[blparent] sippy sure

[Elizabeth Cooks]

I agree with that...Also, they won't get the idea that the sippy cup is a 
bad thing if you just use a droper ir something like that.  I've never added 
my children's meds to juice...I've given something afterward to chase down 
the yucky taste, though.
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Tammy" <tcl189 at rogers.com>
To: "NFBnet Blind Parents Mailing List" <blparent at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Tuesday, January 04, 2011 9:54 AM
Subject: Re: [blparent] sippy sure


> Hi,
>
> I would stear clear of this cup.  Firstly because it's way too expensive, 
> for that price you could get a whole bunch of sippy cups.  Secondly 
> because mixing most medacins with any other liquid is a very bad idea 
> because the medacins can be broken down by the liquid especially if it has 
> sugar in it like juice does.  Also, this cup seems impractical for those 
> parents who are blind, because it might be hard to tell how much of the 
> actual medacin a child takes.  A better idea would be to use a large eye 
> dropper or ceringe to give medacin, that way you can be sure the child has 
> taken it all.  If you do this from the beginning, the child will learn 
> that medacin doesn't get administered in a cup, and will not, as the 
> article on the link below suggests, have any issues with certain cups in 
> certain situations.
>
> hth
>
> Tammy
>
>
> From: jill
> Sent: Monday, January 03, 2011 3:40 PM
> To: 'NFBnet Blind Parents Mailing List'
> Subject: [blparent] sippy sure
>
>
> Hi,
>
> I was talking with a friend who saw a review of a interesting product on 
> our
> local news.  I went online and found it's website, the link is provided
> below.  Apparently it is a sippy cup which makes giving oral liquid 
> medicine
> to toddler's easier and sure to see that the child gets all the medicine. 
> I
> may actually buy one to check out first hand.  The sippy sure is going for
> about $8.99 on ebay.
>
>
>
> Jill
>
>
>
> http://www.sippysure.com/description.html
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