Hey guys! Hope everyone's well! Just curious if anyone else has had this issue or something similar. For some reason, lately when I give Rose a sippy cup she will take one drink and then throw it to the ground. She finds it HILARIOUS. She literally spikes it like a football and will keep doing it over and over again, even if she wants milk or water. She will never do this with a bottle, which is frustrating, because we figured we were basically done with bottles (other than at nighttime) until she started doing this constantly throwing sippies to the ground thing. Any thoughts? Just a phase and keep going with them? I kind of tried to do a mini time out in her crib each time she threw the sippy, but I think she's too young to connect the dots. Just a bit frustrated and hoping for some suggestions! She throws them so hard sometimes the lid pops of and milk gets everywhere. Sigh. Anyway, thanks in advance for any advice!
Re: Sippy cup issue
Otherwise, I'm not sure what to do. To an outsider, it sounds hilarious. I bet she has a big ol' grin on her face.
I think this probably just boils down to: toddlers gonna toddler.
It's funny to your LO, so it's probably not going to stop right away. I'd maybe switch to cups with screw on lids, though.
What about food? He loves to feed the dog from the table so we learned quickly to put her out during meals. We also take the above approach to taking so food away when he chucks it... but he normally doesn't do it until he's finished eating anyway (that's more or less how we know he's done) so having his plate taken away at that point doesn't phase him all. But basically once per meal he's tossing food onto the ground very deliberately. Do I just need to wait for this to pass or do you have any suggestions for an appropriate response?
And @mamadcb - Rose loves to feed the dog her food too, but I have no solutions other than putting the dog away like you do. It seems to cut down on the food throwing by 90% but sometimes she likes to leave him a little something for when he comes back, haha. I'm hoping it passes, but it's been months, so who knows?
After 3 hours, the stinker went to the dishwasher and got her own bottle. Even put the nipple in the ring, twisted it on the bootie and everything. She was victorious this time...
We still use a bottle for milk but LO is showing less and less interest in milk in general. Drinking from a bottle vs sippy cup is the least if my worries for now, so I'm not stressing over it.
Our Dr said that milk at this point isn't as important as it used to be, and anywhere from 5-15 ounces a day is fine. So I'm not worried that LO is getting less interested in milk .... Yogurt and cheese are her favorite foods though, so she is getting the dairy that way.
I'm curious about the calcium vs fat too, but I feel like it's probably for the calcium? Because Dr is worried about LO getting more fat in her and she's pushing for other high fat but nutritional foods.
We still use a bottle for milk occasionally. I've said it before, if you can still be nursing your 3-year-old, then I'm not going to feel bad about my 19 month old using a bottle occasionally. She is exclusively in cups for water, but honestly, I'm not in a big hurry to have to clean dried milk out of sippy cup straws. I did buy some take and toss cups with lids and straws that she can have milk from, and I request milk at school for lunch, and that will go in a sippy, but she has an occasional bottle on the way to daycare if she wants it, and then will have one at night before bedtime. I used to babysit a kid that was still using a bottle for bedtime at 4, so I'll not worry so much right now. Bedtime is such a drain right now that I'm using every tool I can.
Birdie does eat a ton of cheese and yogurt. I don't plan on restricting any of that as long as she continues to stay regular digestive-wise.
Speaking of issues I don't have the energy to deal with right now - the new fun thing Rose is doing is dumping whole glasses of water or milk on the floor for laughs. She's been great with drinking out of normal adult cups for months, but now she can't be trusted. She's also doing this with food now. Sigh. Hoping this is a short phase.
As for the bottle issue, Brynlee wants milk all day, every day. So I feel like it's nonstop bottles! She's so stubborn.