With each of my children I've phased out using their sippy cups before they turn two-years-old. I read somewhere that it helps them to form the sounds for their words correctly, and it also helps to reduce orthodontic work in the future. One of the things that I've also done is skipped from a bottle at 12 months of age straight to a sippy cup at 13- or 14-months-old. I think this stops the baby from getting so attached to the bottle that they have a hard time giving it up. And, I think this also rings true with switching from sippy cups to regular cups at a younger age.
So, Maryanne has started to use regular cups. In fact, that's pretty much all she uses anymore ... mainly due to the fact that I've lost her sippy cups and I'm too cheap to buy her any new ones. (She only had a total of two anyway.) So, when she drinks her vitamin D milk ... she really looks like she is in an ad for the "Got Milk?" campaign. And, even with the dribble on her chin she would be an adorable milk model!
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