When it came to giving my little boy drinks other than milk I dutifully went out and bought an Avent magic cup for him to drink out of. Magasines had struck fear into me that baby MUST NOT (sorry for capitals, thats how stern magasines and literature came across!!) drink juice from a bottle/teat.
My baby decided to be very awkward with juice/water and refuse it point blank. So I thought maybe it was the avent magic cup and went out and bought another cup, and another.....
Anyway, alot of persistence later he did drink out of the originally bought
cup!
Like a lot of the baby cups on the market the Avent magic cup has a spout rather than a teat shape. The spouted cup I bought is quite flexible as it was from age 3 months or so, the larger older baby cups come with green spouts and I am wondering whether they may be slightly harder, but I haven't bought one of these yet.
The cups are brightly coloured, the choice when I purchased my cup was either yellow or bright pink or green. The screw on bits are different colours to the body of the cup giving the cup a generally attractive look to it.
The Avent magic cup has a patented magic valve in it that does stop juice or water coming out the spout unless baby sucks on it. I thought this maybe created a problem until baby gets used to the idea because he doesn't know the instrument of torture I am trying to get fluid into him by to prevent him dehyrating does have some yummy juice in for him. The magic valve is detachable for the spout so to give him the idea I took the valve out so juice just flowed out freely - watch those carpets if trying this! The juice does come out quite fast through if the valve is not in so it can be very messy and baby gets more juice than he bargained for!
The magic valve is 2 pieces which fit together, a hard plastic bit with holes in and a soft flexible rubbery type bit. This then slots into the bottom of the spout.
Handles are by choice, they can be bought ready attached to the cup or bought at a seperate time. The handles detach even if bought with the cup.
My little boy quite likes the handles now, but I am slightly frustrated by them because it means the cup does not fit in the cup hole on his pram or in the side pocket of the rucksack that goes everywhere with us. Now I might sound slightly mad here, everyone will be wondering why I simply don't put the cup in the main body of the rucksack and stop wingeing. Well, my main bug bear of the cup is that while the magic valve is so good at preventing spills the screw on attachment that attaches the teat to the cup is not! The cup leaks like a sieve from here! Hence I do like to put it in the snug side pocket of the rucksack to ensure it stays upright eliminating possible leaks!
One of the frustrating times with the cup is when you are washing it, you have to take apart the 2 pieces of the magic valve. Not a problem you think - well try finding the soft rubber bit in the washing up bowl! I do the valve first and make sure I hold the rubber bit rather than putting it in the bowl because it is a nightmare to find amongst all those bubbles! It is like the last tea spoon that always appears in the bottom of the sink when you tip the water out thinking you have finished and have checked the bowl to make sure its empty!
One good thing is you can buy the spouts/valves etc seperately if need be. The spouts also fit the screw caps of the avent bottles.
My son's magic cup holds about 200ml, I think there are slightly bigger cups for when baby is a bit older.
Despite the niggles i have with the cup leaking from the screw cap I am pleased with it, perhaps solely because my son will drink out of it! If he drank out of other cups than work in a similar non spill way then maybe I wouldn't bother with the Avent magic cup at all though.
The cup itself ranges in price from £3.30 - £3.50 (without handles) I can't find a price online to inform you let you know the price with handles but from memory it was just abit more on the price without handles, it was certainly more economic to buy the cup with handles in the pack rather than seperately. Magic handles range from £2.50 - £3.00 (for 2) The spouts cost £2.20 - £2.40
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Mine drank from cups with sucky teaty things on, but I only gave them water or milk, so I don't spose it mattered. I hope!!
flamesparrow 08.09.2004 21:43
My little lady finally got started on cups with the boots ones, she now drinks out of these ones happily too. We've never had any problems with leaking though, and I got mine from the tip (god that sounds horrible! I bought new teats for them, and sterilised the lot first!!!) xxx
debbie_marway 08.09.2004 11:58
I have six of these in my cupboard! Brilliant as long as they dont go in the dishwasher.
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together to promote baby's well-being and give you the flexibility to care for a growing baby. The Philips Avent Magic Cup Handles are contoured for little hands to...
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Advantages: can change the nozles, easy to clean, the tops fit the bottles too. Disadvantages: they take on the flavour of the drink, e.g orange juice,quite expensive
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Advantages: Great for babies who have trouble using anywayup or tommee tippee cups Disadvantages: More fiddly to take apart & clean than other trainer cups
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