Home Hot Topics Articles Directors' Choice Awards About Us / Contact Us Activities & Curriculum Activities for Outcome-Based Learning Arts & Crafts Music for Learning Recommended Reading Sharing Boards: What Do YOU Think? NEWSlink Current National News Conference Calendar Topics In Early Childhood Education Art and Creativity in Early Childhood Education Job Sharing Board State Licensing Requirements Stay Connected! Each month we'll send you an email filled with articles and ideas for your classroom. Subscribe Now Date: 11/13/2005 7:46:00 PM Author: Angie (angiedavis29@hotmail.com) Subject: I once was in a situation to care for a ... I once was in a situation to care for a 3yr old and her 8 yr old brother for a 4 day weekend. My child was 2 at the time and had given up bottles at 16 mo. That weekend, I hid all the bottles and told the girl she was a big girl giving her a sippy cup any time she wanted a drink. I explained to the brother about the damage that bottles can do to your teeth hoping he would pass on the message. She did fine for the weekend and I believe that it continued. Lately I have seen many studies against the use of sippy cups past the transition stage. They also cause dental caries and can cause speech delays because the muscles in the mouth do not develop because of the sucking movements. You might look for information on that concern. At my center, we have children using small open top cups from about 18months to get them away from the sippy cups and they do great. We also let them pour their milk from tiny pitchers and they love being big kids. Maybe you could help the child you are working with to be excited about drinking out of a big cup and get her a small pitcher to be independent, maybe the parents would be excited to brag their child pours their own milk. Just a suggestion. I hope something works to convince the child, because it sounds like the parents are not ready to face reality. Name: Email: Subject

© 2007 Excelligence Learning Corporation, All Rights Reserved.