Farewell sippy
I thought this day would never come. I thought I was going to be hunting for lids and straws and little stoppers and spigots for the rest of my life. And now, what do you know? My kids are done with sippy cups.
Oh, I've still got some around, don't you worry. The cups were far too numerous to be vanquished overnight. At one point they could be found in every nook and cranny of our house, in every cup-holder of the car, forgotten with half-drunk moldering milk in them every which way I turned.
But they're getting to be fewer and fewer. When I find them, I wash them and stuff them in the back of the cupboard...and then they remain there, unused. Day by day, the amount of wandering sippy cups in this house is steadily shrinking.
Because you see, Evie's hatred of anything baby-ish has suddenly manifested istelf into a refusal of sippy cups. She wants a REAL cup, just like everyone else. And the other girls, at 4 and almost-6, really are too old to be forced to drink out of sippys anyway. And suddenly here I am finding myself pouring milk like a regular person, into regular (albeit small and plastic) cups, without having to go banging through drawers and cupboards and dishwasher racks for the elusive lid that fits the cup at hand. Suddenly, handing out drinks is almost...simple.
And yes, Evie spills a lot. And so do the other girls. Heck, I spill things a lot. But when we do, we just wipe it up and move on with our day. Of course, we still do have some cups with lids. For taking in the car or going to the park, water-bottle or thermos-style cups are the most convenient. But for just regular meal-times? There's not a sippy in sight. I'm actually considering throwing them all out and keeping just one or two for the occasional toddler-age guest.
My gosh, me throwing out sippy cups, Evie learning to go potty, Beth starting first grade...it's almost like my kids aren't going to be babies forever. When you're in the thick of it, part of you sort of thinks that they are going to be little forever, that you'll never, never be done with washing those dad-gum little plastic valves and lids and straws...and then suddenly... you are.
Oh, I've still got some around, don't you worry. The cups were far too numerous to be vanquished overnight. At one point they could be found in every nook and cranny of our house, in every cup-holder of the car, forgotten with half-drunk moldering milk in them every which way I turned.
But they're getting to be fewer and fewer. When I find them, I wash them and stuff them in the back of the cupboard...and then they remain there, unused. Day by day, the amount of wandering sippy cups in this house is steadily shrinking.
Because you see, Evie's hatred of anything baby-ish has suddenly manifested istelf into a refusal of sippy cups. She wants a REAL cup, just like everyone else. And the other girls, at 4 and almost-6, really are too old to be forced to drink out of sippys anyway. And suddenly here I am finding myself pouring milk like a regular person, into regular (albeit small and plastic) cups, without having to go banging through drawers and cupboards and dishwasher racks for the elusive lid that fits the cup at hand. Suddenly, handing out drinks is almost...simple.
And yes, Evie spills a lot. And so do the other girls. Heck, I spill things a lot. But when we do, we just wipe it up and move on with our day. Of course, we still do have some cups with lids. For taking in the car or going to the park, water-bottle or thermos-style cups are the most convenient. But for just regular meal-times? There's not a sippy in sight. I'm actually considering throwing them all out and keeping just one or two for the occasional toddler-age guest.
My gosh, me throwing out sippy cups, Evie learning to go potty, Beth starting first grade...it's almost like my kids aren't going to be babies forever. When you're in the thick of it, part of you sort of thinks that they are going to be little forever, that you'll never, never be done with washing those dad-gum little plastic valves and lids and straws...and then suddenly... you are.
3 comments:
Oh, don't go making me wistful again for how big my kiddos are getting! Our sippy cups are long gone...
And it's almost sad when you look back and realize something is finished.
The lack of sippy cup usage hit me awhile back when we had friends over. The fiend asked if we had a sippy cup. It hit me. I do have sippy cups, but we don't really use them any longer.
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