almost 3-still prefers sippy cup
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almost 3-still prefers sippy cup
| Tue, 01-20-2004 - 1:45pm |
I am trying to get my DD (soon to be 3) weaned from sippy cups (playtex) to a regular cup. She does pretty well if I pour it in a small 5 oz dixie cup and hold it for her, but she won't hold it herself-even if there's only a small amount in it-any advice? I feel I should have done this a long time ago, but the convenience and no spill is such an easy way to go TIA Ann

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~Kim~
mom of 3 girls!
Desiree
mommy to Natalie (4) and Hannah (9 months)
On the topic of sippy cups. I agree, three isn't that old to be drinking from one. (I know one woman who has three DC ages 7, 6, and 2 and ALL THREE drink only out of sippy cups at home to protect their carpet/furniture - I personally feel THAT is excessive, but to each their own...I just make sure my DD doesn't take drinks into the living room or bedrooms). Right before her third birthday is when we taught DD to use a straw and/or a "regular" cup. She took to it right away, but believe me, if she hadn't, I would have had no problem giving her the sippy cup at least for a little while. The main reason we did it was because they used regular cups at the preschool she was starting the next spring, and we wanted her to be prepared.
Does your DD have older children to "model" herself on, who drink from regular cups? Maybe this will help. I agree that she will do it when she is ready. But I'd keep offering her "regular" cups. Maybe the dixie cup is actually harder for her to keep control of because it doesn't feel quite the same as a sippy cup (a different weight). I would try to find a regular unbreakable cup that is roughly the same size and weight as a sippy cup and see how that goes. If she can hold a sippy cup then she could definitely hold the same cup without a lid on it.
Good luck!
Gretchen
~Kim~
mom of 3 girls!
I didn't know I was supposed to stop. Alex, almost 4, likes to drink on the couch. When I do give him a regular cup, I end up cleaning it up because he gets busy and starts to play, forgetting about it. So he does a mixture of both, and I never thought anything about it. He's fine at preschool with a regular cup.
I don't take one with me. He can drink from a can or bottle, or with a straw. So I wouldn't worry about it. I'll keep using them until he says, "Mom, I'm to old".
So I wouldn't worry about it. Now, if he starts grade school, then I'll need to think about it. I bet I get another 6 months out of the sippy cup.
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Angie
Ok, I must be the odd ball here but o well. To me 3 is too old to not know how to drink out of a regular cup. Sippy cups are a known cause for speech delays in children. Don't get me wrong, I use them but I think it is important for a child to learn to drink from a real cup. My 18 month old occasionally has a sippy cup still, when I am in my lazy moods. My 2 and 4 year old don't have them anymore. Why, because they don't need them, they know how to drink out of a regular cup. When we go in the car on trips etc then we get the sport bottles for them. We have a rule at our house no food or drink except in the kitchen so I don't have the problem of spilling everywhere. I agree it is each person’s choice when to stop things and I know I get anal about some things. My kids are off the bottle at a year. To me if they are eating solids and drinking from cups there is no reason to have a bottle but I know that is not a standard of what people do or how they feel. I do feel it is a problem that needs to be address if the child doesn’t know HOW to drink from a real cup at three.
Anyway, my feelings.
Laura from Utah and mom to:
Deven 11
Amber 10
Bryen 9
Jered 8
Mikel 6
Ceaira 4
Taran 2
Talyn 1.5
Zane 0.5
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