LuluHB I use the Vital baby sippy cup for DS to drink water from with his meals.

It doesn't have a valve, and is double handled so he can hold it. We still have to tilt it up for him at this stage but he has the hang of drinking from it. You can just take the lid off if you want a normal cup too.

Best of all is it's only about $4.00 so if you don't like it then it's not alot of outlay