Sippy-Cups

[nannyde]

ya know what? I apologize for my statement about "lazy" That was not fair, and not really what I mean. Sorry.

No harm done

See the thing with milk at my day care is it's pretty expensive and I do three meals and two snacks a day. It's not just loosing a six ounce glass it's making sure I have enough for the whole week. Organic milk can be a pain to get fresh and going thru more than a gallon a day .. I have to have five/six gallons when I get it.

The cost of going to GET the milk really adds up if we run out.

Then I have the clean up to pay for too.

So the single spoouted lids are my comprimise. They aren't ****ky cups because they will drain out when upside down. The lid is a single lid with a half inch spout that's about a quarter of a centimeter in width.

They aren't the kind that defy gravity or have a nipple top. I don't like those.

The kids over two know how to drink out of open faced cups. They just get the sippy cup here. It's not about teaching them to do without it or having them **** a cup after age two... it's just about not loosing what is in it.

My deal is the eight bucks a gallon and the cost of going to get it. For other providers it's just the cost of the milk and keeping enough for their own kids and the dckids. It's the same thing.......

[e.j.]

For other providers it's just the cost of the milk and keeping enough for their own kids and the dckids. It's the same thing.......

I hadn't even thought of the cost of milk when I typed my reply but it sure does factor into my decision to use sippy cups during meal times. The milk we use isn't $8 per gallon (holy cow!) but it is close to $4. Between the dc kids and my own, we go through almost 2 gallons every day so it adds up. I'd rather not have it wasted.

[PitterPatter]

[QUOTE=Crystal;125663]I hate sippy cups. I use them until the children are a little over one.....at that time, when they want water they come to me and ask and we stand together in the kitchen with a regular cup, partially filled with water and that is how they learn to drink from the regular cup, once they get the hang of it, they start getting the regular cup at the table for all of their drinks. I never have ever given a sippy cup to a child over the age of two, and usually they are much younger.

I also don't leave any cups out. If they want a drink, they let me know, and then of course I always give them all a drink after outdoor play and frequently throughout the day if they aren't asking.

I see no reason, other than laziness and not wanting to clean up spilled milk, for sippy cups past the age of two.[/QUOTE]

What about when u have a 4 yr old who goofs off and no matter how many times she is redirected or told to sit the cup down easy the whole cup still gets spilled onto the table on the lab in the booster seat down to the floor... Sometimes shes busy laughing and thinks its on the table and she sits it in mid air! Straight to the floor it goes and more milk served. I don't think I am lazy but I admitt I got tired of cleaning up wasted milk EVERY day almost EVERY meal. So color me lazy I guess ::

[Meyou]

Do all your kids really spill that much? I have a spill maybe once a month by the dck's which is considerably less than my own dd spills from not paying attention.

[melissa ann]

I H ATE SIPPY CUPS! I have a dcg who will be 4 in Oct whose mom brings her drinks is sippy cups. One time my dd said to dcm, why does she still use sippy cups. Mom said so she don't spill in the car. They only live 20 mins away. My own kids did use sippys right after they got off the bottle. But by 1 1/2 yr old they were using cups with straws. And that's what we took for road trips. But not anything under 60 mins. But anyway, this girl is bigger than the 2 4 yr olds in my care and she's using sippy cups. She gets really mad when I put her drink in a regular cup. I have a 2 yr old who I had using straws by 1 1/2 and he uses a regular cup without straws now. The mom of girl can NOT say no to this girl ever. I would love to be around when this girl gets in her teens. Realty will hit hard for her because this girl thinks the world should hand her whatever she wants.

[Crystal]

[QUOTE=PitterPatter;125892]

I hate sippy cups. I use them until the children are a little over one.....at that time, when they want water they come to me and ask and we stand together in the kitchen with a regular cup, partially filled with water and that is how they learn to drink from the regular cup, once they get the hang of it, they start getting the regular cup at the table for all of their drinks. I never have ever given a sippy cup to a child over the age of two, and usually they are much younger.

I also don't leave any cups out. If they want a drink, they let me know, and then of course I always give them all a drink after outdoor play and frequently throughout the day if they aren't asking.

I see no reason, other than laziness and not wanting to clean up spilled milk, for sippy cups past the age of two.[/QUOTE]

What about when u have a 4 yr old who goofs off and no matter how many times she is redirected or told to sit the cup down easy the whole cup still gets spilled onto the table on the lab in the booster seat down to the floor... Sometimes shes busy laughing and thinks its on the table and she sits it in mid air! Straight to the floor it goes and more milk served. I don't think I am lazy but I admitt I got tired of cleaning up wasted milk EVERY day almost EVERY meal. So color me lazy I guess ::

If you read further you will see I had apologized for the "lazy" comment....it wasn't exactly what I meant.....

I don't have 4 year olds who mess around at the table. If I did they would be sitting alone....I sit with my kids, and we have family style meals. There are no disruptions, we eat, have quiet, casual conversation and they all respect that. I start teaching them table manners VERY early. And, because they learn to drink from a regular cup at a young age, by the time they sit at the table with a regular cup, they are quite skilled at using it and spills rarely occur. We also sit at child sized tables so their feet touch the floor and their back rests against the back of the seat, making it easier for the children to manage their cups and utensils.

[nannyde]

Do all your kids really spill that much? I have a spill maybe once a month by the dck's which is considerably less than my own dd spills from not paying attention.

I have no idea. They aren't drinking out of open faced cups so I don't know how often they would spill if they were. It's different managing an open faced cup. You can be a lot rougher with a lidded cup and nothing happen.

As far as just knocking it over... I would say my staff assistant does that more than the kids but I don't pay any attention to it because it doesn't matter if they do. If it's picked up quickly it just a couple of drips of cleaning.

[nannyde]

I H ATE SIPPY CUPS! I have a dcg who will be 4 in Oct whose mom brings her drinks is sippy cups. One time my dd said to dcm, why does she still use sippy cups. Mom said so she don't spill in the car. They only live 20 mins away. My own kids did use sippys right after they got off the bottle. But by 1 1/2 yr old they were using cups with straws. And that's what we took for road trips. But not anything under 60 mins. But anyway, this girl is bigger than the 2 4 yr olds in my care and she's using sippy cups. She gets really mad when I put her drink in a regular cup. I have a 2 yr old who I had using straws by 1 1/2 and he uses a regular cup without straws now. The mom of girl can NOT say no to this girl ever. I would love to be around when this girl gets in her teens. Realty will hit hard for her because this girl thinks the world should hand her whatever she wants.

I HATE STRAWS

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I've never used a straw for my dck's.

[Kaddidle Care]

What about when u have a 4 yr old who goofs off and no matter how many times she is redirected or told to sit the cup down easy the whole cup still gets spilled onto the table on the lab in the booster seat down to the floor... Sometimes shes busy laughing and thinks its on the table and she sits it in mid air! Straight to the floor it goes and more milk served. I don't think I am lazy but I admitt I got tired of cleaning up wasted milk EVERY day almost EVERY meal. So color me lazy I guess ::

I think I had her long lost cousin in my PreK! :: Lovable, WONDERFUL child but dang... she would spill everything because she was very interested in everybody else's business and constantly turning her head around and bumping it over. Oye! I will miss her but not her spills.

[Unregistered]

I use sippy cups for all but my school agers. So of course, it's my 10 year old girl who spills her water at least once a week!

[melissa ann]

My kids' dentist says that using straws may help with their teeth. Meaning that the drink goes through the straw and straight down their throat. Less of the drink sticks to their teeth so maybe they will have less (hopefully no)cavities.
Although now, all the kids except for this 3 yr old with a sippy, drinks from a regular cup no straws. However, this girl spill everyone else's drinks because she is so nosey. Checking what everybody else is doing. BTW, her mom says her daughter is attuned to her surroundings. I neve heard anything so ridulicous.

[Blackcat31]

Do all your kids really spill that much? I have a spill maybe once a month by the dck's which is considerably less than my own dd spills from not paying attention.

That's what I was thinking too.... I do NOT use sippy cups for anyone over approx 12-15 months. I do things alot like Crystal. The new drinkers (12-15 month olds) get lidded Tupperware cups (the old school kind) and everyone else gets a 5 oz Dixie cup filled to an individual capacity level. I rarely have spills and if I do, it isn't massive and takes very little time to clean up since I am sitting right there with the kids at the table so I am on it like white on rice.

I NEVER leave cups out during the day, again like Crystal, if the kids are thirsty, they ask for water and they shall receive. We stay in the kitchen until their thirst is quenched.

Outdoors, however, every child has open access to water since we have an outdoor drinking fountain that is connected to the water spicket (sp?) like your garden hose. We take water breaks and bring the littles to the fountain on regular intervals but the bigger ones can drink when they please.

[Unregistered]

I dont think its so much the sippy itself its more what the parent puts in it. I have seen parents walk right up to the soda fountain at a restuarant and fill up there kids cup. My dc kids get alot of water here, and milk to drink with meals, I dont allow them to go to bed with a sippy or bottle either.