I have just recently come to realize that a sippy cup has various stages in it's life as a cup. I'd like to share my revelation with you.
Stage 1- Brand new
This is the stage I like the best. A brand new sippy cup just brimming (excuse the pun) with possibilities and new commitments to keep it clean and found (this will make sense as you read further along)
Stage 2- Filled with liquid (juice, milk, take your pick)
This would be my second favorite. What crying toddler doesn't retreat into silence when you hand them a sippy cup full of their favorite drink? Ahh, sweet sanity.
Stage 3- Lost
We all know this stage. Toddler wonders around with sippy cup, becomes distracted with something else, and drops sippy cup. If it's out in the open, it is either discovered by Mom and re-offered to toddler or washed, refilled and then re-offered. Such madness. If it's not out in the open, the searching begins.
Stage 4- Really Lost
Now, don't pretend you don't know this stage all too well. This is the stage where the sippy cup is LOST. No amount of looking or sending your child to find it helps. It's not under, behind, in or on any furniture. Not in any room. It's disappeared to the land of lost socks and keys.
Stage 5- What the Heck Is This?!? Oh My Gosh, It's The Sippy Cup
Oh no, don't lie. If you have a kid, you've said this at least once. More kids= more times you've said this. This is the stage where the sippy cup actually jumps out of it's hiding place and walks itself to the sink. It's got some sort of nasty, soild toxic waste growing inside and you can swear you hear it talking. This is also the end of the life of the sippy cup. Because when you find a sippy cup in this stage you run to the kitchen, pull out the tongs, very carefully clasp the cup between them and then haul booty to the trash before it escapes.
But then of course, you are down one sippy cup. So back to the store you go and thus begins stage one all over again. Ahh yes, the life of a sippy cup, explained.
