No Sippy Cups allowed at School. Only juice boxes.

[Anonymous]

Hi. I just got a note that there are to be no sippy cups at school this year in the lunches. They only want juice boxes. It is too much for the staff to keep track of cups. I am frustrated. I feel it is not environmentally appropriate. Is this common policy?

[Anonymous]

I hope not! We have my kids drink very limited juice and would not want a juice box at lunch every day. Is water too much to ask for?

[Anonymous]

Put in those miniature water bottles. not environmentally friendly but it is a healthier choice

[Anonymous]

I would hope it could be a water bottle too. Choose the one with the pull up top so he won't spill. This is crazy!

[Anonymous]

Not to mention that I just hate juice boxes for another reason as well -- my kids can't help but squeeze them as they hold onto them, spurting the juice all over themselves. I've tried those holders to no avail. I would definitely not accept this. My kids drink water and milk at school.

[Anonymous]

Sippy cups are also really bad for mouth formation, perhaps that is the reason for the ban... I'd ask if you can bring in a water bottle (like a sigg) or something with a cover and a straw rather than a disposable juice box

[Anonymous]

I would ask them about water bottles. I can't imagine a school would want the sugar from juice boxes spilled everywhere.

[Anonymous]

Maybe its just an anti-sippy cup policy since they are bad for teeth. I'm sure they'll allow water bottles!

[Anonymous]

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.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Sippy cups are also really bad for mouth formation, perhaps that is the reason for the ban... I'd ask if you can bring in a water bottle (like a sigg) or something with a cover and a straw rather than a disposable juice box

What's the difference between sucking out of a sippy cup and sucking out of a Sigg?

[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.

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?

[Anonymous]

My DC had some feeding problems as an infant. We were told by a speech therapist that sippy cups encouraged the liquids to pool around the back of the front teeth in a way that was bad for teeth. She told us to use cups with a straw because the function of sucking a liquid through a straw actually requires a lot of different muscles within the mouth and (1) helps strengthen the muscles (and therefore, helps speech); and (2) doesn't cause the liquids to pool in the same areas. We ended up getting the Thermos Foogos (maybe it's the reverse...). They're stainless steel, with plastic on the top. If closed properly, they don't leak, and are pretty easy to clean (unless some of the character plastic straw cups that I've purchased). They pretty expensive though -- $15 each, versus $5 for the character cups.

My DC's preschool last year required that they use sippy cups. It was actually hard for us because my DD had gone straight from the bottle to the thermos/straw combo (and the regular cup). Had not used a sippy and didn't know how to... I felt like they were making her take a step backwards since she was already drinking out of a regular cup.

[Anonymous]

You can also buy milk boxes. I would highly object to being told to give my child juice every day.

[Anonymous]

Do you know how much more expensive it is to buy milk boxes vs. a gallon of milk? I'd be peeved if that was my only option.

[Anonymous]

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.)