TalkToolsHoney Bear Straw Cup, Dishwasher Safe Baby Drinking Bottle, Premium Food-Grade Material, Honeybear Sippy Cup for Ages 4+ Months, Trainer for Babies, Kids and Toddlers (Single 7oz)

I am not sure I can say enough good things about the Honey Bear cup. This cup is great for kids that are just learning to drink from a straw. This cup is used a lot for children with special needs that have difficulty drinking from a cup. The cup is made from plastic this is soft enough that you can squeeze the liquid up through the straw. This helps teach the child how to use the straw before the know how to suck. The straw is clear and flexible. The straw reminds me of aquarium tubing but is not so thick of material but has a larger opening. The cup comes with a flip open lid that will close and is spill proof. This cup will work with just about any liquids. I have used it with thickened liquids and the kids are able to get them up the straw because the straw has more of an opening than a regular straw.I have used this type of cup with a lot of kids have seen great results. This cup is affordable and seems to last a long time. I have had no complaints and parents have seen huge successes in learning to drink from a cup with this.

My 9 month old was still struggling to take a standard bottle or sippy cup and was in speech/feeding therapy and had a tongue tie revision. The speech therapist suggested that this is a solution for some families and we could try it in future sessions. I decided to take matters into my own hands and ordered this. Our little one learned to drink in one mealtime, taking about 3 ounces of milk with just a supportive squeeze from me. A few days later she was able to drink without any extra pressure from caregivers. She had never before managed to drink from a straw, and often spilled anything we tried to "pipette". Since that time she is always trying to get our drinks too!This is the best brand of the two we have tried. We ordered a multi-pack from another company. The plastic is a little firmer, and the straw is harder, the cut of the straw is messier and the straw is almost too tight of a fit to get through the screw-on lid. I wish I had spent that money on more of this Honey Bear from Talk Tools because the quality cannot be matched. The plastic of the bottle is supple has the right amount of give. It feels like it will last longer. The tubing provided for the straw is softer and the ends are smooth as the cuts were more easily and carefully done. The straw tubing provided inserts easily from the bottom of the blue screw-on cap. It slides easily in the hole, so I can even slide it mostly in and close the lid for days when we are on the go and baby doesn't complete her feeding.My infant does seem to be neurotypical, and the only diagnosis related to feeding baby has is posterior tongue tie. Baby was meeting all other milestones and even eats purees - just could not manage to coordinate the tongue to take bottles. I hope this helps other families and therapists considering a honey bear style therapy cup.

My daughter has a history of cleft lip and palate, both of which have been repaired. She did great with 360 sippy cups, but didn't know how to use a straw. We purchased this, based on our speech therapists recommendation and we couldn't believe that after the first try she was a natural! Very easy to use, and did it's job! The straws are not the easiest to clean, so I'm glad it came with 2, but also I wasn't intending on using it as a long term cup (my daughter just loved it so we probably used it a little longer than most). WORTH IT!

My daughter loves using this and it has taught her how to drink water through a straw versus using just a bottle for milk. The handles make it easy for her to hold on her own so she can independently drink.

I’m very dissatisfied with the cup. Dispite the fact it would probably work, I now refuse to use it for my daughter. I bought it and the straw looks like it was just tubing cut and still has writing on it. It smells like plastic and the awful smell doesn’t go away after washing multiple times. I left cold milk in it in the fridge and luckily tried it before giving it to my daughter bc it smelled like plastic and it tasted exactly how it smelled, I had to spit it out. And no it wasn’t spoiled milk. It was the plastic smell/ particles leaking into the milk. I do not see how this is food grade? The paint was also rubbing off the bears nose and eyes.

We used this to teach our 7 month old how to drink from a straw. She wouldn’t use her 360 cup and didn’t know how to use weighted straws, so we picked this up after reading about it on a blog. After a couple of tries of squirting it up to her mouth, she got the hang of it. She’s been drinking from straws for the past 4 months because of this bear! It’s a little pricey for a plastic bear, but completely worth it. We bought it because I went back to work and Baby refused bottles. Works like a charm. Highly recommend it!

This cup came highly recommended by our speech therapist and all those who work closely with my child with Down syndrome. But the straw is hard to adjust in length, therefore the lid can be challenging to close. I have not found it to be as helpful to my child as some much cheaper straw cups I’ve found. Although it’s a fine cup, and it’s nice for developing the skill of straw drinking, I don’t necessarily think it’s worth the hype.

This product is AMAZING! It was recommended by an occupational therapist and I cannot say enough good things about it.I could not find a sippy cup my daughter (10 months) would use. I was getting stressed out because my son never had these issues. The weighted straw cups discouraged my son from using straws until he was 2.This bear - this miracle bear. She had it for 1 minute and was drinking out of a straw! The child can squeeze the bear or use the straw like a regular straw.The bear itself lends itself perfectly to small hands and is so easy to use. I will tell everyone about this cup!