By Melanie Potock
In the articleĀ Step Away from the Sippy Cup, I discussed how the sippy cup was invented forĀ parents, not for kids. An engineer got fed up with his toddler spilling juice on the carpet and the rest is history. Today, sippy cups are marketed to parents as a vital piece of feeding equipment, causing parents to consider sippy cups an essential part of a babyās development. As a speech-language pathologist andĀ feeding specialist, I beg to differ on this point. Hereās why:
