Yesterday I posted this photo on Facebook with the caption, “Overwhelming and obscene.” I’d gone to my local Target for this and that, which as usual included something for the wee one. He’s been on solids for a good six weeks now, so I thought I’d cruise the feeding aisle for a glimpse at the future. And then I was greeted by the spectacle above.
Sippy cups. Cups with built-in straws. Snap-on lids. Screw-on lids. The inevitable licensed characters. Rubberized grips. Insulated models. Maybe it was the lack of sleep, but it was so overwhelming to me that all I could do was shake my head, take the photo and move on.
Why? Why are there so many brands and styles of sippy cups that contemplating which one to buy requires an investigative effort? And not that it’s directly related, but why do we have so many choices of ways to give our kids milk when so many kids go hungry every day, around the corner and around the world?
Later, the comments came trickling in: Choose wisely. They all leak. Welcome to sippy cup hell.
Great. Good to know my choice won’t really matter in the end.
Mama-Come-Lately 
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