Sippy cups

[Jenn Lynn]

DD still uses cups with lids. When did you stop giving your child(ren) cups with lids? I was thinking today that maybe I should stop giving them to her at meal times. She is 4 now after all.

 

[Aidensmom]

DS4 no longer gets sippy cups, but now he get those in the different character themes with the straw. They still have lids.

We keep the lids because DS has my habit of not finishing his drink with his meal, but carrying it around the house with him after he is finished eating. I don't think there is a set age (heck, I'm think of getting DH some ), it depends on the child.

 

[justhat]

You mean sippys with the spout? We gave those up prior to a year because Madison never really got the hang of them so they were more frustrating than they were worth. We taught her how to use a straw right before she turned 1 so now she gets the straw sippys or the plastic cups from restaurants with a straw and lid stuck on them. I worked at a daycare and we taught the kids how to use regular cups, no lids, at 15 months and within 3-5 days they all did it without spilling (well, aside from the regular kiddie spills!). Madison will be learning how to use a regular cup tomorrow-I want to do it outside and it's been way too hot all summer till this today.

 

[Jenn Lynn]

It's the plastic cups that come in colors and have the clear lids. Are those sippy cups?

 

[Aidensmom]

It's the plastic cups that come in colors and have the clear lids. Are those sippy cups?

That is what I consider the sippy cups.

Just wanted to add, DS has no problem with a regular cup, and if he only drank at the table, that is what he would get. But I really don't mind him carrying the cup around with him, and just want to keep the carpets clean, so I am sticking with the lids and straws.

 

[skiwee1]

DD, now 6, still uses sippy cups along with regular cups. She prefers her chocolate milk in a sippy cup.

 

[ASFCurly]

I worked at a daycare for about a year, we stopped sippy cups around 2.5 or three, at the Church Nursery that I work at on Sundays it is about the same age.

 

[the kabuki]

DD4 will use both, it really depends on what's in them, what's she's wearing, and where we're at i.e. red fruit punch at grandma's house in the living room with the white carpet with her Easter dress on calls for a sippy cup!!

 

[jwsqrdplus2]

My DDs (6 and 3) use regular cups at the table and at school. They use sippy cups at night (water only) and if they want a drink to take "on the road" (away from the table).

 

[amyup]

My oldest we stopped at 4, so my youngest gave up sippy cups at 2.5. He has to do everything big brother does!

 

[MandM-Mom]

My DD4, stopped a sippy cup at 2, DD1/2 uses the leakproof straw cups, she has been drinking from a straw since I took the bottle away @ 7mths. She uses a regular sippy cup sometimes too and has just started trying to drink from a regular cup, she definitly needs some work on that but ms. independence wanted to try it! Anything to do what big sis does.

 

[Duckfan-in-Chicago]

My mom stopped a couple of weeks before my wedding. As if my life wasn't stressful enough.

 

[Disney_1derland]

We stopped at age 3 here. Now they only get sippy cups if we are in the car. Otherwise they drink out of an open cup sometimes with a straw, sometimes not.

We were told by Ped to stop at age 2, took us a year beyond that to totally phase them out.

 

[believe]

Once they were able to hold their cup so they wouldn't spill it and didn't throw their cup, then the sippy cups were not used at the table, only if we were out of the house where we didn't want them to spill it on someone else's belongings. Cups are only used at the table or kitchen in our house, so accidents are that big of a deal.

 

[Aneille]

2 year and a 3.5 year old and they both use open cups at dinner sometimes glass stemware because we are. They mostly use sippy cups during the day though unless they specifically ask for something different during the day.

If they want a non-covered drink during the day to take into the family room they can if they ask and they can only have water. They also get it themselves. Well the 3.5 year old does. The 2 year old can't really reach the water dispenser yet so asks me or her sister for help.

 

[va32h]

My son (5) would use a sippy cup to this day if I let him. My daughters gave theirs up fairly early - my youngest is 22 months, and she uses a regular cup.

I don't let them take food or drinks out of the kitchen anymore, so I don't worry about spills.

They do use a lid/straw combo in the car, but I am thinking about banning car eating/drinking too. My poor van is trashed, and it's only a year old!

 

[Annette_VA]

We switched when DS turned 4. He now only uses a regular cup w/a straw, or if we're on the go, he gets a straw sippy.

 

[Kermit]

Until recently, we used "sippy" cups with straws rather than spill-proof spouts because Jacob couldn't drink out of the ones with spouts. He did recently figure it out, and I switched to regular ones, since they're easier to clean. Because Jacob is 2.5 and Nick is 12 months, I've been afraid to have open cups of water sitting out. Nick wants to be just like his big brother, and I'm afraid he'd leave dribbles of water on our new laminate floors, which could be a disaster. I like the idea of using a cup without a lid at meals, though. That's a great idea. Nick would be locked in his highchair and unable to get his brother's cup. I'm going to borrow your idea.

 

[Dis_Grk Grl]

My daughter, 3, uses a regular cup with a straw at meal times, or whenever she is sitting at the table, and at nursery school. When she is in the living room, or someone else's house, she gets a sippy cup with the spill proof spout. My hysband and I are trying to wean her away from these and on to cups with straws, but she's not cooperating!

Nicole

 

[Aneille]

My daughter, 3, uses a regular cup with a straw at meal times, or whenever she is sitting at the table, and at nursery school. When she is in the living room, or someone else's house, she gets a sippy cup with the spill proof spout. My hysband and I are trying to wean her away from these and on to cups with straws, but she's not cooperating!

Nicole

It always amazes me how kids and people are so different. Its really cool. My kids would be estatic if I told them from now on they have to use straws! They think straws are a treat!