My son is turning 4 in a couple of months should I go ahead and completely take his sippy cup from him?

Question

He won't be in headstart til next year b/c of the way his b-day falls. I just wonder if I should go ahead and take it now or waite a while.

Answer 1

He needs to be able to drink out of a cup by now, but we still keep sippy cups around for certain uses. They're perfect when a kid is sick and you want them to have fluids often. That way they can have a sippy cup in bed with them. They're also nice in the car, or wherever you want to take a drink with you.

I hate that I'm promoting materialism, but maybe you could let him pick out a new cup with his favorite character on it. I hate promoting TV characters, but it works.

Good luck! And don't force anything. It's not bad for him not to drink from a cup, it would just be easier for him. When he starts school, he'll do what the other kids do pretty quickly. It's not like he's going to be 16 and still drinking from a sippy cup. No worries.  

Answer 2

There is no reason a 4 year old needs a sippy cup.  He can sit at the table and drink out of a cup.

My DD is almost 19 months, and her preschool she is starting in the fall has a no sippy cup policy.  She is doing pretty well drinking out of a cup on her own.  I am sure your 4 year old son can too.

Answer 3

It would be a good idea.

Luckily my kids weren't that attached ( both were off the bottle on sippy cups at 8 months and off sippy cups at 2)

I would buy some cool cups with characters on them to make him excited for a big boy cup.

Answer 4

Im gonna say yes take it away as a bottle.  Do not use anything that resembles a bottle in its place.

I use Platex tumblers ( you can find them near the sippy cups) They look like a coffee mug, I remove the valve thing in it and only use them around the house to prevent bigger spills...But they will spill if just left tipped over.

I have a no "sippy" policy for my daycare for all kids 18 mths and older...I switch them to these tumblers and use them for drinks, not naptime or soothers.  All the kids must leave thier drinks at the kitchen table.  This reinforces the difference between baby sippies and cups

Answer 5

If he can drink out of a regular cup then take the sippy cup away. my son will be 4 in november. he can drink out of a regular cup but i have younger children that like to grab cups so he still uses one when they are around

Answer 6

At 2 my kids are already drinking out of a regular cup. I still give sippy cups sometimes even to my 3 year old.  When in the car or if they need water in bed in the hot summer time.  But on the whole big girl and boy cups are best.  

Answer 7

well my nephew turned 3 in may, and he uses a sippy cup (he calles it his baba) he just go t off of the rubber top sippy cups, and how we did it was, my sister would just get rid of one of those everyonce in a while, and she would get a new kind, one that is all plastic, and start giving him that one more and more untill he stoped the old ones all togerther. right now she is starting to get him on to cups, so she is doing the same thing, and depending on how your son takes it, this could work for you! hope this helps!!!

Answer 8

I think you should def try it...i took my sons away when he was just 2 yrs old.....he drinks from glasses and doesnt brake em or anythin....  

Answer 9

Yes.  I never understood the point of sippy cups.  I think my first child had like one, given as a gift.  I immediately took the no-drip rubber thing out of it.  To me, it seemed pretty much the same as a bottle.  A nub to suck on - silly.

I just gave my kids small plastic cups with a small amount of water, milk, etc. and they drank very well.  The only need for sippy cups is when they are somewhere where they can't spill, and are drinking something that stains.  I never had them drink in the car, or living room.  They drank in the kitchen or in the highchair - or a sip of water here and there.

My advice is to skip the sippy cup altogether.  And as for your current child, definitely get rid of it.  It shouldn't be a big deal, because it isn't something kids usually get super attached to.

Good luck!