Guest guest Posted August 4, 2001 Report Share Posted August 4, 2001 I honestly don't consider a sippy cup to be a bad habit. If he is unable to use a straw or regular cup, I really think it would be putting to much pressure on him, especially when school first begins. Are they willing to work with him and assist him with drinking not using a sippy cup? I understand that they are trying not to be mean, but you just can't expect him to all of a sudden do this with out working on it. Maybe make a deal that he starts the school year with a sippy cup, then you will try and work on it at home, but they must help him as well. My sons school WELCOMES sippy cups!! These kiddos have enough pressure on them, let them have some comfort at lunch time instead of having them struggle then too. Take Care, Wendi OT: Sippy cup > Our 5 yo son will not,cannot,drink from a straw or regular cup. Any suggestions? Kindergarten is 3 weeks away and they do not want the sippy cup in school.(If you just read my last post,I think I will have a constipated ,dehydrated son on my hands. The school is not trying to be mean but just doesn't want to carry on these bad habits.) Any suggestions? > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted August 4, 2001 Report Share Posted August 4, 2001 * Is he in a special class where he has a 1 on 1 aide that will help him with a transition to a regular drinking cup? If so, then I would definetly go along with it. He is of the age to move on. And if he is going into a reg. class the other children may goof on him. I look at LJ as still a baby in my mind - and just to stop sending in a Winnie Pooh thermos in the beginning bothered me, but his teacher made me realize that LJ is ready to be moving on, and I have to let go some and let him mature and grow up so he can fit in. on Long Island New York * On Sat, 4 Aug 2001 23:39:00 -0400 " Hickey " writes: > Our 5 yo son will not,cannot,drink from a straw or regular cup. Any > suggestions? Kindergarten is 3 weeks away and they do not want the > sippy cup in school.(If you just read my last post,I think I will > have a constipated ,dehydrated son on my hands. The school is not > trying to be mean but just doesn't want to carry on these bad > habits.) Any suggestions? > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted August 5, 2001 Report Share Posted August 5, 2001 They are not bad habits for a child with Autism. I would send him to school the first week without it and see what happens. Maybe in a different setting he might do the opposite but if he doesn't then demand that he uses his pull-ups and sippy cup until he is ready to not use them. My son just finished kindergarten and one of the little boys in the class would poop in his underwear and then take them off in the bathroom and throw them in the corner ( and he was NT). All kids have a hard time at that age so I wouldn't be too worried unless they start pressuring you. You could also have it written into his IEP. Good luck. Kindergarten was such a scary and exciting time for us. I'm glad we made it through. MA Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted August 5, 2001 Report Share Posted August 5, 2001 My son is also 5 years old, he use to drink only from a sippy cup. If we tried other cups he would not drink. What they tried at my son's school was to gradually cut down the plastic spout(the white softer plastic ones), until they started cutting the hole to the sippy cup bigger and bigger. Evenually he had a sippy cup with half a lid and one day we just forgot to put the lid on. This took months but it was worth it. Hope this helps. Patty Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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