I’ve been pushing it too far, I know. They’ve been chewed, mangled, lost, smashed and are, by all accounts, on their last legs.
They are sippy cups.
We’ve still got about three lingering around for Finnegan (who is 2 years old) and he loves them. As in he will not drink out of anything except a sippy cup most days.
(yes, that's the dog eyeballing Finn's celery and peanut butter...how long before she lunged, do you think?)
Anyway, personally, I haven’t minded the sippies because it means no spills for me and he can tote it around the house, in the van, etc. Daddy Crumb did mind when he found one stashed behind a basement sofa that was growing mould. (I know. Blech.)
How do I do this without tramautizing the poor kid (who sustained yet another big scratch and bump on the face courtesy of his big brother this morning…sigh…). Do we go cold turkey? Do I just ditch them all? Do I put them away for only using in the car? Do I just let him decide when he doesn’t want them anymore? Am I making a big deal out of nothing really?
Do share – how long did you let your kids use sippies?
My daughter is 7 and still uses the rubber maid juice boxes. She gave up sippy cups in SK I think. My Mom is 72 and uses one at night for water.
ReplyDeletehe's fine
You know what? I don't think we ever used them. Is that possible? I think I just took the lids off from the beginning.
ReplyDeletewe let them go at age four when they were less clumsy. they get water bottles for the car.
ReplyDeleteI think we need an intervention too. We still have sippies. I recently bought a few bpa-free Nalgeen sippy top ones and 2 Kleen Kanteens. I'm trying to convert to using just those and getting rid of the Avent sippy ones. I think it comes down to the fact that maybe I'm in denial. They're not babies any more.
ReplyDelete...it was pretty long ...after 2 for sure..and it was the bottle that was more traumatic for us...either way ..I tried to make it much more "kool" to use the regular cup and in that way encourage the switch...
ReplyDeleteolder than 2, I'm sure ... why make more work for yourself???
ReplyDeleteThe babe isn't quite using sippy cups yet - but I can't imagine it is too far off...I would think that a mess in the car is harder to clean up so if it is really irking you then maybe let him use them in the car only...
ReplyDeletePick your battle ... leave him be. If it's not bugging him, and he's happy, why make him sad. Just gonna add to your stress.
ReplyDeleteNow when he starts school, that's a whole other story!
:) Marcia