Transition from sippy cups, how do you tolerate spills?

[peg2001]

Thanks, WishingOnaStar, I think you have it precisely correct. I'm going to bag up all the sippys tonight. Think a woman's shelter would be able to use them?

Miss Jasmine, there have been jokes within the family about having to pack the sippy cups when they go off to college. Of course, we made this joke about diapers and pacifiers at some points too and we made it past those milestones!

Toby's Friend, we, too, have a fuzzy friend who is willing to polish the floor for us, but we draw the line at lifting him up to clean the table and chairs (dachshund!).

Peggy

 

[snoopy]

Thank goodness for Pergo, is all I can say! Easy to clean the numerous spills when our kids transitioned.

And I agreed with those who said only a tiny bit in the cup, my oldest is almost 9 and he is just now getting a semi full cup of something to drink.

 

[browneyes]

I spill more things than my kids do. Maybe I need a sippy cup.

 

[wuv tigger]

Originally posted by DawnF316
Zoloft.

DD1 is 4 in Jan ... still uses sippy cups. We have been using the non sippy's but dd2 who is NOT yet 2 would & will make a terrible mess along w/ multiple changes of clothes in a day.

My favorite quote is: you don't see many (if any) high schoolers with binkys, blankies, sippys and that brings me back to reality.

Judy

 

[clutter]

My dd, 6, is still a part-time sippy user. Not because she can't handle the regular cups, she's fine with them. But most of her drinking is in her room (no good surface to put a cup), at the computer (I won't even let ME have an open drink there), or in the car.

My favorite cups are the ones from the restaurants in Epcot, they're a great size, go in the dishwasher (the resort mugs are a bit too bulky and don't fit in my car cupholders too well), and plain ol' in-the-box straws fit great in the little hole. But... we only have two of them. So, I still have a few sippy's. We bring milk in the car every morning and every saturday for ballet, so we still use them. Guess we'll keep doing so until we get a few more trips under our belt. And I agree, those glasses with the wide straws are more bother than they're worth. The straws don't come clean, and if you put a normal sized straw in them, they're worthless. We tried sports bottles, but I haven't found any that go through the dishwasher.

 

[Lewski709]

I love how you have asked for advice and have gotten flamed for not getting the 7yr old off sooner. Hello...........it's not a big deal, really.

Day by day, patience and practice. Use small amounts in the cups and I have found using a cup with a straw is not any better. It is one more thing you have to break them of later. Just MY opinion. Limit the drinking to the table and kitchen area. I like to use small cups with small amounts. I allow straws when out at a restaurant or getting fast foods.

 

[disykat]

We still have to watch where my 8 year old puts his glass - he's a spiller. The biggest thing is monitoring where they set their glass after they drink. My son has a tendency to set his too close to his plate or by his elbow. We used a coaster that he had to set his cup on everytime he put it down to train him where to put it. It started out practically in the middle of the table!

 

[klmklm]

I am a clumsy person, myself. I was a teenager before I realized you should look behind you before you push back your chair to stand up in a restaurant. I finally noticed that no one else was bumping into the waiters ...
I agree with disykat. Using a coaster might be enough to get them to notice the cup and be careful around it. You could also make a placemat with a red circle where the cup goes, and focus them on keeping the cup on the circle.

 

[FreshTressa]

LOL, this whole post has me laughing, as I sit here with my lidded coffee cup, so it won't spill. It has a little hole in the top....Does that count as a sippy cup??

 

[Lewski709]

FreshTressa..........aren't you way too old to be drinking from a sippy???? <a href='http://www.smileycentral.com/?partner=ZSzeb008' target='_blank'><img src='http://smileys.smileycentral.com/cat/15/15_8_11.gif' border=0></a>

 

[moinab]

Why is 7 too old??? Who really cares? It isn't a big deal. Why is everyone in such a hurry for kids to grow up??

Use of Sippy Cups Questioned

Prolonged use may cause poor development.



The prolonged use of sippy cups has been questioned recently by nursery school teachers, pediatric dentists, and speech therapists. According to the February 12, 2002 edition of The Wall Street Journal, the sippy cup, invented over 50 years ago as a way to wean toddlers off the bottle and avoid spilling of liquids as they learn to drink from a cup, is now keeping many children from learning how to drink out of a regular cup or glass. Speech therapists and nursery school teachers say that normal muscle development is delayed because the muscles of the cheek and tongue are used differently in each habit. Sucking and swallowing do not use the same muscles as gulping and swallowing, and lazy speech patterns from the delayed development of the tongue and cheeks are appearing in preschool children. Articulation of certain sounds is difficult.

In addition, children who drink from the cup all day and are put to bed with it at night are at risk of developing the same decay pattern as "baby-bottle children". Pediatric dentists are noting an increase in decay in these children, and the Academy of General Dentistry is presenting an article warning parents not to put sugary drinks in the cups and urging dentists to be watchful for decay patterns developing from long-term use.

Manufacturers of the cups, Playtex and Gerber, have indicated that the decay is not from the use of the cup, but from the sugary drinks, and are denying the allegations of delayed speech patterns. Speech therapist have noted that as soon as the cups are changed, normal speech patterns develop. However, they contend that weak cheek muscles can be an issue withy some children.


http://dentistry.about.com/library/weekly/aa052302.htm

 

[speedi-deedi]

I can soooo identify with you. My just turned 6 and almost 8 yo DSs moved out of sippy cups together about one year ago. I, like you, also believed I had let it go too long, but also am not very patient with spills.

Like many of the other posts, we transitioned to covered cups with straws for a while (there were some new, blue Dixie-ware out at the time that had cups with lids and straw holes that actually had a rubbery seal....there's also some great Tupperware cups that have the same kind of design). Now, for meals I've found that the little jelly jar glasses (smucker's or welch's - not sure which) that have juvenile designs on them are great. They're wider at the bottom, so don't tip very easily and glass, so a bit heavier as well. In addition, they're just the right size for small hands. In between meals, my boys drink water, so they use small plastic cups for that.

I must report however, that I have not banished the sippy cups from the house! Both of my boys have a habit of having water by their beds at bedtime. So, the 6yo still has a sippy cup for that and the 8 yo still uses the playtex cup as well, but I just don't put the seal in his. It's harder to spill on his book that way!

This transition will be quick...I know it doesn't feel that way now, but looking back this is an easy one!

 

[FreshTressa]

Originally posted by moinab
Use of Sippy Cups Questioned

Prolonged use may cause poor development.



The prolonged use of sippy cups has been questioned recently by nursery school teachers, pediatric dentists, and speech therapists. According to the February 12, 2002 edition of The Wall Street Journal, the sippy cup, invented over 50 years ago as a way to wean toddlers off the bottle and avoid spilling of liquids as they learn to drink from a cup, is now keeping many children from learning how to drink out of a regular cup or glass. Speech therapists and nursery school teachers say that normal muscle development is delayed because the muscles of the cheek and tongue are used differently in each habit. Sucking and swallowing do not use the same muscles as gulping and swallowing, and lazy speech patterns from the delayed development of the tongue and cheeks are appearing in preschool children. Articulation of certain sounds is difficult.

In addition, children who drink from the cup all day and are put to bed with it at night are at risk of developing the same decay pattern as "baby-bottle children". Pediatric dentists are noting an increase in decay in these children, and the Academy of General Dentistry is presenting an article warning parents not to put sugary drinks in the cups and urging dentists to be watchful for decay patterns developing from long-term use.

Manufacturers of the cups, Playtex and Gerber, have indicated that the decay is not from the use of the cup, but from the sugary drinks, and are denying the allegations of delayed speech patterns. Speech therapist have noted that as soon as the cups are changed, normal speech patterns develop. However, they contend that weak cheek muscles can be an issue withy some children.


http://dentistry.about.com/library/weekly/aa052302.htm

Ahh, dat esplains dis speech pwobwem I hab

 

[Wishing on a star]

ROFLMBO!!!!!!!!!!!

Tressa, TOOOOOO funny!!!

But really, my DS was on a bottle/sippy FOREVER!!! He was a juiceaholic, and also took formula or milk at night.... (Several issues were involved here.) DH was worse than I was. He would let DS go around all day with that ever-present bottle or sippy!!!!
HELLO!!!! He can speak just fine...... And he has beautiful perfect teeth!

 

[Arabella Figg 2003]

When my older child was 3 years old and in day care she began to notice what other children were doing. From that point on, she has strived to do exactly what her peer group was doing. She gave up the sippy cup by the age of 4 because it was too babyish. And my younger daughter has always tried to keep up with my older daughter.


Consequently they both know what a paper towel can accomplish.

 

[jrmasm]

Ahh, dat esplains dis speech pwobwem I hab

 

[Lewski709]

My DS loves these jelly jars that you can use for glasses and so do I. They are adorable!

Putting their kid to bed with a sippy? It isn't good to put kids to bed with a bottle or a sippy. I don't know anyone who does this, but have heard of it.

The tooth rot has been linked to both sugary drinks AND constant dripping on the teeth.

I am still drinking from containers with straws <a href='http://www.smileycentral.com/?partner=ZSzeb008' target='_blank'><img src='http://smileys.smileycentral.com/cat/12/12_4_7.gif' border=0></a> and bottles (oh, those are beer bottles). <a href='http://www.smileycentral.com/?partner=ZSzeb008' target='_blank'><img src='http://smileys.smileycentral.com/cat/12/12_4_1.gif' border=0></a>

No offense moinab!

 

[moinab]

I was just posting information. I don't necessarily agree or disagree. I think it's kind of like the breast feeding/bottle feeding debate. Is one technically better than the other? Yes, but will your child be marred for life? Not likely.

 

[disykat]

Water will not rot your teeth.

 

[DisneyObsessed]

Tressa, That was the best laugh I've had all day. Too funny.