A couple months ago the good people at Playtex sent me their new Infant First L’il Gripper sippy cup to try out. I then promptly spent the next several weeks collapsing on the couch at the end of the day in a fit of exhaustion. I’m finally well into my 2nd trimester now, though, and my hypothyroidism has been properly medicated. So let’s see about that sippy cup.
It’s a squeezable (BPA-free) plastic cup with two handles and a straw, designed to be used from age four months and up. Now four months is pretty firmly still in nipple (breast or bottle) territory, if you ask me. And even at six or seven months, when I did start introducing my kids to a sippy cup, the idea was to get them swallowing from a cup, not using a straw. That can come later.
I do, however, love a cup with a soft, bendable straw that tucks away when we’re on the go. And that’s what this cup is perfect for. Long summer walks with the stroller coming up? This cup would do the trick nicely for any babe aged 6 to 18 months. It’s spill and leak-proof and at a suggested retail price of $5.49, it’s not going to break the bank when baby tosses it overboard either. My two year old is actually a little bit in love with it too, right now. Something about a straw that you can play peek-a-boo with, I guess.
3 replies on “Playtex Infant First L’il Gripper Review”
I need some cups for travel with my 14 month olds. How do you find the straw part to clean?
@b., It all comes apart and rinses out fairly easily. Then again, I’ve just been using it for water. I’d say it’s no problem with water or diluted juice, but you may want to avoid milk.
Interesting thing about the straws – many breastfed babies seem to do really well with straws. My DD would never take a bottle for anything, but would drink from a straw – I often suggest it when moms at their wits end. Both kids also struggled with the idea of tipping the cup back – they’d just sit there and do breast compressions on the cup :). But definitely invest in one of those straw cleaners and take the whole thing apart every time you wash it if there’s anything other than water in it – ick!