Finally Drinking Out Of A Straw!

After a long long time of trying to get Mason to drink out of a straw he finally did it on his own tonight! We've been trying on and off for about a month and more rigorously over the past 2 weeks. Thanks to all the family and friends who gave us suggestions! The things that worked for us were to let Mason play with a straw, watch us use straws and have him watch as we put his orange juice into a cup with a straw in it.

As we ate dinner tonight he saw the OJ go into his cup and without really any prompting from us he started using the straw! We both had to double take and look at each other to make sure, but then we gave him some encouragement and he did it again! We kept encouraging him and he kept doing it! Now we just have to hope he keeps it up!