ethan loves......!

Need to drag my milk with me everywhere!!!

I was sitting in Nando's last week munching away on my chicken :-) when another mummy came over and asked me how i got Ethan drinking from a straw. I said that i honestly believe its down to finding the right product so i thought i would share with you which product i personally recommend for the transition.

When Ethan was ready to have a training cup it caused me a lot of stress and a lot of failed attempts and about 5 different types of cups before i discovered the Baby Born Free range. Their first stage training cup has a soft spout very much like a bottle and this is the training cup that Ethan first started drinking his milk out of. Within weeks he was on the Born Free drinking cup which has a harder spout but exactly the same shaped teat as the training cup so he didn't even notice the switch. (Thank god!)

When Ethan tuned one i purchased their straw cup as drinking from a straw is so much better for their teeth. He took to it straight away and will now drink through any straw which is really handy if out and about and you forget your cup!

Some other benefits of Born Free products are that they are all BPA free and have a venting system that allows a free flow of liquid and reduces vacuum build up. They also have interchangeable parts and are pretty funky too!! I have seen a few mini celebs in magazines carrying around their Born Free cups.

Some tips that worked for me and Ethan when we introduced the cup.

1) First milk of the day worked for us as he was hungry and less fussy.
2) I let him play with the cup and chew at the spout, its hard so it wont be bitten through.
3) Be patient, before i found Born Free products i had spent a fortune, so do your research first.

This is just some info on what worked for me and i hope it can help others i don't profess to be an expert just a normal mummy and what works for me may not work for others.

 Born Free have kindly offered one of each cup for one of my lucky blog followers, this consists of a  Training cup 6+ months, Drinking Cup 9+ months and Straw cup 12+ months, a cup for each stage....perfect!

All you have to do to enter this competition is be a follower of my blog, like my Facebook page and like the Born Free UK Facebook page, make sure you let me know you have done this by leaving a comment under this post. Do not forget to write on their wall that Ethan and his ma ma sent you.

http://www.babybornfree.co.uk/

Competition closes at the end of May when the winner will be picked at random. UK followers only.

Good luck!