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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=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. [/quote]

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. [/quote]

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.[/quote]

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. [/quote]

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[/quote]

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.[/quote]

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