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Friday, September 16, 2011

Tommee Tippee Closer to Nature Li'l Sippee Review & Giveaway

Before becoming a mom, I always thought of sippy cups as a toddler thing. Now, in all of my new-mom-wisdom, I'm here to share that sippy cups are a gateway into self-feeding. And self-feeding is much better than, you, the parent doing all of the work. Once your baby can sit in the high chair, and you're starting solid foods, think about introducing him or her to a sippy cup!
Why give a 6 month old a sippy cup?
While we have never supplemented with formula, I do occasionally leave G with someone else who needs to feed her pumped milk. Sippy cups are the start of her learning to drink by herself and not need someone to hold a bottle for her (though the sippy currently requires assistance too). She also participates in family dinners now, eating her solids for supper, so I think it's only fair to offer her a cup too. She likes to drink out of my cup, but ends up spilling water all down her front. The mess factor of an adult cup means that's out of the picture for a while. Sippy cups to the rescue!

The only sippy cup we had tried before the Tommee Tippee Closer to Nature Li'l Sippee First Cup, was one we received as a shower gift. We obviously needed more than one sippy cup (Who wants to wash the same cup, over and over and over?). So when I was trying to figure out which brand to get, I tried to find a brand that is synonymous with quality, offered a leak-proof and soft-spout sippy cup, and had a variety of sizes/colors to choose from.
I'm pleased to say that Tommee Tippee extended me to opportunity to review their Closer to Nature Li'l Sippee First Cup.

G is a tough critic but I think she was won over. The cup was easy enough to assemble--just make sure the dot on the lid ring matches up with the dot on the spout piece. It was also really easy to clean (hand wash). The cup is chubby, which is a great feature for little hands learning to hold things. G loved the bright pink color (she's a girl through and through).

I did several leak tests throughout the trial run, and G's precious breastmilk stayed safe. She enjoyed trying to drink on her own, and I prefer this cup over our other one because she had an easier time getting milk out. That being said, some moms may find that to be a negative feature because it means spills may occur as the baby learns to sip the appropriate amount. I, personally, like that the milk is easy to get out because it will teach G what an adult cup is like. She can drop the cup, tip the cup, or throw the cup, and milk will not come out (so that's a baby-safe feature). She can sip on the spout and milk will flow freely, so she must learn when to stop to swallow (a big-kid feature). In the meantime, I'll trade cleaning up her chin for her gaining "independence."

Winner will receive a Tommee Tippee Closer to Nature Li'l Sippee First Cup, green

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I received the above product from Tommee Tippee to facilitate this review. All opinions are my own and I was not compensated in any other way. Read Disclosure.

27 comments:

  1. I have not tried Tommee Tippee or any other cups- yet! I'm due with my first in Dec.! Thanks! Julia Becker jsbecker29 at gmail dot com

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  2. I've always wanted to try Tommy Tippee. We started LO on cups around 7 months when we started her on solids. Her favorites are the playtex straw cups. alicia morris 2008 @ gmail dot com

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  3. No, I've never tried Tommie Tippie, but I have used sippy cups with my niece. :)

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  4. I have tried Tommy Tippee with my youngest son who is 7 months and he is getting use to them. Sometimes he doesn't like it but at dinner he tends to drink from it really well.

    wiseowldesignsinc at gmail dot com.

    Rafflecopter name is Liz

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  5. I have not tried it yet, but would like to, Also have not tried any other brands either

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  6. havent tried tommee tippee yet but i want to and usually justnthe playtex cups
    damiesmom at ymail dot com

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  7. I haven't tried Tommee Tippee yet but I did try a Nuby sippy cup the other day with my 5 month old and seemed to take to it well

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  8. I have not tried tommee tippee yet, but we used the nuby sippy cups with my first born.

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  9. I haven't tried Tommee Tippee cups but we did use the Tommee Tippee bottles for my breastfed baby boy. The only sippie cups he would take before he was a year old was silicone tops.

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  10. I haven't tried any cups yet, I'm due in May with my first child. Thanks, Molly B.

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  11. My daughter is 7 months and I have actually found that the take n' toss ones have been the easiest for her to pick up on, though they don't stop leaks well. And the Avent ones are good sometimes.

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  12. I didn't have the opportunity to try a tommee tippee cup before, but I want to do it now with my new baby! I am so excited expecting this baby for thanksgiving! what a reason to give THANKS!

    Yane

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  13. Yes, my daughter has used Tommee Tippee Bottles since she was 1 week old. We love their sippy cup also!

    RickiReviews@gmail.com

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  14. I have not had the pleasure of trying Tommee Tippee products. My son had quite a hard time with sippy cups for a while. I tried 5 different kinds. Now that he's almost 2, thankfully he is a pro. I am now expecting my second son Nov 1st and actually put this same exact cup on my Babies R us registry but unfortunately did not receive anything from that registry. So anyways have wanted and would love to try this sippy cup!

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  15. No I haven't tried any cup before.

    my e-mail is:
    sophiejohannsen at gmx.de

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  16. we use an avent with soft spout.. it works ok but it took her a whule to learn...

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  17. I haven't tried Tommee Tippee but I would like to. I'm just starting a sippy cup with my 9 month old.
    donnyandshelly at yahoo dot com

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  18. I haven't tried The Tommee Tippee Before,looks pretty neat!
    geauxtami@yahoo.com

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  19. No we haven't tried them yet!
    janetmulford at gmail

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  20. We haven't tried them (baby's not here yet!). I wouldn't have thought to use a sippee cup with a baby under a year old (or with breastmilk for that matter) - guess I have a lot to learn about babies!

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  21. We have tried a Tommee tippee cup and loved it!! I started my daughter with a sippy cup at 4 months and have used several brands and liked most of them!

    Sabrina.Vaccaro at hotmail dot com

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  22. My little guy is almost 7 months, and we haven't used any Tomee Tippee cup yet! Actually, we haven't used any cups...gotta get the ball rolling!

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  23. haven't tried the tommee tippee yet, and yes we have tried sippies with our guy.. not much luck
    karenmed409 at comcast dot net

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  24. I haven't tried a Tommee Tippee but would love to. Both of my children were introduced to their sippy cups when we started solids at 5 and 6 months. Both were able to use a sippy by 9 months.

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  25. We use the bottles right now. I love them.

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  26. I have not tried tommee tippee but hope to with my new litte one. I think I didn't give mydd a sippy till she was a bit older

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  27. have not tried one before

    laurie1993@verizon.net

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