Matthew has been observing us, the adults, drinking water. Mike and I drink from a Rubbermaid water bottle. One day, while I was carrying him and drinking water, Matthew reached out for the bottle. So I decided to let him have a "taste" of drinking from the bottle. He actually did drink water from it.

Subsequently, I decided to let him drink water from a cup during his mealtime. I'm not sure whether it was because of his playfulness, but he enjoyed drinking from the cup. While drinking, I think he realised that the noises he made would be amplified. My mom said "Ren xiao gui da", meaning a small person wants to act big.

I also gave him empty cups to play with. He can actually hold the cups quite well. Well, at least I don't think I will have problem weaning him off his bottle in future.