To many Sippy Cups at night...Help!?

Question

Most nights, my 2 yr old daughter has 1 sippy cup and goes right to sleep for the night. On some nights though, she will drink her cup and demand more, she will stand next to me and scream till she gets more. On these nights she usually ends up with at least 4-5 cups throughout the night. This cannot be good and she will never potty train this way. Any tips or ideas on how to get her to cut back on her sippy cups?
I never had this problem with my other children. I Dont want to just let her scream for the night, there has to be a more constructive way to deal with this.

Answer 1

start a sippy cup routine and stick with it. i had this problem with my now 4 year old too. it took a few weeks to break but it worked

every night before bed i would fill the cup about 1/4 full of water and put my daughter to bed with it. when it was gone, that was it. did she scream for more? you bet!! but after a while, she learned that no matter how much screaming she did-that was all the water she was getting (a few nights she cried herself out-this is heart wrenching but it's safe i assure you). pretty soon she got to where she was fast asleep within minutes of drinking the water and several months later we learned that the sippy cup was more of a comfort measure for her b/c i could give it to her empty and she'd fall asleep with it!! she just liked to hold it.

this will be hard at first but stick with it-she will adjust.

Answer 2

Try using a regular cup gradually. I would start making her drink drinks in the kitchen, and then at the table. Sippy cups can be just as much an issue as bottles. Around three she should be off them completely.. I find they hinder food consumption and proper eating habits. NOT to mention, I`ve tried everyone and they do leak!!!!You are right, she will never potty train if she keeps downing all that liquid. Soaking through bed sheets, and diapers at night is often the sign for a child over a year that they are taking in too much liquids before bed. A two year should almost be dry when they wake up from a nap or bed..

Answer 3

If you continue this she will wet every night when you potty train her, then you will have 2 problems to deal with at the same time. Adress the sippy cup issue now so you only have to focus on potty training when the time comes. I give my son an inch of milk before bed and he uses the toilet. Then I take him to clean his teeth and he has an inch of water, then uses the toilet again. He has a cup of water by his bed with two inches in and when it's gone it's gone. You need to train her to not wake just for a drink. She is prob tired and irritable during the day as she is tired out from waking all night and I bet the same can be said for you. She will cry and scream but kids learn pretty fast if you stick to it. It will last a week or two at the most and will definatley be worth the hardsship for two weeks for all the good nights sleep to come.Good luck.

Answer 4

The only way is to let them scream, Do you really think you can negotiate with a 2 year old? I decided to take my daughters bottle away, she screamed for a week, now at bedtime she puts her sippy cup on the counter and goes to bed. No more fighting, no more having to get up in the night because it was found empty. You may not think screaming is constructive, but ask your mother what she did with you.

Answer 5

Does it happen *very* often? I'd be tempted to just let her have the drinks -- don't let her get to the screaming point though! If you say no, then she screams and you give in, I think that just teaches her to scream.

She *will* potty train eventually. Or she'll get tired of the whole drink thing. You could leave a large sports-drink bottle of water (you know, the kind with the little pull-up tube to drink out of) by the bed. She may be doing this drink thing because she wakes up lonely and wants the attention.

Could you also give her just a little bit of water instead of a full cup?

I'm sure this will pass, though. Isn't it amazing how different kids have such different personalities?

Answer 6

Use reverse sociology! Make her take the cup, make her sit down and drink it before she asks! Right now she is running the Sippy Cup show it's all hers! When she no longer has control she will move on! Make her take it earlier. Just an experiment!

Answer 7

we began a sippy cup with my son at 10 months. He by no potential held his own bottle (i imagine that replaced into customarily because of the actual shown actuality that he replaced into customarily breastfed and purely were given a bottle at daycare). He did not even start up to carry his own sippy cup until eventually he replaced into over 14 months.

Answer 8

There's not. You have to go through the screaming phase. This is what I'd do: Tell her she gets one sippy at night and when it's gone, that's it. Then stick to it. You'll be in pain for about a week.

Answer 9

just gave her one a night