Throwing sippy cup problem. Help!

Bubbs1217 · May 2011

DD has developed a bad habit of throwing her sippy cup. She will take a sip or two until she is satisfied and then she launches it!!

It is really frustrating especially when we are eating out in public or she is in her stroller.

Not sure how to redirect this or teach her not to do this. Is is just a phase I have to endure? Have you had any success correcting this behavior? Please share. Thanks!

JLG95 · May 2011

We've got the same problem. I'd love to know how to stop it.

Temp36641187503164 · May 2011

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I hope it's something that they quickly grow out of!

abba916 · May 2011

DS went through this phase but it was much earlier- I would pick it up twice then remove it. If you are out you can use one of thise holders that attach to a high chair or stroller- but my pedi said if you react- it will cause them to do it more...

Temp36641187503164 · May 2011

Also, we don't do anything about it at home and if he drops it on the floor he doesn't get it back.

sapphire angel · May 2011

abba916:
DS went through this phase but it was much earlier- I would pick it up twice then remove it. If you are out you can use one of thise holders that attach to a high chair or stroller- but my pedi said if you react- it will cause them to do it more...

This exactly. And I do the same with shaking the cups. Two chances then she loses the cup. LO throws her cups hard enough that she has cracked the plastic on insulated cups so it was getting expensive to replace them. I must admit though... that strap thing posted earlier made me giggle because it would make my LO extremely angry at not being able to throw her cup successfully. I'm seriously considering getting it just to see her reaction at why her cup didn't hit the ground...

Dreamsicle23 · May 2011

I always use the sippy leash. If he purposefully drops it a few times, I still take it away though.

g8trkim · May 2011

Welcome to my world... errr. My cousin's twins get therapy for their legs and while the therapist was over there she noticed the boys were doing this. She started modeling for them how to drink a few sips then nicely set cups, plates, etc. down. Then they would praise the boys when they would copy. My cousin was pretty consistent and it's helped a lot. We haven't been consistent about it so we've seen no results, but it worked for her.

Bubbs1217 · May 2011

g8trkim:
Welcome to my world... errr. My cousin's twins get therapy for their legs and while the therapist was over there she noticed the boys were doing this. She started modeling for them how to drink a few sips then nicely set cups, plates, etc. down. Then they would praise the boys when they would copy. My cousin was pretty consistent and it's helped a lot. We haven't been consistent about it so we've seen no results, but it worked for her.

That's a good idea to model good behavior and praise when she does it! Thank you.

memali26 · May 2011

We found DD would throw her sippy when she was finished or wanted more food. It took a while, but we managed to teach her to hand it to us if she wanted more food. We would just do our best to catch her hand before she dropped it and take it from her and set it on the table, saying "Thank you!" then offering her more to eat. Eventually she started handing it to us. She does still throw occasionally it's gotten much better. I'm also working on getting her to say "all done" when she's done eating/drinking, because if I try to offer anything when she's done she'll throw it.

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