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Straw Cup vs. Open Cup: Which Comes First? with Dawn Winkelmann, MS, CCC-SLP

  • Speech and feeding milestones that are related to open cup and straw cup drinking and how they develop...and in what order
  • Why the straw Dawn developed for ezpz has a beginner straw side and an advanced drinking side to promote independent drinking...but also how each serves as a safety mechanism
  • Her 3-Phase Developmental Drinking approach that helps babies meet their age-appropriate feeding and speech milestones

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Episode Description

Which comes first for babies who are weaning: straw cup or open cup? Both are important when weaning off the breast or bottle and in this episode I’m joined by pediatric swallowing expert Dawn Winkelmann, MS, CCC-SLP who is going to talk about the importance of each, in their due time.

Dawn is the designer of the new ezpz Mini Cup + Straw Training System. She is the creator of the 3-Phase Developmental Drinking System that helps transition babies through their developmentally appropriate phases of learning how to drink. In this episode she’s breaking down everything you need to know about teaching your baby how to drink from a straw cup and what comes before and after that skill.

About the Guest

  • Dawn Winkelmann, MS, CCC-SLP is a BLW feeding expert and product designer
  • She designed the 3 new ezpz Oral Development Tools 
  • These Oral Development Tools help strengthen your baby’s mouth

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