3yo tommee tippee free flow cup

[RedRobyn2021]

My DD just turned 3 and can drink from an open cup and does for meal times and when she has a drink during the day

But some mornings I give her milk in the tommee tippee free flow in bed and at night time she takes water to bed in one too, the ones we have are getting tired now but is she too old to be using these?

What are other parents doing? 🤔

I think so. If they can drink in an open cup, just stick to that.

We use free flow normal cups or mugs for mealtimes and a straw cup/bottle for around the house/out and about.

She's too old. Use a straw if you must in some situations but she can use a normal cup so that should be the default now. Baby cups will damage her teeth.

Yes - far too old at 3 to be using a baby beaker (unless additional needs of course). She should be using an open cup for meals / bedtime milk and something like a straw-type water bottle for out and about (and to keep by her bed at night if needed).

Drinking water from a cup with damage her teeth?

Having cows milk from one a couple of mornings a week then brushing her teeth after breakfast will damage her teeth?

Fair enough if you think she's too old, but let's apply some common sense here 🙄

We use a similar cup at night and DS is 4.5. He has water in it by his bed in case he needs a drink in the night. It often ends up on the floor or in the bed with him so there would be no point in an open cup.

That's why we have one, I just wondered if there was an alternative really

I might start giving her milk in a mug in the mornings instead and just hope she doesn't get it all over her bed

Perhaps you should Google it rather than say I have no common sense. Milk in sippy cups can damage teeth but the actual act of drinking even water from those cups can cause crooked teeth as tongue thrust issues and speech impediments.

Don't give her milk in bed in the morning, wait until she's up if you're worried about spills.

@CeeceeBloomingdale

I don't need to Google it! You know what else causes bad teeth formation? Bottle feeding. Yet most people do that. My DD is STILL breastfed and breastfeeding helps with teeth formation.

You know what else rots teeth? UPF food, but she doesn't eat UPF

Beyond all that, she has the same teeth as me, and mine are perfectly straight with no fillings (despite being bottle fed and drinking JUICE from a bottle at her age)

So all in all, not something that concerns me whatsoever.

I shall continue to apply common sense and not just blindly believing everything I'm told.

OP, do you sometimes drink from a sports bottle?

Right.

Your child will be fine. If they drink only milk and water and have mastered drinking from an open cup the rest of the time, it is not a problem whatsoever at the age of just turned 3 for her to sometimes drink from a free flow cup.

Sometimes it's easier to avoid mess. Don't worry about it and ignore any nonsense about it ruining her teeth. She'll have years ahead of her of drinking from sports and straw bottles too.

Of course it's fine to still use the free flowing lidded cup. I'm sure you get bigger versions of them too. It's no different to using a lidded sports bottle as it helps prevent spills.

We use the weighted straw cups for our 2 and 4 year olds. Means they can have the cup of water in bed with them without spilling it everywhere

Yes I do know what else causes bad teeth formation thanks. I also BF my children and am careful what I feed them although they are teens now. I can't even begin to imagine how you know your daughter has the same teeth as you but I'll follow your advice and apply common sense and not ask as this conversation has got weird. You posted on the internet asking for advice, not me.

I used them upstairs (eg night time water, breakfast in bed etc) until they were about 6! They understood about flapping the lid down after drinking, and I didn't want to buy more water bottles as well as their school ones (which get washed overnight, so didn't want to reuse them at bedtime).

Nobody died. Nobodies teeth fell out. My beds were saved from many a spilt drink.

If it works, go with it. It's not going to harm anyone.