beakers v sport bottles for toddlers

[Beoley2011]

My 18 months DS has been using only beaker cups for about 10 months now, he seemed to be happy with it. The nursery decided to start to give him sport bottles. I thought the next step for him would?ve been to use normal cups with no top, the sport bottle feels like a step backward.

Personally I cannot stand any water bottles with that sippy top.

Could anybody give me advice on the pros and cons of the sport bottles please?

What do you mean by sports bottle?

And if he's using a beaker cup, that has no top. Or do you mean one with a top but no valve?

I think you have your terms confused.

my 2 yo can use an ordinary cup just fine - have you tried your DS with one? However he also enjoys putting food in it - and pouring games with it - hence some kind of bottle is more pratical normally -sure that will be the nurseries thiniking and my DS1 who is 6 uses a sports bottle some of the time as well -again for less spilling, and he likes it - he also uses it when he plays .. sport!

so he is using a cup with a lid with spout like the tommee tippe cups, my 19mth old uses, she also drinks from sports bottles i think they are much of a muchness.

but yes the next step would be a cup with no lid, but i would say he is maybe a bit young, my dd sometimes uses one but tips most of it down her front!

you can get ones that are sloped, doidy cups? i think they are called and some toddlers get on well with those.

i wouldnt say a sports bottle is a step backwards its similar to a cup with a spout tbh.

Bottles with tops are just for practical purposes, surely, to avoid spills?

You can't blame the nursery for that, imagine having to wipe up spills from 20 or 30 kids?

Also, you fill a bottle at the start of the day and keep it with you all day, even outside when it's hot. Hugely practical, I do it with DD and it hasn't impacted her ability to drink from a normal cup. She's 4yo now. When she starts school in September she has to take a water bottle.

yes my 4yr old has a sports bottle for pre-school all the children do and they do at primary at well,they are bigger and hold more and yes htey are just practical :)

My DD has got in best with a sports bottle with a covered straw. Recommended!

DD is 17 months. She has:

• An open cup with meals
• A sippy cup (Tommee Tippee) available urging the day at nursery and at home
• A sports bottle style thing with a flip down straw when we're out.

She's nailed the required skills for all of them so I choose the best for the situation.

Thanks for all the replies.

Tee2072
He is using a Tommee Tippe cup with top on, but no valve. A couple of times we tried without the top with his dinner. The nursery started to give him a bottle with a nozzle top which he suppose to suck through his drink.

Ah one of those. I think of 'beaker' as having no lid.

They are all just different ways to drink. Nothing wrong with a sports top.

My son, who is 3.1, easily switches between an open beaker and a cup with a lid and/or a valve.

Thanks for all the replies, I see the point in using sports bottles at the nursery, my DS likes to spill drinks. I was consern about if the sports bottles could be bad for his teeth. But I guess if he only uses those bottles at the nursery, shouldn't have a significant effect.

They are fine for his teeth.