How old is too old for a sippy cup

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote: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.

Pun intended? haha Your right she needs to back off. I have given her sports bottles for dd but she is set in her way and flat out tells me...its her house and she will decide what she uses for drinks. DD doesn't have a problem with it shockingly or I would of already given an ultimatum.

[Anonymous]

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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

She must have had you using sippy cups too. Was there a problem using them?

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

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

She must have had you using sippy cups too. Was there a problem using them?

I don't remember using one at all. Its possible, I just have any memory of using one. I wouldn't put it past her though. Don't laugh but I have pictures of me at 4 years old still in a crib! haha

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote: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.

You mean those munchkin type sippy? Anyway, if your daughter is fine with kiddish and grandma insist. I will just let it go. Not worth the fight in exchange of baby sitting.

If your kid chews that thing and will have a bad bite or some other issue, then it’s a different story. But since she is not a chewer etc, I can’t see any physical harm from drinking off this sippy except for the childish factor. I am sure by tween, this problem will go away.

What water bottle does she use at school? Does it have a sport spout and does she have any issue with it because of confusion using it at grandmas?

My own kids had a problem with straw chewing because my parents love giving my kids those camelbak bite valve bottles. So they kinda love chewing on their water bottles straws or sport spouts eg. On a hyper fuel Nike that my daughter’s sports club gives. And she bites hard on them leaving lost of marks when it is not necessary to chew to drink. We can’t replace because it’s a team all requiring to use the same water bottle kinda thing.

[Anonymous]

Maybe your daughter likes to feel babied by grandma. You keep insisting that she is big and grown up and she gets a little of the opposite too. Throughout her childhood she will be a mix of little girl and big girl. You may not like either way she expresses that, but it's part of growing up.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote: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.

You mean those munchkin type sippy? Anyway, if your daughter is fine with kiddish and grandma insist. I will just let it go. Not worth the fight in exchange of baby sitting.

If your kid chews that thing and will have a bad bite or some other issue, then it’s a different story. But since she is not a chewer etc, I can’t see any physical harm from drinking off this sippy except for the childish factor. I am sure by tween, this problem will go away.

What water bottle does she use at school? Does it have a sport spout and does she have any issue with it because of confusion using it at grandmas?

My own kids had a problem with straw chewing because my parents love giving my kids those camelbak bite valve bottles. So they kinda love chewing on their water bottles straws or sport spouts eg. On a hyper fuel Nike that my daughter’s sports club gives. And she bites hard on them leaving lost of marks when it is not necessary to chew to drink. We can’t replace because it’s a team all requiring to use the same water bottle kinda thing.

I believe they are Nuks. Not sure if that's the exact brand but that is the style of sippies she has there. She uses a Live Infinitely 20 Oz Kids Water Bottle with Straw at home and school. The only thing she wont stop chewing on is her thumb. She still sucks her thumb. Its mostly when she is tired but I hate it when she tries to talk to me with it still in her mouth. I cant exactly take away her thumb but I would like to figure out a way to slowly wean her from the actual sucking if that's possible. I am all ears if you have any suggestions on that.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Maybe your daughter likes to feel babied by grandma. You keep insisting that she is big and grown up and she gets a little of the opposite too. Throughout her childhood she will be a mix of little girl and big girl. You may not like either way she expresses that, but it's part of growing up.

I wouldn't put it past her. She has NO problems with grandma spoiling her. I understand it is a part of growing up. I should still insist that the sippy cups stay at grandmas right?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote: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.

You mean those munchkin type sippy? Anyway, if your daughter is fine with kiddish and grandma insist. I will just let it go. Not worth the fight in exchange of baby sitting.

If your kid chews that thing and will have a bad bite or some other issue, then it’s a different story. But since she is not a chewer etc, I can’t see any physical harm from drinking off this sippy except for the childish factor. I am sure by tween, this problem will go away.

What water bottle does she use at school? Does it have a sport spout and does she have any issue with it because of confusion using it at grandmas?

My own kids had a problem with straw chewing because my parents love giving my kids those camelbak bite valve bottles. So they kinda love chewing on their water bottles straws or sport spouts eg. On a hyper fuel Nike that my daughter’s sports club gives. And she bites hard on them leaving lost of marks when it is not necessary to chew to drink. We can’t replace because it’s a team all requiring to use the same water bottle kinda thing.

I believe they are Nuks. Not sure if that's the exact brand but that is the style of sippies she has there. She uses a Live Infinitely 20 Oz Kids Water Bottle with Straw at home and school. The only thing she wont stop chewing on is her thumb. She still sucks her thumb. Its mostly when she is tired but I hate it when she tries to talk to me with it still in her mouth. I cant exactly take away her thumb but I would like to figure out a way to slowly wean her from the actual sucking if that's possible. I am all ears if you have any suggestions on that.

Thumb sucking for a 7 year old isn’t very good because that’s when the adult teeth soon come. Is she stressed or she only does this when tired. Does she chew other things like pens, hair or nails etc?

Does she go to bed with her thumb in her mouth. I think this is a bigger problem than the sippy to be honest.

Identify if it’s a habit or there is a Need to get to the root cause. My daughter used to suck her thumb to bed too so we painted those stuff on her nails. But because it wasn’t just a habit, Then she started chewing her pj cloth belt till they were soggy or hoodie string and it was always in her mouth when she slept. Then she progressed to pen chewing (and lots of it!) It all disappeared when she had stress balls and she could recognize stress strategies, unwinding calming before sleep in her early teen years.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote: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.

You mean those munchkin type sippy? Anyway, if your daughter is fine with kiddish and grandma insist. I will just let it go. Not worth the fight in exchange of baby sitting.

If your kid chews that thing and will have a bad bite or some other issue, then it’s a different story. But since she is not a chewer etc, I can’t see any physical harm from drinking off this sippy except for the childish factor. I am sure by tween, this problem will go away.

What water bottle does she use at school? Does it have a sport spout and does she have any issue with it because of confusion using it at grandmas?

My own kids had a problem with straw chewing because my parents love giving my kids those camelbak bite valve bottles. So they kinda love chewing on their water bottles straws or sport spouts eg. On a hyper fuel Nike that my daughter’s sports club gives. And she bites hard on them leaving lost of marks when it is not necessary to chew to drink. We can’t replace because it’s a team all requiring to use the same water bottle kinda thing.

I believe they are Nuks. Not sure if that's the exact brand but that is the style of sippies she has there. She uses a Live Infinitely 20 Oz Kids Water Bottle with Straw at home and school. The only thing she wont stop chewing on is her thumb. She still sucks her thumb. It’s mostly when she is tired but I hate it when she tries to talk to me with it still in her mouth. I cant exactly take away her thumb but I would like to figure out a way to slowly wean her from the actual sucking if that's possible. I am all ears if you have any suggestions on that.

Oooh nuks! Those with the soft straw? Does she chew on her other straw bottle then when she is in school? Maybe that’s why grandma gives the soft straw for her to chew and hoping it will divert her thumb sucking?

[Anonymous]

This would annoy the crap out of me. I have one kid who drank exclusive out of straw cups starting at a year old. The other one used sippy cups until close to 2 and then switched to a straw cup and I felt like she looked so babyish sucking on that sippy cup at 18 months old. I cannot even picture a 7 year old drinking out of a sippy cup. All that said, this is one of 100 reasons we declined my MIL's offer to be a free nanny for 6 months each time I went back to work. When your parents are providing free childcare, you don't get to put your foot done on things like this.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote: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.

You mean those munchkin type sippy? Anyway, if your daughter is fine with kiddish and grandma insist. I will just let it go. Not worth the fight in exchange of baby sitting.

If your kid chews that thing and will have a bad bite or some other issue, then it’s a different story. But since she is not a chewer etc, I can’t see any physical harm from drinking off this sippy except for the childish factor. I am sure by tween, this problem will go away.

What water bottle does she use at school? Does it have a sport spout and does she have any issue with it because of confusion using it at grandmas?

My own kids had a problem with straw chewing because my parents love giving my kids those camelbak bite valve bottles. So they kinda love chewing on their water bottles straws or sport spouts eg. On a hyper fuel Nike that my daughter’s sports club gives. And she bites hard on them leaving lost of marks when it is not necessary to chew to drink. We can’t replace because it’s a team all requiring to use the same water bottle kinda thing.

I believe they are Nuks. Not sure if that's the exact brand but that is the style of sippies she has there. She uses a Live Infinitely 20 Oz Kids Water Bottle with Straw at home and school. The only thing she wont stop chewing on is her thumb. She still sucks her thumb. Its mostly when she is tired but I hate it when she tries to talk to me with it still in her mouth. I cant exactly take away her thumb but I would like to figure out a way to slowly wean her from the actual sucking if that's possible. I am all ears if you have any suggestions on that.

Thumb sucking for a 7 year old isn’t very good because that’s when the adult teeth soon come. Is she stressed or she only does this when tired. Does she chew other things like pens, hair or nails etc?

Does she go to bed with her thumb in her mouth. I think this is a bigger problem than the sippy to be honest.

Identify if it’s a habit or there is a Need to get to the root cause. My daughter used to suck her thumb to bed too so we painted those stuff on her nails. But because it wasn’t just a habit, Then she started chewing her pj cloth belt till they were soggy or hoodie string and it was always in her mouth when she slept. Then she progressed to pen chewing (and lots of it!) It all disappeared when she had stress balls and she could recognize stress strategies, unwinding calming before sleep in her early teen years.

No stress. She is an extremely happy child. She loves school and isnt bullied and has a lot of friends. She doesnt chew on anything else, not even the sippy cup.

She goes to bed with it in her mouth but not to sleep. She takes it out beforehand.

I just looked up what we tried. Its called Nixxit and it didn't help. I hated seeing her struggle after I applied it. If I can find something that I can "wean" her from it gradually, it would really help. Its not like I can take her thumb away! haha

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote: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.

You mean those munchkin type sippy? Anyway, if your daughter is fine with kiddish and grandma insist. I will just let it go. Not worth the fight in exchange of baby sitting.

If your kid chews that thing and will have a bad bite or some other issue, then it’s a different story. But since she is not a chewer etc, I can’t see any physical harm from drinking off this sippy except for the childish factor. I am sure by tween, this problem will go away.

What water bottle does she use at school? Does it have a sport spout and does she have any issue with it because of confusion using it at grandmas?

My own kids had a problem with straw chewing because my parents love giving my kids those camelbak bite valve bottles. So they kinda love chewing on their water bottles straws or sport spouts eg. On a hyper fuel Nike that my daughter’s sports club gives. And she bites hard on them leaving lost of marks when it is not necessary to chew to drink. We can’t replace because it’s a team all requiring to use the same water bottle kinda thing.

I believe they are Nuks. Not sure if that's the exact brand but that is the style of sippies she has there. She uses a Live Infinitely 20 Oz Kids Water Bottle with Straw at home and school. The only thing she wont stop chewing on is her thumb. She still sucks her thumb. It’s mostly when she is tired but I hate it when she tries to talk to me with it still in her mouth. I cant exactly take away her thumb but I would like to figure out a way to slowly wean her from the actual sucking if that's possible. I am all ears if you have any suggestions on that.

Oooh nuks! Those with the soft straw? Does she chew on her other straw bottle then when she is in school? Maybe that’s why grandma gives the soft straw for her to chew and hoping it will divert her thumb sucking?

Not the ones with the straw. Hers are the actual toddler sippy cup with a small spout. She doesn.t chew on the one for school and home. She doesn't chew on the sippy cup either.

[Anonymous]

Meh, wouldn’t bother me. Every day adults drink Starbucks in what amounts to a sippy cup. NBD

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:This would annoy the crap out of me. I have one kid who drank exclusive out of straw cups starting at a year old. The other one used sippy cups until close to 2 and then switched to a straw cup and I felt like she looked so babyish sucking on that sippy cup at 18 months old. I cannot even picture a 7 year old drinking out of a sippy cup. All that said, this is one of 100 reasons we declined my MIL's offer to be a free nanny for 6 months each time I went back to work. When your parents are providing free childcare, you don't get to put your foot done on things like this.

Does grandma attempt to spoil yours as well?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote: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.

You mean those munchkin type sippy? Anyway, if your daughter is fine with kiddish and grandma insist. I will just let it go. Not worth the fight in exchange of baby sitting.

If your kid chews that thing and will have a bad bite or some other issue, then it’s a different story. But since she is not a chewer etc, I can’t see any physical harm from drinking off this sippy except for the childish factor. I am sure by tween, this problem will go away.

What water bottle does she use at school? Does it have a sport spout and does she have any issue with it because of confusion using it at grandmas?

My own kids had a problem with straw chewing because my parents love giving my kids those camelbak bite valve bottles. So they kinda love chewing on their water bottles straws or sport spouts eg. On a hyper fuel Nike that my daughter’s sports club gives. And she bites hard on them leaving lost of marks when it is not necessary to chew to drink. We can’t replace because it’s a team all requiring to use the same water bottle kinda thing.

I believe they are Nuks. Not sure if that's the exact brand but that is the style of sippies she has there. She uses a Live Infinitely 20 Oz Kids Water Bottle with Straw at home and school. The only thing she wont stop chewing on is her thumb. She still sucks her thumb. Its mostly when she is tired but I hate it when she tries to talk to me with it still in her mouth. I cant exactly take away her thumb but I would like to figure out a way to slowly wean her from the actual sucking if that's possible. I am all ears if you have any suggestions on that.

Thumb sucking for a 7 year old isn’t very good because that’s when the adult teeth soon come. Is she stressed or she only does this when tired. Does she chew other things like pens, hair or nails etc?

Does she go to bed with her thumb in her mouth. I think this is a bigger problem than the sippy to be honest.

Identify if it’s a habit or there is a Need to get to the root cause. My daughter used to suck her thumb to bed too so we painted those stuff on her nails. But because it wasn’t just a habit, Then she started chewing her pj cloth belt till they were soggy or hoodie string and it was always in her mouth when she slept. Then she progressed to pen chewing (and lots of it!) It all disappeared when she had stress balls and she could recognize stress strategies, unwinding calming before sleep in her early teen years.

No stress. She is an extremely happy child. She loves school and isnt bullied and has a lot of friends. She doesnt chew on anything else, not even the sippy cup.

She goes to bed with it in her mouth but not to sleep. She takes it out beforehand.

I just looked up what we tried. Its called Nixxit and it didn't help. I hated seeing her struggle after I applied it. If I can find something that I can "wean" her from it gradually, it would really help. Its not like I can take her thumb away! haha

For my avid thumb sucker we tried the nail polish that tastes gross and she sucked it off, but it worked to keep my youngest from starting sucking her thumb after we took her pacifier away.

We ended up having to put a sock over my avid thumb sucker's hand and lay with her so she could fall asleep, then gradually spend less and less time helping her fall asleep until she could

Both of those options are possibilities. The last requires getting your kid on board with ending the habit.