Tuesday
Jan262010
Random thought I want to write down to 'laugh about' someday: The elusive sippy cup.
Tuesday, January 26, 2010 at 8:39PM Could someone please invent a tracking device for sippy cups? Yes, I am speaking, and dreaming, of a sippy cup lo-jack. Because every night after the boys are in bed, the search for Will's sippy cup begins. Actually, let's call it what it is--the hunt for the cup because I swear it moves. And there is a time limit of sorts, as it's filled with milk. I am trying to get him to only drink in the kitchen, but that's not going exactly as planned. I'm sure that's a shocker to anyone who has crossed paths with a toddler.
So, this invention...how awesome would that be? I'd try to do it myself but I'm too busy wedging limbs into impossibly tight spaces and doing tummy crawls beneath furniture.
Reader Comments (5)
I am so with you!! We're missing one since the holidays and I'm at the point that I'm petrified to find it...
Get on that! You'd never have to work again.
I'm lucky in that my toddler only drinks juice at home. But even a sippy cup with juice gets pretty icky after a few days.
Hahaha that's hilarious! You should totally get on that, I agree!!
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Jenny
that invention would sell well!!
we left on our way to the airport for our 2 1/2 week trip to england and spain. while on the highway in traffic i realised we had left our son's sippy cup, with milk, on the bench at the front door. i sent an email to the mom of the kids who were feeding our cats and checking our mail asking them to to please find it and dump it out for us.
they didn't :/
I know this is late but after 12 toddlers we have found a solution to the cup issue!!!
1. Only use clear cups for milk (then you can tell if there is stuff in it)
2. Get 2 pacifier clips or a long strip of fabric and a clear cup with handles
3. Knot the clips together to make a chain that ends about 6" off the floor.
4. Tie one end to your toddler's chair and the other to a cup.
It may seem silly but works WONDERS!!! It is also useful to teach your children to keep their cups in the kitchen because the cups can't come off the "leash" until your child is smart enough to untie it (by then he should understand to keep the cup in the kitchen).