How old is too old for a sippy cup

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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.

+1 I get that vibe from OP

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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.

Thanks for the suggestions. I did try the sock/glove/mitten tricks. She just took them off. How old was your avid thumbsucker if I may ask?

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My mom didn't let my kid use open cups for a long time and it really pissed me off. She was more concerned with not making messes, because that's the end of the world, then his proper development.

I would be really pissed, but if she's watching your kid there might not be much you can do. Can't she use a straw cup without incurring mess/her wrath?

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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.

Thanks for the suggestions. I did try the sock/glove/mitten tricks. She just took them off. How old was your avid thumbsucker if I may ask?

5. I stayed with her the whole time, and she was on-board (not happy about it, but on board).

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:My mom didn't let my kid use open cups for a long time and it really pissed me off. She was more concerned with not making messes, because that's the end of the world, then his proper development.

I would be really pissed, but if she's watching your kid there might not be much you can do. Can't she use a straw cup without incurring mess/her wrath?

She does spill and make messes like all kids do, just not as frequent to warrant a sippy cup in my opinion. What did she have you drink out of?

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Anonymous wrote:My mom didn't let my kid use open cups for a long time and it really pissed me off. She was more concerned with not making messes, because that's the end of the world, then his proper development.

I would be really pissed, but if she's watching your kid there might not be much you can do. Can't she use a straw cup without incurring mess/her wrath?

That’s such a small thing to get really pissed off over. Using a cup with a cover does not impede proper development.

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Anonymous wrote:My mom didn't let my kid use open cups for a long time and it really pissed me off. She was more concerned with not making messes, because that's the end of the world, then his proper development.

I would be really pissed, but if she's watching your kid there might not be much you can do. Can't she use a straw cup without incurring mess/her wrath?

That’s such a small thing to get really pissed off over. Using a cup with a cover does not impede proper development.

I guess it depends on what kind of cup it is and how long the child drinks from it. Is it at night or all the time?

[Anonymous]

This is definitely the type of thing that would bother me a lot, but since it's not my kid I can confidently tell OP to let it go, her kid will be fine.

[Anonymous]

I like my wine in a sippy cup at the Kennedy Center so she’s good until st least her 50s.

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This makes no sense. Seven year olds don’t need sippy cups most time. If folks are concerned with accidents or mess then you limit the location to where food and drink can be consumed.

Our society is really doing a disservice to these latest generations.

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Anonymous wrote:This makes no sense. Seven year olds don’t need sippy cups most time. If folks are concerned with accidents or mess then you limit the location to where food and drink can be consumed.

Our society is really doing a disservice to these latest generations.

I tell grandma the same thing that she is 7 and doesn't need a sippy cup.

[Anonymous]

Switch to a straw cup

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Kids are sucking through all kinds of covered bottles all day with all different mouth pieces. There are tons of sippy cups with straws. Buy some and stop picking at your mother who has a good relationship with her granddaughter and helps you out by caring for her. Grow up.

[Anonymous]

Agree. Teens now carrying these Stanley’s and sucking on straws is no different than a sippy cup. Sippy cups also encourages bad habits like chewing on straws etc

[Anonymous]

My daughter still has her rubber straw sippy bottle at grandmas. She loves chewing on the rubber straw. No big deal. She’s 8…