Just wondering, do you allow carrying sippy cups around all day? I have one who consumes the entire cup all at once and then asks for another and keeps me in the bathroom all day. She also says she has to go potty every time she gets bored with what we're doing. I'm going to limit drinks to 3 a day. Good choice?

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Nope, I don't. Too many kids leaving them places and other kids drinking from them. Now I've got a kiddo who cannot have milk, if a kid had milk in their cup and he got it he'd throw up. Not what I want to deal with! I give milk/milk alternatives at breakfast and lunch and about 1/2 cup of water with snacks. Unless it's super hot out, then they bring water bottles outside but generally two full cups of milk at breakfast and lunch, and the water with snacks is more then enough!

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Nope! I have water bottles available for children beginning around 2 years old, but they have to stand by the counter to drink. The second time a water bottle wanders off it's put away until the next day. They figure it out pretty quickly!

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My culprit also demands juice and throws a fit if she gets water. I caved at the beginning because she was my first one and I was just giving her what she gets at home but the other kids have water. Not fair. She's gonna be so mad at me. Lol

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If she's used to juice you could gradually wean her off juice by adding more and more water until it's all water. If you want to avoid the drama. IMO sometimes it's not worth the drama.

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Thank you. Just wanted to see if I was making a good decision. I'm constantly trying to get cups out of the wrong mouths.

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Another nope from me.

The children have spill proof water bottles that sit on the edge of my desk in our room. They can get a drink whenever they need to but they must stand by my desk to do it. No walking around with cups or water bottles. Milk is served at the table during meal times.

These same water bottles come outside with us. They sit on a picnic table and when a child wants a drink they stay by the table and drink. They are not allowed to walk around outside with cups.

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My DCK's don't even get sippy cups or water bottles at all.

I use regular cups with no lids for all ages.
Children are free to ask for a drink of water (no other options) any time during the day that they need one.

Other wise, it's milk at meal/snack time and periodic group water breaks through out the day.

I do not serve juice at any time for any reason.

We use child sized cups that are easy to manage for all ages. None are designated to any one person.

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They get cups of water at meal times and that is pretty much it, unless it is hot outside. When I worked at a centre we had to have water available at all times. So we had dixie cups in the bathroom but we all know how that went. Lots of kids going to the bathroom to get water "for fun".

In my opinion kids should be ok with getting water 3 times a day...again unless it is hot outside.

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I do the same. I have a ton of little cups. I got them from IKEA, I think. They've lasted me over 3 years so far.

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We do only open cups, all ages. The dcks ask for water if the want, I give them a Dixie cup, and they stand by sink until done and throw it away. We have milk and water at lunch and snacks.

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I like children having access to water all day. We do water in open sturdy glasses at the table and we take water bottles to the park. Sometimes I am lazy and will allow them to use their water bottles inside but I try not to do that.

Where I live it is quite hot most of the year and I would rather they have too much water than risk dehydration.

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As much water as they want. But must be in the kitchen only and from an open cup. No sippies.

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Don't shun me but I use sippies. Each kid has a milk cup for meals and a water cup that I fill up each morning and they sip on through out. They get used to taking them outside with them each day. If I have any older kids they get open cups. I don't serve juice ever. I always thought kids don't get enough water on a daily basis.
Deb

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I use sippies. Every child has their own color and I have two of each. I fill them throughout the day and we have a black tote bin we keep them in to take from place to place. They can have a drink right next to the tote and back in their cup goes. The only time the sippies are out of the tote is during meals.

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I use sippies as well for children who are not yet school-aged. I experimented with having regular kid-sized cups outside and the water was being purposely poured out or stuff (rocks, toys, etc) and hands were going into the cups of water making them undrinkable. Lasted two days until I called it quits and went back to sippies indoors and out.

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we have a bubler but the kids still can ask for water when there in the classroom and its disposable cups (the 3 and up classroom has a bubler) and we take water bottles outside but there is no carrying cups around

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I wouldn't limit access to water. What I do is require that water cups stay on the dining table but allow them to go get a drink whenever they want one. That way there is no question about whether they are getting enough to drink but the cups aren't being dragged all over the playroom and dripping or spilling on the floor.

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