What do you think about using a sippy cup instead of a bottle at bedtime?
A. Using a sippy cup at bedtime can be as harmful as using a baby bottle beyond a reasonable weaning age. If your child needs to have his/her sippy cup by the bed at night, put only water in the sippy cup. It has been shown that frequent consumption of liquids containing fermentable carbohydrates, particularly through a sippy cup or bottle at sleep times, will lead to a higher incidence of early childhood caries. When these liquids are taken via a sippy cup while the child sleeps, the liquids pool around the upper incisors and cause rapidly progressive, severe destruction of tooth structure.
