Go Sippy Cup!

Luke loves to drink…that may not sound so good…but he does. He loves juice, water, milk anything I give him, and when he drinks he seems to give him renewed energy. But, even when he is thirsty he throws his juice cup. It has been easier around the house to simply put him on the floor and then give him the Sippy cup. That way when he throws it he simply crawls after it. Although sometimes he throws it on the couch where he can’t reach it, then of course he screams until he gets it. So when I get it for him or put it where he can reach it, he takes a sip and then throws it back. Then he proceeds to scream again…it is a vicious cycle. After a couple times, I rig up the couch with pillows and various toys so that he can’t throw it too far back, then he can always reach it.


Because of his “throwing expertise” we bought some Sippy cup straps about 4 months ago. I thought surely they would keep him from throwing the cup and he could even drink in the car without me worrying about him throwing the cup everywhere. Well, for some reason he would only drink from the cup with the strap attached if I held part of the cup for him. If I didn’t, he would scream and act afraid of the cup for some reason.

Well, on our “adventure out East” since I was right next to Luke we worked on using his Sippy cup while it was attached to this strap. He would do ok and then try to throw the cup, and then scream like it was attacking him or something…even though I was right there. We finally got to the point where he would scream when he threw it, but then pick up the cup again on his own.

Yesterday, after therapy I tried the strap again hoping that Luke would do that same thing he did on the trip. Where he would drink, try to throw, scream, and then pick up the cup again. Boy was I surprised when he didn’t scream at all and drank the entire cup of juice within 15 minutes of our trip home! Yea!!! I’m so excited!!! I feel like I just won the lottery or something!

It may seem a small accomplishment to some, but this is so huge! He is always thirsty and now I can easily give him juice and he can drink in the car to get an “energy boost”. Yippy!!!