TalkToolsHoney Bear Straw Cup with Handle – Dishwasher safe, premium food-grade sippy cup trainer for babies & toddlers 4+ months. Easy-grip design helps kids learn to drink from a straw.

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!

This has been in my basket for about a year when I heard how amazing this little bear was - I’m the type who will buy everything and anything for my babes... no expense spared... but I just couldn’t justify 17$ for a plastic bear you get complementary when you buy cheap honey. We got so desperate after buying every sippy cup on the market and nothing catching on. I finally bit the bullet and bought it and what do you know.... works on the first try. He drinks out of every straw now but I’ve now bought two - one for home, one for nursery school. 40$ of probably 50c honey bears lol! I can only justify it as it’s a success.... so if you are desperate and wondering... just do it. You won’t regret it. Wish these were sold in stores and better quality but we’re just happy we’ve graduated to big kid straws and are off the bottle. Yay! Four stars because of the price.

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.

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!