19 month old sleeping with water cup

[froobie]

Can someone rest my mind? My mother said today my 19 month old shouldn't sleep with a cup of water in his cot as he could choke on it if drinking it without being watched in the night. Since I started putting his cup in with him he sleeps through as he likes a drink when he wakes up but doesn't need my assistance in doing so.
It's a bog standard nuby sippy cup.
Is this dangerous or is she being paranoid?

Erm abit 50/50 for me tbh.
I know plenty people who do it but I always think of worse case scenario

Why on earth would he choke on it, has any child every actually choked and come to harm in this way. Don't most people do exactly this so they can have a drink in the night if they wake, it's totally normal.

It sounds exactly the kind of thing my mother would say (and that I would ignore).

How would he choke on water from a sippy cup?!

I'd be more worried about the bastard thing leaking everywhere!

Both mine had cups of water at that age, helped them to settle if they stirred at night.

Mine has had a cup of water in bed with him at night (tommee tippee free flow) since about 18 months. The choking thing had never entered my head…maybe it should have?!

Thank you you all sound like actual rational and sane people 😂😂 one of which my mother is not as she thinks that he will overheat in a 3.5 tog sleeping bag in a 16 degree room so on second thoughts no one should worry...

I think you may be my long lost sister. My mum sent me an article about a rare post-viral syndrome that children are getting after Covid and said she was worried DS had it despite the fact that he has none of the symptoms and hasn't had Covid.

DD who is 21 months has gone to bed with her cup instead of a bottle since she was about 12 months - she loves it and choking had never entered my head she can’t sleep without it and often wakes for a refill in the middle of the night

A child may choke in water, as in cough and splutter because it has gone the wrong way, but clear it fine. The small amount they get from a sippy cup won't block their airway like food might. I happily leave water with my 2yo.

I did it with both of mine. They still take a bottle of water up to bed now.

I also have a worrier of a mother. She bought me a cat net for the moses basket when my DC were babies. We didn't have a cat and still don't

@mynameiscalypso @Spiderelf let's hope we can stay sane and not become this kind of grandmother 😂

@Luredbyapomegranate

How would he choke on water from a sippy cup?!

She says that if they swallow too much the wrong way it could fill their lungs. I doubt this so much

If you’re worried, use one of those super non leak cups. Takes so much effort to get the water out, drowning is the least of anyone’s concerns. DD1 has had one in bed with her since 12 months (now 3).