No Sippy Cups allowed at School. Only juice boxes.

[Anonymous]

Duh, no one is saying these kids are not capable of drinking out of a regular cup. At home mine does with meals, but when we are on the go or you have to provide a drink for your child every day (as at daycare), how do you propose sending the kid with an open cup of milk or juice or water in his/her lunch box?


Put in a small paper cup? Duh!

[Anonymous]

To some of the PP... come on, let's try to keep this a friendly, helpful place. There's no need to call people "lazy" or otherwise say nasty things about parenting. I'm fed up with people jumping all over one another for relatively innocent statements.

I worked very hard to teach my daughter to drink out of a cup, but I don't believe that people who use sippy cups and juice boxes are inherently lazy. First of all, let's not pretend that all kids hit the appropriate age for learning to drink out of a cup on a nice, hot day. My daughter reached that age in the middle of the winter, and we had lots of spills all over our house. Second, I don't even think it's "easier" to teach a child to use a sippy or juice box. My daughter always squeezed the boxes too hard when holding them, and the juice would pour out the top and all over the house. If I used one of those handle things that you place the box in, then we avoided that problem, but she still carried it on a slant, so the juice poured out because she wasn't keeping it upright. Thankfully, she didn't really like juice, so we eventually just gave her water and milk (and regular cups -- not milk in a carton because my daughter didn't like that.) But.... I digress... I don't think that people should be judged for their choices. Everyone uses sippy cups and juice boxes, so that is what new mothers do... and it's hard enough to get a child packed up and ready to leave the house. Of course, people will want convenient holders for liquids. And of course, people need something to give their children that won't spill (in lunch boxes, in the car).

I use the Thermos, just like the PP. It's a straw...it doesn't spill in the car...

But the point of this is...let's try to give each other helpful suggestions, rather than negative comments!

[Anonymous]

I agree. The negative force is too much. Has the person who posted this contacted the school. I am sure there is some compromise.

[Anonymous]

BUMP

[Anonymous]

Are you sure they said only juice boxes? That is rather limiting.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Duh, no one is saying these kids are not capable of drinking out of a regular cup. At home mine does with meals, but when we are on the go or you have to provide a drink for your child every day (as at daycare), how do you propose sending the kid with an open cup of milk or juice or water in his/her lunch box?

Put in a small paper cup? Duh!

Yeah, that will transport nicely in a lunchbox!

[Anonymous]

Look, I guess people need things spelled out. If you can't send a sippy cup, pack a Thermos full of whatever and a paper or plastic cup. Then, the child or whoever can pour the liquid into the cup for them to drink. Or better yet, get a Thermos with an attached top that doubles as a cup. Simple.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Sippy cups and juice boxes are used by people who are too lazy to allow the child to have a cup. When out and about on a hot day, the child should be allowed to learn to drink water from a water bottle. (Of course this does not apply to children with special medical issues.)

huh? What about the little milk cartons we ordered way back in the day (1970s) that were delivered to my classroom in a plastic crate? In fact, I just now wrote a check for my kid's school to order milk in little cartons!

I suppose I'm lazy, too, as was my mother.

[Anonymous]

My guess is that 9:23 and 20:30 are the same person.... Please get rid of your attitude, or stop posting. I don't know why you feel the need to be so nasty, but you should really just go see a counselor to work through your issues, rather than trolling advice boards.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:If your kid is still drinking out of a sippy cup, he/she isn't old enough for school. Sippy cups are for babies and toddlers as a transition to a regular cup. In my son's 2 yr old class last year, half of the kids who had to be at least 2.5 yrs old for the class were still drinking out of sippy cups. I found this out when the teacher thanked me for teaching my son to drink out of a regular cup. She said the parents were upset that their kids got juice on their shirts b/c the school didn't provide sippy cups for the kids. Bizarre.

completely agree. most parents use sippy cups way too long. by pre-school your child should know how to drink from a cup without spilling all the time.
OP, I would explain that you don't give juice to your child at meals and include one of the horizon milks(similar packaging to a juice box) or, if they will allow it, a bottle of water.

[Anonymous]

Look, I guess people need things spelled out. If you can't send a sippy cup, pack a Thermos full of whatever and a paper or plastic cup. Then, the child or whoever can pour the liquid into the cup for them to drink. Or better yet, get a Thermos with an attached top that doubles as a cup. Simple

If know-it-all poster had read the OP, she would have seen that the reason for forbidding sippy cups is that the teachers don't want to be responsble for them. Your fantastic idea for the thermos does not address that issue at all. It's still a container for drinks that the OP's preschool has forbidden.

OP - find out if there are other parents who also disagree with this policy, and propose some alternatives. I think that it's environmentally bad to force parents to send a drink in a disposable box every day. It's expensive to buy the little individual milk boxes.