Our Cup Runneth Over

It could be argued that I “baby” Owen a little. However, I don’t care. I feel no need to rush his baby and toddler years. When he was little, I liked holding him during his naps. I don’t regret doing it and today he’s a great sleeper. Now, he still eats baby food veggies because he won’t eat any veggies with texture. I let him use a spoon for half of it and I feed him the other half (mainly to make it go faster and to make sure he eats most of it.) If I’m still doing that when he’s in grade school, then I will feel bad – but today I don’t.

I realize there are many 2 year olds who completely feed themselves including using a regular cup. This may be anecdotal, but most of these kids are daycare kids – leading me to believe that daycare is ok with letting them pour the contents of their cups all over. But, since Owen only drinks water out of his sippy cup anyway – I figured now would be a good time to start trying to drink out of a regular cup. He is doing great! There are a few areas where he could improve: he definitely drinks less water than when he gulps down his sippy, he likes to put his hands in the water, he will dip his utensils in it and he likes to blow bubbles. But when he feels like drinking it, he does a good job.

There are a few rules/learnings about the regular cup:

• No ice allowed – Ice encourages fishing in the cup with hands.
• Regular cup is only at the highchair. Sippy cups are still ok in the rest of the house.
• Plastic bibs are a must. Preferably with a lip that catches the drips and protects the pants.