My tip today may be a no-brainer for some of you seasoned moms, but for some of us the lightbulb takes just a little longer to come on.
I have two sons currently "on" sippy cups. At the end of the day I find myself in sippy cup hell. I don't know whose is whose or what's in them. So I make new ones and before I know it I have six or seven cups in the fridge and I have no idea which one to grab. I tried assigning each son a color but I don't have enough different colors for that and I'm not buying more and besides I'd just have to remember who has what color.
So I came up two simple rules:
1. One cup per kid, per day. And they have to finish whatever's in it from breakfast before they get something different to drink.
2. I put a sticker on the top of Son One's cup; he's 2 and old enough to not try to eat it. I know at a glance which one to grab from the fridge, and he does, too. It only takes a small sticker and by the time it starts un-sticking, the day is nearly over anyway.
Like I said, it's simple, but when both of them are screaming for something to drink, every second counts. And one more nerve of mine is left intact.
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3 comments:
Good idea. But how about all those sippy cups that you find in the car? :)
Good one!
Stacitee: Toss 'em. I found too many questionable sippies in the car! I opened one once and learned my lesson! LOL. ;)
Great idea! I have experienced sippy cup hell many times! :)
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