Sippy Cups With Spouts Or Straws

[Heidi]

I am old school all the way. ::

We don't use sippy cups at all.

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 used to have those, but they don't make them anymore! Now I have the closest thing I could find at the dollar store for the youngest, and little china cups without lids for the older ones (espresso cups). I just moved my 18 mo's to open cups. Not too bad so far! I only put a tiny bit in the cup at a time, and use a gravy-seperator as a pitcher.

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).

[littlemissmuffet]

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.

I could have posted this!

[MrsB]

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!

[sharlan]

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.

[renodeb]

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

[youretooloud]

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.

[MrsB]

Here's an article about the sippy cups that my daughters OT sent me...

http://children.webmd.com/news/20080212/so-long-sippy-cups-hello-straws

[newtodaycare22]

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!

[MrsB]

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!

I'm probably considered a big "meanie" I would take the drink away if she uses it for play. Meal times here are for consuming food and drink. No messing around here!

[countrymom]

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/BabyProducts/First_Tumbler.aspx

[Blackcat31]

I'm probably considered a big "meanie" I would take the drink away if she uses it for play. Meal times here are for consuming food and drink. No messing around here!

I'm a meanie too because the first time that happened she would lose her cup immediately. I would try again at snack time and if she put her hand in her cup again, she would lose the cup again. Only have to this this once or twice (maybe three times for really stubborn kids) and they get the point.

[newtodaycare22]

I'm a meanie too because the first time that happened she would lose her cup immediately. I would try again at snack time and if she put her hand in her cup again, she would lose the cup again. Only have to this this once or twice (maybe three times for really stubborn kids) and they get the point.

I literally did this every day for the first week she was here. She landed up thirsty and moody. I decided it wasn't worth that struggle since shes obviously THAT stubborn. She was just 2 at that point, so maybe I'll try now that she's 2.5.

[Blackcat31]

I literally did this every day for the first week she was here. She landed up thirsty and moody. I decided it wasn't worth that struggle since shes obviously THAT stubborn. She was just 2 at that point, so maybe I'll try now that she's 2.5.

ugh, those ones are tough!

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.