Natural Drinking Training Apparatus and Training System Facilitating Normal Development of Oral Postures, Oral Movements, and Jaw/Mouth Anatomy

A method of transitioning drinking styles from infantile suckling to drinking from a cup comprising:

• filling a rounded container with a liquid;
• wherein said rounded container is equipped with handles;
• wherein said handles are disposed on a right side and a left side of the rounded container;
• wherein said handles do not extend to a top of the rounded container;
• the child grasping the handles;
• the child raising the rounded container;
• the child bringing a lip of a lid of the rounded container to the child's mouth;
• the child tipping a bottom of the rounded container upwards;
• wherein the bottom is weighted;
• the liquid flowing out of drinking holes disposed on the lid of the rounded container, adjacent the lip;
• air passing into air holes disposed opposite of the drinking holes, displacing the liquid;
• the lid preventing entirety of liquid remaining from spilling simultaneously;
• the weighted bottom assisting the child to place the rounded container down upright;
• and
• the child placing the rounded container down.

A method of training a child to drink correctly from a cup which does not have a spout comprising:

• filling a rounded container with a liquid;
• wherein said rounded container is equipped with handles;
• wherein said handles are disposed on a right side and a left side of the rounded container;
• the child grasping the handles;
• the child raising the rounded container;
• the child bringing a lip of a cap of the rounded container to the child's mouth;
• the child tipping a bottom of the rounded container upwards;
• wherein the bottom is weighted;
• the liquid flowing out of drinking holes disposed on the lid of the rounded container, adjacent the lip;
• air passing into air holes disposed opposite of the drinking holes, displacing the liquid;
• the cap preventing entirety of liquid remaining from spilling simultaneously;
• the weighted bottom assisting the child to place the rounded container down upright;
• and
• the child placing the rounded container down via the weighted bottom.