Some babies take to a sippy cup immediately, while others may take a while to get used to the idea. (Some kids never use one, and that's also okay – more on that below.)
When transitioning your baby from a bottle or breastfeeding to drinking out of a cup, sippy cups can be a great tool. Babies can start using them as early as 6 months, and sippy cups can make it easier to phase out bottles eventually
Not only is rice cereal not going to help your baby sleep through the night, despite your grandma’s insistence, but it’s no longer proven to be necessary for a baby to have at all. Instead of rice cereal, offer barley, multigrain, and oatmeal instead, and it doesn’t have to be the first food they have