One necessary parenting skill in this era is to encourage your baby to gain independence. It’s not difficult for parents to begin training your baby to drink milk by themselves. This can be a small strong foundation for your baby that may help them build up other skills sooner. You can start from finding a baby cup that works best for your child. These are tips for choosing the right cups.
- Appropriate to the certain age This can make your baby enjoy drinking.
- Easy for baby to grip for instance, a cup that has three handles. So, baby should be able to grip and lift the cup themselves.
- Silicone valve This helps prevent water or milk from spilling. And silicone straw also has a valve for letting the airflow which your baby sucks for long periods of time.
- Have measurement scale (oz.) It’s helpful for mother to know the quantity of water your baby drinks.
- Non-toxic The material should be made of BPA-free and every part is easy to wash and reassemble.
- Parents should give your baby opportunity to do something by themselves because there are many advantages
- Have fun while learning because being independent is a good sign to show that they are ready to learn everything by themselves. When going to school they will have fun, and not cry or ask for any help from the teacher all the time.
- Discover their own ability When they experienced doing something, they would find out their own capacity and ability. Then, they are increasingly confident and not afraid to do anything.
- Improve their skills Sometimes parents overlook a small thing such as holding a cup, which allows them to gain control over their muscle, and develop their hand-eye coordination as well as swallowing skills.
- Practice patience Your baby will learn how to get accomplishment on their own but taking a lot of time to. This can help them practice for long waits. Whether they can wait or not, but at least they got something out of it.
- Build up discipline When your baby can do something on their own, it means that they are able to control over themselves. This is a good start for having discipline in other issues.