So Annabelle has graduated to a sippy cup. Of course she’ll continue with nursing, but Virginia’s hot temperatures are making for a very sweaty little baby, and I realized that water is good for babies too. Plus, I think the What to Expect the First Year book recommends introducing sippy cups around 5 or 6 months.

Meanwhile, Annabelle’s gDiapers have been out of stock all over Northern Virginia–how do I know this? Well, I signed up for the gDiapers list-serve and parents all over the metro community are a tiny bit upset that gDiapers distributors have been holding out. Okay, why is this important?

Well, we placed orders for the gDiaper inserts at Wegman’s and multiple Whole Foods. Whole Foods called up this past Tuesday and informed us that our long sought after g-inserts had arrived. But alas, upon our arrival, I noticed that the entire case was the wrong size. So rather than make waste of our drive out to Fairfax, I mosied on over to the baby aisle to check out their sippy cups. After eying the Avent and Born Free BPA-Free cups, I chose the more attractive looking Born Free cup and made a forgivable impulse buy. Well, once I returned home, it occurred to me to research baby sippy cups, how the plastics versus metals measure up, and which cups don’t leak all over the place. Fortunately, I remembered this post that my friend Eli forwarded to me a few weeks ago. Here’s what I found out.

Overall, I’m pretty pleased with our Born Free sippy cup, and more importantly, Annabelle loves it. I think we’ll try the Sigg Kids cup for a plastic alternative.

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