Poll: Sippy Cups

[thatgirlrachel]

Where is everyone at on sippy cups? What type(s) are you using? 

[RoLoMa]

M uses a Nuby soft spout with handles at daycare because I am too lazy to bring a new cup. At home he uses either a Take N Toss hard spout without handles or a 360 cup, depending on if it is clean or not. We also have a Naglene (sp?) bottle with a spout that he can and does use sometimes. No more bottles at all, and hasn't used them in probably 3 months or so.

ETA: He also apparently learned how to use a normal straw this past week so when we go out to eat he can use the kid cups with a straw they give.

[thatgirlrachel]

We have a few different types (straw, hard, & soft). The Nuk soft spout without the handles is her favorite cup and so far she's only had the 5 oz cup. I just bought the bigger 10 oz Nuk Active (soft spout) so I wouldn't have to refill as often. But, it made me wonder...should I be pushing a hard spout or straw more? Does it matter? Are there advantages/disadvantages to either?

[cnf2013]

We have nuby straw cups that she does well with. She still isn't great at tipping a cup back so she struggles a bit without a straw but is getting better. We're still using bottles too because she doesn't like formula in her cups for whatever reason.

[thatgirlrachel]

Nov 21, 2016 14:48:39 GMT -5 cnf2013 said:

We have nuby straw cups that she does well with. She still isn't great at tipping a cup back so she struggles a bit without a straw but is getting better. We're still using bottles too because she doesn't like formula in her cups for whatever reason.

We still use bottles too (in addition to sippies) for the same reason. So far, EG will only take milk in a bottle. I'm hoping a soft spout will help transition off the bottle and then we can switch to a straw or 360 eventually. But you know what they say about the best laid plans.

[byjove]

She still takes bottles of breast milk at day care, but drinks water out of the zoli bot straw cups. She likes to try and sneak swigs out of big sis's random sippy cups

[cnf2013]

Nov 21, 2016 14:55:30 GMT -5 thatgirlrachel said:

Nov 21, 2016 14:48:39 GMT -5 cnf2013 said:

We have nuby straw cups that she does well with. She still isn't great at tipping a cup back so she struggles a bit without a straw but is getting better. We're still using bottles too because she doesn't like formula in her cups for whatever reason.

We still use bottles too (in addition to sippies) for the same reason. So far, EG will only take milk in a bottle. I'm hoping a soft spout will help transition off the bottle and then we can switch to a straw or 360 eventually. But you know what they say about the best laid plans.

I'm not in a rush to ditch bottles. When she shows more signs of being ready we'll work on it. Getting her entirely switched over to wcm might help.

[obscurereference]

Eh. I offer a hard spout sippy with water. She tries it and gets bored quickly. I just can't spend money on a bunch of different kinds of sippies so I'll just wait til she figures it out.

Fwiw, I absolutely hate the 360 cups. My toddler throws them once and there is water everywhere. My 4 year old is good with them but if they leave them on the couch on their sides they will leak everywhere. Not worth it for us.

[obscurereference]

And like others have said, I'm in no rush to drop bottles. We aim for being done at 18 months and by then she will be a pro with hard spout sippies.

[thatgirlrachel]

I'm glad you guys mentioned not being in a rush to drop bottles. For some reason with her first birthday coming up I was feeling pressured to drop them right at a year. But I really don't feel she's ready. I'm not going to stress it for now.

[geners]

C does really well with straw cups (we have these Born Free ones and this Munchkin trainer one, I like both a lot). Not so much with sippy cups, and the 360 was (for us) a waste of money.

I believe the recommendation is to be done with bottles by 18 months (anyone know for sure? I haven't googled recently) and that straw is considered better than sippy cups for oral muscular development or something like that (I think I remember reading this?). So we were glad C took to the straw cup but I think we'll have a hard time eliminating the bottle.. not looking forward to that.

[spidermonkeymama]

Straw or a contigo cup (that kind of is a sippy I guess? she stole it from #1)

[RoLoMa]

I wasn't in a rush to drop bottles but apparently M was because it was all his doing. He started refusing them at daycare (the only place he was taking them anyway) so we just switched to a sippy and never went back.

[carsaidyes]

Nov 21, 2016 14:14:20 GMT -5 thatgirlrachel said:

We have a few different types (straw, hard, & soft). The Nuk soft spout without the handles is her favorite cup and so far she's only had the 5 oz cup. I just bought the bigger 10 oz Nuk Active (soft spout) so I wouldn't have to refill as often. But, it made me wonder...should I be pushing a hard spout or straw more? Does it matter? Are there advantages/disadvantages to either?

This exactly... When do they start using straws?

[cnf2013]

Well, so much for following her lead. Pediatrician wants her to start weaning off bottles. We'll do sippy cups during the day, but she still takes a bedtime bottle that I don't feel she's ready to drop.

[spidermonkeymama]

I believe straw has recommended for speech development but it's a pain for milk. I would do water in a straw cup and milk in something with less parts to clean.

[HelgaHuffle]

He drinks water in a straw cup. He doesn't get how to use a sippy lol.

cnf2013 Follow her lead if you want! I'm big on not getting my parenting advice from the ped.

[obscurereference]

I agree with HelgaHuffle. I don't even really bother with the whole straw or sippy thing until we're trying to get them off bottles after a year. And we do a super slow transition. I don't know what on earth the rush is to get them drinking out of 100 different apparatuses. Just another case of too many choices imo.

[thatgirlrachel]

I feel like I obsess over silly things sometimes, and you guys always reel me back in. Thanks for that. I demand wine for all of you!

[jesnyc]

Nov 21, 2016 14:58:44 GMT -5 byjove said:

She still takes bottles of breast milk at day care, but drinks water out of the zoli bot straw cups. She likes to try and sneak swigs out of big sis's random sippy cups

L also drinks water from the zoli straw cups but is constantly sneaking sips of water from her brother's cups.  To be fair, he steals her zoli pretty frequently as well.