How old is too old for a sippy cup

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Time to move on to the Stanley cup or a Yeti.

^^ send a few of these to grandma to use instead and tell her you are concerned about the toxic plastic of sippy cups.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:OP if you need the childcare then I think you deal with the sippy cup. It's not as if your child is incapable of drinking from another cup or anything like that. The only stand I would take is that the sippy cup is a grandma's house only thing.

Yep! What happens at grandmas, stays at grandmas. She has asked a few times to have one at our house but I told her no and flat out refused.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Just wondering what everyone's thoughts on how old is too old for a sippy cup. This will kind of be a 2 part question.

My daughter is 7 and she spends a lot of time at grandmas. She gets dropped off there by the bus after school and grandma will watch her for a few hours. While there, she has my daughter use a sippy cup because she doesn't want spills and flat out says she doesn't trust her with a cup or glass. It isn't even one of those sports bottles which I have given her to use, they are actual sippy cups. My daughter doesn't mind but, I feel she is way too old for a sippy cup.

My second question is, does anyone else's grandma spoil their kids to the point where they still see them as little kids or babies? I tell her time after time that she is 7 and doesn't use sippy cups anymore but it falls on deaf ears. My daughter has asked to have one at our house which I absolutely refused.

Just wondering what everyone's thoughts on this are.

My husband is like this. Yes, the kids are spazzes and spill probably once a week. He lectures me on the use of sippy cups. I sarcastically asked if they can graduate to a real cup on their 18th birthday and he said yes.

[Anonymous]

We had grandparent care after school. There were some weird things like this where I just needed to let go and let grandpa (in our case) do things his way.

I wouldn’t give my kid a sippy cup at 7 in my house, but I don’t think it’s harmful and it’s a tiny price to pay for the wonderful relationship.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Just wondering what everyone's thoughts on how old is too old for a sippy cup. This will kind of be a 2 part question.

My daughter is 7 and she spends a lot of time at grandmas. She gets dropped off there by the bus after school and grandma will watch her for a few hours. While there, she has my daughter use a sippy cup because she doesn't want spills and flat out says she doesn't trust her with a cup or glass. It isn't even one of those sports bottles which I have given her to use, they are actual sippy cups. My daughter doesn't mind but, I feel she is way too old for a sippy cup.

My second question is, does anyone else's grandma spoil their kids to the point where they still see them as little kids or babies? I tell her time after time that she is 7 and doesn't use sippy cups anymore but it falls on deaf ears. My daughter has asked to have one at our house which I absolutely refused.

Just wondering what everyone's thoughts on this are.

My husband is like this. Yes, the kids are spazzes and spill probably once a week. He lectures me on the use of sippy cups. I sarcastically asked if they can graduate to a real cup on their 18th birthday and he said yes.

HAHA She typically doesn't spill that often at our house so I don't see he spilling there either. How old are your kids? She will tell me I will use what I want at my house with her and you can use what you want. I think grandma just doesn't see her as a 7 year old big girl. She does spoil her but that's what grandparents do.

[Anonymous]

My 9 year old uses one occasionally. Who cares? It’s not a big deal.

[Anonymous]

Not a big deal. My 7 year old uses it for his water at night. Otherwise he'd spill it.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Just wondering what everyone's thoughts on how old is too old for a sippy cup. This will kind of be a 2 part question.

My daughter is 7 and she spends a lot of time at grandmas. She gets dropped off there by the bus after school and grandma will watch her for a few hours. While there, she has my daughter use a sippy cup because she doesn't want spills and flat out says she doesn't trust her with a cup or glass. It isn't even one of those sports bottles which I have given her to use, they are actual sippy cups. My daughter doesn't mind but, I feel she is way too old for a sippy cup.

My second question is, does anyone else's grandma spoil their kids to the point where they still see them as little kids or babies? I tell her time after time that she is 7 and doesn't use sippy cups anymore but it falls on deaf ears. My daughter has asked to have one at our house which I absolutely refused.

Just wondering what everyone's thoughts on this are.

My husband is like this. Yes, the kids are spazzes and spill probably once a week. He lectures me on the use of sippy cups. I sarcastically asked if they can graduate to a real cup on their 18th birthday and he said yes.

HAHA She typically doesn't spill that often at our house so I don't see he spilling there either. How old are your kids? She will tell me I will use what I want at my house with her and you can use what you want. I think grandma just doesn't see her as a 7 year old big girl. She does spoil her but that's what grandparents do.

My eldest has adhd personality type, throws his body around in 3d space without awareness of what is going on. He regularly spilled well into age 6. I think it is within normal for a 6 year old boy.

[Anonymous]

Not a sippy cup. Reasonable to use container with a lid and straw to prevent spills, however.

Supply an alternative, with a lid and a straw — easy to clean and ask that they use that instead of the sippy cup.

It addresses their reasonable concern about spills while being age appropriate.

[Anonymous]

Not really any different from any other lidded cup except it has an extra handle.

[Anonymous]

It's fine. With my mom the issues are stuff like planting her in front of the TV for an indefinite length of time or not locking up my parents' copious amount of prescription medication and leaving it sitting all over the house with "easy open" lids due to their arthritis. These are the reasons that my parents don't get to babysit at their house and these are the things I bring up with them because they are over the line in terms of care.

But if my mom was just making my 7 yr old use a sippy cup to prevent spills it wouldn't even register unless it was causing issues with dentition. Kids get that sometimes rules are different in other people's houses and it doesn't mean your kid will be using a sippy cup as an adult.

[Anonymous]

Around age 3 is "too old."

But "Grandma's house-grandma's rules." If you don't like it, find a different daycare that you have to pay for (and they'll also probably have rules that you don't like)

[Anonymous]

travel mug?

[Anonymous]

I will try to address everyone's post here:
I have supplied grandma with a sports bottle for her but she will use what she has at her house for her.
I totally agree with everyone about a YETI and the like. My daughter doesn't protest drinking a sippy cup though.
Someone did ask what kind it is and it is a toddler style with a normal spout lid. Just a regular cup with no handles on it.
As I mentioned a couple times, I guess I need to pick my battles as long as my daughter doesn't have a problem with it.
It does make me feel a little better knowing that there are older "older kiddos" that still use sippy cups.

[Anonymous]

I remember my grandmother made me use plastic cups and drink a full glass of milk with dinner when I stayed at her house, probably until I was 12.

I wouldn’t make a big deal out of the sippy cup. It’s not the same as something really harmful or humiliating. I can understand it annoys you, but I would let it go.