It's a kiddie cup, with a difference!
From the company which gave you "Sophie the Giraffe" comes the "Cuppie", it's the alternative sippie cup to get your kids to drink up! It puts the fun into using a cup instead of a bottle or bottle with straw hybid.
The "cuppie" is designed with a cute little animal which is built into the bottom of the cup. It comes in four different colours with four different animals, they are: Piglet (red), Frog (green), Penguin (blue) and the Rabbit below. The idea is that your child knows there is an animal at the bottom and then drinks all their cup to see the animal appear as they drink, great fun!
What we thought..
Well, I was in two minds about this. Number 1 it's great for helping the transition from bottle to cup, number 2 so many kids are dehydrated and need to drink more, this helps with that too.. However, if you have a very excited child (like we do!) you could turn around to see your little one, drinking and looking inside the cup but not "really" drinking and ending up with half the cup over his top.
The thing is, the Rabbit comes up quite high in the cup, therefore to hide it you'd have to put quite a bit of liquid in there, which may be too heavy for little hands. I'd also be a little wary about little hands either getting their fingers hurt on the critter (the rabbits ears are quite pointy!) or breaking a piece of the critter, as they're not very bendy.
I think it may be a good idea for the animal at the bottom to be made of a softer rubber material.
Parental Guidance Necessary, in our case!
The Final Verdict!
A fantastic idea to get the kids drinking, but I think it could be made a little safer.
The Cuppie can be purchased for £7.99 (plus £2.50 postage) from the 1Two website here: http://www.1two.co.uk/p/category/1311044930-Cuppies/
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