Sippy Cups With Spouts Or Straws
which one do you let your dck's have. Someone mentioned that they are glorified bottles, sippy cups that is, and she is right, so which one do you ladies prefer and have.
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I agree, they are glorified bottles. But I refuse to deal with the mess from 7 kids spilling juice and milk on my floor.
In my house all the kids use the disposable straw cups with lids. Even the schoolagers. Cups are only allowed at the table when seated. They are not allowed to get up and walk around with them. Yes, the kids can drink from a regular cup, but when you have 7 kids sitting at the table together, they get to screwing around, and inevitably, something gets spilled. |
Originally Posted by meganlavonnesmommy: |
I am old school all the way. :lol:
We don't use sippy cups at all. :eek: When I am training a child, I will use the Tupperware cups with plastic lids but that is only until they understand how to tip the cup to drink. Once they do that, they move on to a regular cup with no lid. |
I have sippys from tupperware and the new ones with the lids that take the straws, they are awesome, even my own children use the straw ones, if you pull the straw out it self seals. but its more for the under 2 crowd i'm asking about.
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Originally Posted by Blackcat31: |
Originally Posted by countrymom: ALL mine are trained to use a regular cup around 12-15 months. The longest I had a kid use a lid was until he was 15 months old. Everyone else catches on pretty quick and are lid free shortly after their 1st birthday. I guess I look at 2 year olds as being a lot older than most people do. |
Under 2 I use cups with lids. Around 2 I move to no lids. I have 2 DCK that have horible teeth and I think one of the reasons is becasue thier parents have them still use sippy cups (they are 4) at home.
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Originally Posted by Blackcat31: |
Originally Posted by Meyou: FWIW~ I do it that young because I am sooo not a baby person so I make my babies into toddlers as soon as possible for my own benefit. :ouch: :o |
Originally Posted by Blackcat31: |
Originally Posted by Blackcat31: I keep them with the spill proof cups until closer to 2 because table spills are one of my pet peeves. The spilling doesn't bother me but the whole, spill then sit and scream while it pours off the table into your lap while you get wetter and wetter and all the other kids yell about it all at the same time thing really drives me bonkers. :ouch: Super duper bonkers. :p I would rather wait a couple more months and transition them when I know we'll have less spillage. |
Originally Posted by MNMum: It takes some patience and I also need to be right there to say "nooooo" immediately when they begin to tip it over or mess around. It really only takes a few meals/snacks before they figure it out. I am also very no nonsense and will not hesitate to take the cup if they are just messing. ALL my kiddos know meal times are NOT time to mess around. |
Originally Posted by Blackcat31: |
Blackcat likethis
I am the same way. I have tumblemates (similar to tupperware) and start training them to sippy lids at about 9 months. They still have their bottles, but I offer the cups at mealtimes. They are usually using the sippy cups exclusively by 1 year or so. They have the sippy lids until they are out of the high chairs and sitting at the table. Once they master that, then we take the lids off. They are only at the table and honestly, we rarely have a spill. |
Originally Posted by Blackcat31: Next step-letting them pour their own milk...I think I'll wait until we can eat outside (the older ones already to do it, but not the under 2's). |
Originally Posted by meganlavonnesmommy: |
For those under 18mos that haven't mastered the cup with no lid we use cups with straws. Then I use the dixie cups to train like BlackCat.
No walking around with sippys here! My belief, going from bottles to spouted sippys is like going from diapers to pullups! |
I'm lazy. All of my preschoolers have sippy cups. We use sippies during the day for juice or water and regular cups that I bought at IKEA for milk at meals.
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For the young ones still learning to drink I use the playtex double handled cups with the soft spout, then I go to the cups with no handles so they each get there own color. I hate the ones with straws b/c when they flip the straw open the liquid tends to splash out and I have found that they leak to.
Usually by the time there 3 or 3 1/2 I have them on a regular cup. My oldest dc boy is 3 1/2 and still spills sometimes!I kinda disagree with "pushing them" through infancy and kinda let them go through the adaptions on there own. My major goal is by a year they are off the bottle! (pet peeve of mine, having a 1 y/o still on a bottle) I usually start offering a sippy around 9 m/o at meals. Debbie |
Take and toss cups with straws only. Past 12 months, I won't allow any other cup. But, by two, they can't have the lid or the straw.
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Here's an article about the sippy cups that my daughters OT sent me...
http://children.webmd.com/news/20080...s-hello-straws |
Not to high jack the thread but...
I only have 1 two year old (the rest 3-5). The 2 year old drinks fine out of a cup (the occasional spills just like my older kids) but my major problem was her dipping her hand, and sometimes food, in the cup. It made an unnecessarily mess, so I started putting the lid back on. I plan on switching her to regular cups at age 3 and hoping she's over that phase! |
Originally Posted by newtodaycare22: |
I have one of these, and its perfect, its just enough for the littles to drink, but i need more cups, need to find where I can get more.
http://www.nicepak.com.au/Products/B...t_Tumbler.aspx |
Originally Posted by MrsB: |
Originally Posted by Blackcat31: |
Originally Posted by newtodaycare22: I have been lucky enough to have some quick learners then and haven't had to deal with anyone that stubborn since my own DS was in care. :p |
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