Daughter Wont Sleep Without Sippy

sounds like a really tough situation, I wonder why she's feeling hungry at all at night? or is it simply a soothing sucking she's wanting. My niece uses a blanket and a teddy for soothing at night, maybe try giving her both the drink and the teddy or blanket and tell her a special story about the new soothie to help her connect to it, we told my niece that the teddy had come all the way from out of space 'cause he felt lonly and wanted someone to hold him, so now she's 2 1/2 and loves her teddy dog and won't go to sleep with out it, which may be another problem all together later on, but at least her teeth wont suffer from all night drinking.

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best of luck
F.

i know how you feel i have 5 children one of the older ones went through that. what i used to do is she would go to sleep with it butafter she would fall asleep i would substitute it with her favorite stuffed animal and she would sleep through the night. my 2nd to youngest is goin through that too.she is different i am trying a different approach to her. i am giving her a binki .

I have a 3 year old and 21 month old. Both of them get thirsty through the night and so they keep a sippy with water in their beds. Usually 1 filled cup is sufficient for the night, but occasionally they will call to get a refill. If she regularly needs more than 1 cup, I'd fill a couple and leave them there. Others mentioned changing sippy cups to a harder top variety. We have a variety of different kinds. Both of mine will chew on the "Nubby" ones and usually cause them to no longer be leak proof in a short time so they do not get them in bed (actually we've just got one left that really needs tossed.) There tons of different ones. Maybe let her help you pick out a new kind as a special treat. You should be prepared with no more than 4 that you pre-approve as leak-proof and safe for her to choose from. Once she picks, you don't want to have to take it saying it's not safe or leaks. If she's really opposed to the harder tops, I think some have a semi-soft top - maybe it's Gerber. We have lots of Playtex cups and mine have always liked those. Mine think the bigger Playtex cup that is designed like a coffee mug (still leak proof) makes them very big. It's more like drinking from a cup. We also have an insulated set with Elmo which they love.

I transitioned both of my kids to sippies at 6 months when they started eating food in a chair. When they ate at the table, they got a sippy with water to practice learning how to use it. It kept them amused while we ate. They only ever got water in the sippy (well VERY rarely I'd add a bit of juice to the water, but it was very diluted.) They both nursed and I am at home with them so they rarely used bottles espcially after 6 months since at that point I could hold them over with food and water until I could nurse them. After they weaned, they did start drinking soy milk (neither likes milk) in the sippies but only at the table or when watching a show on tv (MAYBE 30 min/day).

My son has just recently started taking a sippy up to bed with him. However, he actually takes a drink or finishes it off and then hands it to me before he rolls over and goes to sleep. I think that if it's just water, there's nothing to worry about. I would, however, look into a different kind of sippy for nighttime. I use the First Years Take and Toss cups all the time. My son decided that those were the only ones that he really liked so I bought a bunch and now they're strewn all over the house and the car! If your daughter only like the soft tip kind, I believe that Playtex makes a soft tip sippy. I think that it's plastic underneath covered with rubber, giving it a softer tip. Also, Avent makes a soft tip sippy which shouldn't pose a problem of being bitten through. Good luck and just breathe!

First I'd like to ask what you're putting in this cup?? I'm sure I don't have to tell you about the effects of juice or even milk in a cup overnight constantly being sipped!!

That being said... Have you tried giving her a sippy cup spout that's not soft?? I personally love the playtex ones.... And then you wouldn't have to worry about her choking anymore. And if it's just water in the cup I would go ahead and fill a couple of them at bedtime and put them in there for her!

She obviously needs the cups at this point whether it be that she's using them for comfort or that she's actually just a really thirsty child!!

Just like a lot of the other mothers are saying. I'm hoping that there's no milk or juice in those bottles you let her have. Especially juice, that definitely isn't good for her. Especially drinking lying down, infants can then be prone to ear infections (drainage into the eustacian tube fromt he ear to the throat) and that's never good. I'd say try to just let your child cry it out for a few nights and see what happens. If things aren't going good, put WATER in the sippy cups and nothing else. Maybe the child will realize that there's no "treat" of milk or juice in those cups and that it's just water and they won't want to wake up in the night. I hope that helps. :-) Take Care and good luck!

My son sleeps with a 2 piece sippy cup of water. He does much better if he can drink at night. If he has a cold or is very thirsty we'll put 2 in there.

We use the kind that are sold in packs of 5 or 6 with just a lid and cup - no parts to swallow.

H.

I feel your stress I also work with the MR and my son was a sippy kid and if we did not have a sippy he wanted a bottle what i did is I Cut his nap out in the afternoon but you dont have to, you could always shorten it and then she will be too tired to worry about it and also about the crying and crying untill she gets sick let her cry close the door if she gets sick dont make a big deal out of it clean it up and put her back to bed just be prepared for her to get sick and its not as stressful

Hi, and welcome to my world. I am dealing with the same issue. I took the bottle, I took the ninnie but in turn gave the cuppie. Now she is fully potty trained but has to have a diaper at night because of the stupid cuppie habit i started. My childs doctor suggest I get rid of the cuppie the way I did the other 2 things. So tomarrow is trash day and I did this with the bottle and ninnie so I am going to try it with the cuppie. I take my child out when the trash truck ccmes and I allow her to toss it in the tuck herself. ( keep in mind I have been talking to her about doing this for two weeks or more) This helps the child deal with object permenance issues, once its gone and smashed up in that truck, it is gone forever. I will let you know what happens. But it will help you deal with getting rid of this habit if you tink of it the way you did the bottle and any other childhood milestones. Take it like you would the bottle or ninnie. I am sure you know that there will be tears and request for it back but you also know the answer must be no. Good luck and please let me know how it works. Also another way for the child to rid themself of the cup is to let them toss it out the car window, although you must be careful where this is done they will see this as a forever thing.