Does your toddler sleep with a sippy/straw cup?

[dulcemariamar]

This might be a silly question but does your toddler sleep with a sippy or straw cup of water? My LO only sleeps with a stuffed animal. We tried putting a pillow but since she moves around a lot it got in her way so we try to keep her crib pretty empty.

last night was the first night that she woke up in the middle of the night asking for water. 

If she makes this a habit can we just leave a sippy in the crib? Is it bad for the teeth? Or only if it milk.

[Sloane]

She has a straw cup in bed with her, I have no concerns about her teeth but I do worry about potty training if she's going to drink water all might. She doesn't seem to ever take more than a sip or two though, it's mainly a comfort thing I think.

[holly116]

My older two like water at night. As long as it doesn't lead to several overnight potty trips and/or wetting the bed, I have no problem with it.

Edited to add, yes to a sippy cup in the crib/bed. I break out the big guns with the valves that actually work verses the take and toss to make sure they don't leak all over the place overnight.

[gibbinator]

Ds has a straw cup in his room, but not in the crib. We usually encourage him to have a bit before bed, and haven't had him waking up motn thirsty.

[bunch]

Yes, dd1 always has a sippy or cup of water next to her bed. I don't think she wakes at night for it though

[arch01]

Nope. Maybe when he is older (and beyond the point of nighttime accidents after we PT) but we have to limit how much he drinks during the day anyway, otherwise he'll drink all.day.long.

[pupcake]

Dd1 had a sippy of water in her bed from about 2.5 until 4. It never affected overnite potty training and she eventually just grew out of it.

[karinothing]

DS has had a sippy of water (a nuk cup, with the rubber no leak spout). He doesn't drink it every night, but will if he has a bad night.

[dulcemariamar]

LO is only 18 months so I am not worried about PT yet.

[justjen]

No. She's not even 2, though.

[runblondie26]

It started as a toddler, and at 5.5 yrs old DD still needs to have that sippy cup of water in bed with her. Otherwise I get woken up in the middle of th enight asking for a drink.

[Brie]

No.

[persa]

Yes. Cuz she used to yell out at 6 in the morning "mommy! Water!" so I started putting one in her crib so she wouldn't wake me up, lol.

[jessnpaul]

Yes, but it's milk. I know, it's bad. We tried transitioning him to water but the ONLY liquid he'll drink is milk or Pediasure. The good thing is that he's obsessed with brushing his teeth... he asks me "teeth?" like 10 times a day!

We're working on switching him to water at least, but mama needs her sleep and he's not a happy camper without his milk!

[galaxy8227]

Yes, we do a sippy of water at night so we don't have to worry about spilling the bed. Very small amount of water. He does straw cups (or cups with no covers) the rest of the time.

[Deleted]

No he doesnt but if he woke asking for water frequently I wouldn't have any problems with him having water.