How old is too old for a sippy cup

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Anonymous wrote: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.

Tell me the difference between a sippy cup and the ones used by elementary school kids like Nalgene Grip n Gulp and Owala Free Sip?

The ones with the slow drip tops that are more like baby bottles are not made for her age. But there are tons of sippy cups made for her age group. Get her some cute Yeti Ramblers Jr and quit making up problems.

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Who cares? It's not like she needs to transition to a regular cup for learning purposes. She knows how to drink out of an open cup. And "just get her a Stanley"? Really? Everyone agrees there's no functional difference so why pay money and buy some trendy brand instead? Truly what is that about.

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

Is it an actual sippy cup or one of those water/sports bottles?

Like an actual sippy cup.

[Anonymous]

My kid, she 9. Uses normal water bottles like hydro glass without the straw spout in school. But at home, still likes her sippy cup when she was 7 and is a kiddish frozen character sippy cup. She still likes to bite on the soft straw thing as part of habit and maybe oral soothing or whatever. She doesn’t chomp it the spout straw anymore like in her younger days
but lightly loves to bite the rubbery nozzle. Nothing too concerning that will affect her bite or teeth associated with sippys.

It’s not common but if she loves it so much, we let it go. She keeps it in her room pretty much and only uses it when she is at her desk. Her friends come over too but no one asks about her sippy cup. It is just there.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:My kid, she 9. Uses normal water bottles like hydro glass without the straw spout in school. But at home, still likes her sippy cup when she was 7 and is a kiddish frozen character sippy cup. She still likes to bite on the soft straw thing as part of habit and maybe oral soothing or whatever. She doesn’t chomp it the spout straw anymore like in her younger days
but lightly loves to bite the rubbery nozzle. Nothing too concerning that will affect her bite or teeth associated with sippys.

It’s not common but if she loves it so much, we let it go. She keeps it in her room pretty much and only uses it when she is at her desk. Her friends come over too but no one asks about her sippy cup. It is just there.

Glad to hear from another mom that can relate. She only has the sippy cups at grandmas house. She gave up her bottle on her own just after she turned 2 with no issues. Hers don't have any characters or anything like that on them. They are just different colors. She says she likes the purple one the most. I am happy I don't have to wash them because I remember how difficult it was to thoroughly clean. She isn't showing any signs that's its affecting her bite or teeth.

[Anonymous]

Sippy cups aren’t good for their teeth or speech. They recommend switching to a straw cup. I would find a good straw cup instead.

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I did have another talk with grandma last night and asked her to please allow her to drink from a sports bottle or something my daughter can pick out. She told me that as long as my she doesn't have a problem using a sippy cup, then she can still use it. She is stuck in her ways so until my daughter starts rejecting it, I guess its not worth the fight.

[Anonymous]

My 10 year old has a munchkin by their bed for drinks at night. It doesn't leak if its accidentally knocked over. One less spill for grandma to clean up makes it easier for her to continue providing free child care.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:My 10 year old has a munchkin by their bed for drinks at night. It doesn't leak if its accidentally knocked over. One less spill for grandma to clean up makes it easier for her to continue providing free child care.

I looked at those and I like them. Maybe I can try to convince grandma to go shopping and help pick one out. She still doesn't see her as a big girl geeze. I can see spoiling her but not having her still drink from a sippy cup.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Sippy cups aren’t good for their teeth or speech. They recommend switching to a straw cup. I would find a good straw cup instead.

Just curious, Why would you think sippy cups not be good for teeth or speech. Unless they chew on the hard spout to suck on the water. Many kids by OP’s age probably won’t chew water bottles that much anymore?

So would it not be any different from sucking from a straw bottle? Even thermoflask or hydro flasks straws are really hard too?

Camalbaks are slightly softer but have also been used by so many kids and for those straws, it is a must that you will also need to bite them to get water out? Hydro flasks you don’t need to bite on them to get water out and I think for sippy cups too?

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My sister has a Nalgene sippy to she was a tween. She was a chewer too so i remember the thing was vile with all the teeth marks showing so obviously she was biting on the thing. She chewed her pens too and many other things in the house but it didn’t affect her bite.

I don’t see the fuss with the sippy cup usage.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Sippy cups aren’t good for their teeth or speech. They recommend switching to a straw cup. I would find a good straw cup instead.

Just curious, Why would you think sippy cups not be good for teeth or speech. Unless they chew on the hard spout to suck on the water. Many kids by OP’s age probably won’t chew water bottles that much anymore?

So would it not be any different from sucking from a straw bottle? Even thermoflask or hydro flasks straws are really hard too?

Camalbaks are slightly softer but have also been used by so many kids and for those straws, it is a must that you will also need to bite them to get water out? Hydro flasks you don’t need to bite on them to get water out and I think for sippy cups too?

At dd's age, she is far too old to be chewing on the sippy cups. They are just regular sippy cups for a toddler with a spout. No collapsible straw or anything or anywhere near resembling a baby bottle. I would forbid grandma giving her a bottle at 7 if she tried to. I don't know any other 7 year old still with a baby bottle, even if its just for at night.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:My sister has a Nalgene sippy to she was a tween. She was a chewer too so i remember the thing was vile with all the teeth marks showing so obviously she was biting on the thing. She chewed her pens too and many other things in the house but it didn’t affect her bite.

I don’t see the fuss with the sippy cup usage.

I wouldn't even consider those "sippy cups" Grandma still has her use regular toddler sippy cups. Not ones for older kids. I am talking about the ones for 2 year olds ugh

[Anonymous]

Feels babyish.

We did sippy cup for age 1. Straw cup for age 2 with open cup practice. By 3, mostly open cup with spills, plus water thermos.

[Anonymous]

It sounds like Grandma needs to suck it up (haha) and make a rule about food and drink only in the kitchen. Preferably seated.

That's the only time my kids can drink anything other than water. They can take water anywhere in the house (and prefer to use their water bottles for that to avoid spills), but anything that can make a mess if spilled stays in the kitchen which has hard floors and no rugs.