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Next up for review are some products from Tommee Tippee. Tommee Tippee products started out in the UK in 1965, but are only launching in the U.S. next month in Babies R Us stores. Lucky for me, as a Mom Bloggers Club reviewer, I (really my kids) got to try out these products first. While I normally reserve my product reviews for mom-made products, I made this exception. You’ve heard of Help A Reporter Out? Well, this is Help A Mom Out, and I am a Mom who was in need of a good sippy cup for my daughter, which I got free in exchange for doing this review. Though, the fact that I got free products does not in any way influence my reviews of them.

First up was the Explora sippy cup. It came in a set of two of Stage 2, which it says is for 9+ months. My daughter Isabella is 26 months, but really has been a bottle baby. Up until now, she usually just played with sippy cups and turned them upside down, leaking juice everywhere. Even the so-called “spill-proof” ones leak. It has made it hard to get her off of the bottle. Now, in comes the Tommee Tippee Sippy and she has really taken to it. She’s not 100% off of the bottle, but she often requests the sippy cup and even pulls it from the dish drain when she wants juice. What I like most is that this cup doesn’t leak. It has some kind of little contraption under the nipple that prevents this from happening. While cleaning this part is a little inconvenient, it more than makes up for the effort required by preventing the spills. There is a piece of latex and a plastic piece that go together and snap into the nipple area, which took some getting used to, but becomes easier once you get the hang of it. Another cool feature was the grips, which make it easier for Isabella to hold the cup without dropping it. I liked the bright colors too! I did think that there should’ve been some type of measurement of ounces on it though. I know most sippy cups do not have this & that is a qualm I have with them all. The reason I say this is that my pediatrician recommends that Isabella drinks no more than 5 oz of juice a day. This sippy cup holds well over 5 ounces by my guesstimate, so adding some type of measuring lines would help me to guage when to stop pouring. other than that, these cups were great.

The other products I (my son) got to review were the Closer To Nature Bottle with the fast and slow nipples. The bottle is shaped sort of like a 4 or 5 oz bottle or an Aventa bottle, except this bottle had grip indentations and fit a full 9 oz. My aunt and I didn’t believe it at first, so we poured the milk into a regular bottle and then into the TT bottle to check the measurements. Joaquin was able to hold the bottle nicely as demonstrated in the pictures above. He tried the the fast nipples first, as he was 8 months old and it recommends the fast nipples for his age. What astounded me was how closely the nipple resembled a real nipple. Joaquin took to the bottle quickly, but the milk continued to leak from under his chin. He then tried the slow nipples to see if the leaking was just from the type of nipple, but the milk continued to leak & Joaquin cried as he was teething and the slow nipple required him to suck harder. Since Joaquin was not a breastfeed baby (due to my own medical issues- before anyone sends me “breast is best” type comments), so I suspect that he couldn’t get a good handle on this nipple because he is so used to regular nipples. The Closer To Nature nipples might be better suited for breastfed babies making a transition or supplementation with the bottle.

Overall, I would say thumbs up for the sippy cup & thumbs up and down for the bottle. I would be interested to see a review for a breastfed baby using the bottle to see if my suspicions are correct.