To think its fine for children to share cups?

[midori1999]

We went to a soft play today and the DC ( my 2 DS's and my neice and nephew) had a large jug of juice to share and 4 paper cups.

My sister then wrote the children's names on each cup so they didn't get muddled up apparently 'because of germs'. My Mum and I did start laughing and my (lovely!) sister then said it was to save arguments later.

AIBU to think it doesn't really matter if the children's cups get muddled up and this is slightly strange behaviour? None of them were ill.

I suppose it doesn't matter if anyone shares a drink, child or adult. But I wouldn't fancy it - would you?

It doesn't really matter that she labelled the cups. If it bothers her but you don't care either way, then go with what she prefers.

I think YANBU. kids lick all sorts of stuff, whipe their snotty noses on their jumper and then hold hands, I don't think cousins sharing cups is a problem!

Well my DD shares cups with all of her little friends, and probably some strangers too!

Surely their cousin's germs are the least of their mother's worries in a soft play? Some children wipe snot on the slides you know

i wouldn't go to the trouble of writing names on, but I do prefer if my children drink their own drink

have you seen the amount of backwash that small kids produce? it's vile lol

i prefer not to share other people's drinks unless I have to, and I wouldn't expect my children to simply because they're children.

Shared paper cups are probably the cleanest thing in a soft play!

Fair enough to stop arguments about whose is whose and who has most, though

There is alot worse things in share play then a bit of child slobber.

soft I mean

Does one of them get coldsores? That would be the only logical reason I could see for objecting to children sharing cups.

Would do this with mindees, no sensible reason to be honest as they all kissed and cuddled each other anyway but looked good)

Own kids shared as couldn't be arsed.

If there were only 2 cups so they had to share then fine but if there are enough for one each then what's the problem with naming them?

They could catch a cold sore by cup sharing.

Amongst children that you know to be in normal health and who don't get cold sores, then it's fine.

Though I'd try to keep them to their own - reduces squabbling!

If she had a pen, and the cups wrote on then it's not a bad idea. My dc happily share with themselves and friends, but as she said, it saves arguements.
The arguement where one swears that they want the one with the funny dimple and they all suddenly want the same one... Certainly my dc are all capable of thinking that one of a set of identical cups is the most desirable.

None of the DC get coldsores and they are 8 and 11, so not little or backwashers.

Just to add, it doesn't really matter, if it makes my DSIS happy then it make sme happy, but I just wodnered what the norm was, she does have OCD tendencies....

YABU My dc is Getting over a throat infection and is on antibiotics so I have been using separate cups this week. 3rd illness in two months so I'm fed up with it and want to break the cycle. Mind u in soft play that's a bit fruitless. The place is full of germs.

Madeye, my dd (13) is getting tonsillitis after cold after cough, feel for you as driving us mad. GP testing her for glandular fever as apparently rife here.??

I don't even share with my DD anymore, last week after she had eater her sandwich, I gave her a bit of my drink and she filled it with backwash and bread. But I do think names is a step too far.

The only time I have let my DD share a cup with a friend's DC when they were visiting she caught a horrible vomiting bug, the other child hadn't had sickness/diarrhoea for over 48 hours so we both assumed she was no longer infectious but she obviously was, must have been a strong bug as I caught it from DD a week after she had it. I now don't let her share cups, if friends' DCs come over I make sure they have different colour cups from the ikea multicoloured cup stack so I can keep an eye on which one DD is drinking from, I'm not overly paranoid about germs but that bug is an experience I'd rather not repeat and I'm convinced she wouldn't have caught it if it hadn't been for cup sharing (I caught it from DD by playing a daft game with her fingers in my mouth pretending to bite them, lesson learned there also, toddler's hands are germy and not for mouths).

Kids at my dcs nursery all drink water from the same cup and it drives me nuts.

Thebody. Thanks. Hope yr dd hasn't got GF.

i wouldn't share cups and i wouldn't expect children to do so.
i got this from my grandma who had six brothers - five of whom died of tb, brought home from ww1; their father nursed them and he died of it too. the only way to avoid transfer of 'germs' was for each person to have their 'own' of everything.

My DS deposits saliva and food into his drink. Yabu.

Sounds like a good idea. Saves any arguments at the very least.