More likely, it’s an unhealthy obsession. And, I know unhealthy obsessions like the back of my hand. In fact, I no longer consider them unhealthy. That’s how much I have grown.
There are two words that can stir venom in any mom across the land: Sippy Cup!
There isn’t a perfect one out there. Yet we search and spend to find the best flippin, hoppin, no-leakin, bpa-hatin, magical, valveless, handled, straw-poppin cup there is.
I feel like I have tried and purchased them all until I read reviews online of other sippy cups and see that I at least show a little bit more restraint than other moms. My cupboard is like a museum of pastel plastic. The ones she liked, leaked. The ones she refused, were leak-proof and perfect in my eyes. It matters not, they are all relegated to the empty space behind the margarita glasses.
And, then we went to the doctor, and she asked if Lolo was drinking anything from a cup. I decided not to show my Achilles heel and chose to simply say that she had no interest in a sippy cup. Then she asked, “Have you ever just tried to let her lap a little bit of water out of a regular cup?”
Wha? Regular cup, as in the kind you can get at IKEA for 17¢? The kind with no science or magical tricks? The kind with no reviews to read on diapers.com or thesoftlanding.com? What do you mean, just a regular drinking vessel? Preposterous!
She loved it. There was no work in it. It was easy. She saw the water in the cup, and I tipped it and it came to her. “So … great doctor. What am I supposed to do when I am out and about across this great state being a busy, on-the-go, no-nonsense mom? Just hand this 9 month-old an open cup of milk?”
She said, “Nah. Just get a cup with a straw.”
She mastered how to drink from a straw in 3 minutes. Again, she may not be talking, but her talent … it’s imbibing. She’s good.
Portrait of my obsession.
Dexter hated sippy cups and loves the straw, too. Also likes drinking from a traditional cup, but the backwash is a bit much. . .
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