Do You Allow Sippys From Home?

[Unregistered]

I have a mom who brings her DCG with a sippy from home, filled with choc milk, EVERYDAY. The DCG is 3 1/2 so she doesn't need a sippy, but that is another issue I guess. My question is, do most of you allow sippys from home? I want to quit letting her bring it because she is always whining about someone touching it, etc, but I am not sure how to go about it. She's been bringing it for 2 years now.

Today, mom told me she was picking her up early (3:15). She informed me I needed to have her go potty (yes, I'm not a moron), fed and a full sippy ready to go. Ummm, excuse me? First of all, snack is at 3:30 when the SA kids arrive, and she knows this. 2nd, is it MY job to fill up a sippy for your kid for the car? It really irrititated me. Am I way off for being perturbed? And, just to complete the scenario, if I don't fill the sippy, mom will most likely walk to my fridge and fill it herself.

[nannyde]

Sure if they want to bring a tumbler of liquid I'll take the liquid but not the cup. I would just pour it into another cup and hand the sippy back.

I do not send anything out the door with the kids. If the parent wants them to have a sippy then they need to provide that.

Don't let the sippy stay in the house. Tell her you have your own cups and you don't allow outside cups in the house.

My goal is to try to ONLY have the kid going back and forth every day. I don't have them bring things I have to keep and return... other than the kid. The only exception would be breast milk.

[daycare]

no...no sippy cups from home. I don't allow any form of outside food or liquid unless aproved ahead of time and there is enough for everyone...

[Cat Herder]

I do not allow sippy cups from home. The rule stops all of this drama and the risk of the "medicated" cup.

If Mom is picking up prior to your afternoon snack, then that becomes her responsibility, not yours. SHE is the mommy, not you. Planning for her afternoon activities is her job, alone.

Granted I have sent pre-packaged snacks/color wonder booklets/markers for doctor appointments many times out of my own goodwill, but to demand it???? Yeah, that would go over like a lead balloon. ::::

I have to ask, WHY would she ever have access to your kitchen????

Please start the Good Morning/Good Bye at the door plan. Have children ready to go and waiting at the door as parents arrive. I promise it is worth the extra two minutes of work to get them ready.....

You really need to get a strong backbone, you are being walked on and will burn out quickly like this. BTDT.

[JenNJ]

The kids can bring them here IF they bring breakfast to eat as well. Otherwise all sippys go straight into the fridge not to be seen again until pickup.

[MsMe]

I don't allow sippys either. On the rare occasion that I do get one and the parent leaves it on the counter with out me seeing....usually full of juice or choc milk. I store it, use a daycare cup all day, and send the cup from home will ALL the juice/milk back home and tell the parents NOT to do it again. Even if they "leave it on accident" the child will not be allowed to have it so it is pointless to bring it.

[morgan24]

I don't allow sippy cups either. I would of informed her that snack is at 3:30 sorry but she will miss it. I would dump the choc. milk out and refill it water. If she asked I would inform her that is all I have right now. Bye Bye see ya tomorrow. Tomorrow when she brings the cup give it back to mom and tell her no more cups it causes to many problems.

[Meeko]

I remind parents that anything I do for their child...I must also be able to do for all 15 others. Filling up 16 sippies to go home would cost a fortune in milk and I do not do it. I don't do water either...simply because I do not want to be running back and forth from the door to my kitchen at leaving time. I give the kids a drink at snack time and right before they start getting picked up to go home. They won't die on the short car ride home!

[Meeko]

I have a mom who brings her DCG with a sippy from home, filled with choc milk, EVERYDAY. The DCG is 3 1/2 so she doesn't need a sippy, but that is another issue I guess. My question is, do most of you allow sippys from home? I want to quit letting her bring it because she is always whining about someone touching it, etc, but I am not sure how to go about it. She's been bringing it for 2 years now.

Today, mom told me she was picking her up early (3:15). She informed me I needed to have her go potty (yes, I'm not a moron), fed and a full sippy ready to go. Ummm, excuse me? First of all, snack is at 3:30 when the SA kids arrive, and she knows this. 2nd, is it MY job to fill up a sippy for your kid for the car? It really irrititated me. Am I way off for being perturbed? And, just to complete the scenario, if I don't fill the sippy, mom will most likely walk to my fridge and fill it herself.

Tell the mom that you don't do drinks to go and that snack time is a set time...you cannot have the kids all having food at different times when it is convenient for their parents!

[childcarebytori]

I used to allow parents to bring sippy cups when I first opened my daycare. That only lasted a few months before I got tired of seeing the kids coming with chocolate and strawberry milk every morning, and right before pick-up I'd go searching for cups for all of the kids and make sure I had the right top to match. It wasn't fun. I sent out a letter informing all parents that sippy cups from home are no longer allowed to be brought to daycare.

I have a pair of divorced parents who still allow both girls to walk into daycare with sippy cups. They're empty from the car ride so I immediately take them from the girls and hand them back to the parent and remind them I don't allow cups or bottles from home. Mom always claims she "forgot" and the dad just smiles and leaves quickly. Just today dad brings two cups and asks if I'd be able to fill them up with milk because the mom is picking up and she has to run errands after work. I gave the cups back and told him I don't allow cups and I'd make sure they had a drink of water before mom picked up. I smiled and shut the door behind him. Problem solved.

[momma2girls]

I agree, I would never start this!!

[Blackcat31]

If a child comes in with anything other than things I require, I will hand it back to the parent and simply say "Thanks but we do not need this here."

If a parent were to call me with the request you mentioned about having them ready to go and have the cup filled, I would have politely declined and said, she will be ready but I will not provide snack for anyone unless they are here at snack time and have enough time to sit and eat it here. I am not a drive-through and also do not think I can even count the meal/snack unless the child ate it at my house so I wouldn't even get into the business of sending things "to go". Next it will be lunch or treats or any craft material the child missed on their days off and toys they really like to play with at my house but want to use at home or movies or whatever the parent can come up with next.

[daycare]

If a child comes in with anything other than things I require, I will hand it back to the parent and simply say "Thanks but we do not need this here."

If a parent were to call me with the request you mentioned about having them ready to go and have the cup filled, I would have politely declined and said, she will be ready but I will not provide snack for anyone unless they are here at snack time and have enough time to sit and eat it here. I am not a drive-through and also do not think I can even count the meal/snack unless the child ate it at my house so I wouldn't even get into the business of sending things "to go". Next it will be lunch or treats or any craft material the child missed on their days off and toys they really like to play with at my house but want to use at home or movies or whatever the parent can come up with next.

thats right this aint buger king... have it your way......

also don't forget about the safety issues that increase when a child eat or drinks in the car. You don't want to submit yourself to any more liability than needed. Cut your ties at the door and TTFN.....

[littlemissmuffet]

no...no sippy cups from home. I don't allow any form of outside food or liquid unless aproved ahead of time and there is enough for everyone...

Same here.
Also, I do not nap or feed children at individual times. Nap time is nap time and meal time is meal time - for everyone. Feel free to pick up early, but if it's before snack time (even 15 minutes) you're SOL!

[DCMom]

I never understood the need for the 'car treat' or 'car cup' for that long ride home

For today's situation, as soon as I heard 'have her sippy filled', the one that she brought in (complete with chocolate milk) would have gone in the refrigerator to go home with her at 3:15.

I don't allow sippy's from the get go. I hand them right back ~ they soon figure out not to bring them in.