Cups and booster seats

singingsea · September 2014

Is anyone using an open cup (no lid) for their LO yet? Saturday Kieran drank from a regular cup and then when there was about an inch left dumped it all over him :-/

Also is anyone using a booster seat instead of a high chair yet? I'm thinking about letting little dude eat at the table with us.

tamarar5 · September 2014

Dh let's E use open cups and I hate it because he dumps it out and I get to clean up. But E is refusing all sippies too. We don't have a table — our eat in kitchen isn't big enough, and we don't have room anywhere else— so we still use a high chair.

Tulips114 · September 2014

We use a straw cup. Not a spill proof sippy, but just the take & toss plastic cups with lids and straws. We use those for both girls.

We just recently moved Ally to a booster, but it still has a tray, so she's not right up to the table. I mostly did it because its way easier to clean than the high chair!

mishka29 · September 2014

We give her a cup sometimes, she's about 80% successful with it. But we get the random dumping sometimes. She is in a booster with its own tray since without the tray she pushes away from the table.

jdilorenzo · September 2014

We use both sippy cups and open cups. But 80% of the time she dumps the open cup. We stopped using the high chair and use a chair that clamps onto the table. It's easier to clean up then washing the dumb high chair tray.

ally2011 · September 2014

We have been using a booster seat for a couple months, basically because dd rejected her high chair

No open cups yet, mostly just straw cups with sippys thrown in when those are all dirty.

Meggiemuggins · September 2014

Just little sips from open cups so far - he tends to gulp too much and then cough and splutter still.

At our house we eat at our kitchen island and don't have a table. For a lot of meals he asks to sit on one of the barstools at the island. It scares me though, so I usually stand right next to him for the duration, which doesn't make for a relaxing meal for me. At my parents' he's in a booster on a kitchen chair at the table.

Rynleigh · September 2014

Our guys are primarily using straw cups if dad is home... open cups if he's not (he gets frustrated with any tiny mess of any kind). Similarly, they still sit in the high chairs when dad feeds them, and at the table on the normal bench or chairs if I'm handling meal time. We still end up with a little bit of a mess, but that's alright with me. Doesn't take that much work to clean up after it if we stay on top of it.

StephPeth · September 2014

No open cups, that sounds very brave.

We use the booster with the tray that comes off. We havent used the tray in months, she likes to sit at the table. I took her out to eat a few weeks ago and tried the booster that they had there. No dice. She still needs to be strapped in, as she is coo coo bananas.

singingsea · September 2014

Funny story about cups. Kieran followed me around all day yesterday with my cup of ice water. I'd turn around for a second and he'd be standing there with my glass saying "here mommy". He wouldn't let me set it down. Soon as I did he'd come chasing after me with it.

I was a little hungover yesterday (night before was bff's birthday) so maybe he knew lol?

kleigh926 · September 2014

We don't use any open cups unless there's a straw and we're holding it the whole time while she drinks. She would dump it in a heartbeat and I am not dealing with that mess.

She's still in her huge high chair, but just yesterday DH mentioned that maybe it's soon time to let her eat at the table with a booster seat. I think the only reason we haven't done it yet is that the tray keeps her from dropping food on her lap, and if there was no tray, I'm sure she'd have food all over herself (we didn't use a tray at my mom's house a few weeks ago and that's what happened).

caladpi02 · September 2014

We are still using sippys or cups with straws+lids at restaurants. She tips the cups all the way back still so she dumps a lot on her. She will be a great anchor for boat races in college. We have been using the Ingelsina fast hook on our breakfast bar for a few months now. She really hates the high chair. At restaurants we use the high chairs still, I am not comfortable with her in a booster, I keep thinking she will tip over.

wineandcake · September 2014

We use sippies still. I always use big plastic cups and straws for myself, DS sees them on the table and will occasionally pick it up and have a drink and then I put it back - if I don't he takes it right to the dog bowl and gives them more water

He is still in his highchair because he is wild and likes to run everywhere. Occasionally he climbs up on a regular chair so we let him sit there, but then he's up and down the entire meal. I prefer the highchair and he seems to eat better in it so we stick to that.

fignewt74 · September 2014

I just found out this weekend that my mom (who watches DS2 two days a week) only gives him milk in an open cup.

We use sippys or straw cups at home.

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