Product Review: EIO Kids Cup

We’ve tried just about every sippy cup there is, but when I saw the EIO Kids Cup I was immediately anxious to see what it was all about!  Unlike a traditional sippy cup, The Kids Cup is a spout-free, valve-free cup made without BPA, Phthalates and PVC, and is designed to transition young children properly from bottles to real glass dinnerware. Sippy cup spouts and valves necessitate a bottle-like sucking motion, but EIO’s unique cap promotes correct sipping, quickly and with less mess!

The Kids Cup is made with glass and surrounded with a silicone sleeve available in three colors (orange, purple, and green).  The cup feels just like a jar with a lid, and in fact the twist on cap does fit on ANY 8oz canning jar!

EIO says the following about their cup:
EIO’s cap is specifically designed without small parts, like the easy-to-lose valve. According to the ADA’s recommendations for better dental development, children over the age of one should drink from a cup without a valve.* Spouts can also be detrimental, as they tend to become chew toys. EIO encourages a healthy, natural transition to cups.
*From The Journal of the American Dental Association, Vol. 135, No 3, 387

Another great feature of the Kids Cup is that you can use warm or cold beverages and smoothies as well (without getting build up in the lid). 

The one thing to note about the Kids Cup that is VERY different from any other cup – it is NOT spill proof!  Due to the fact it has no valve, liquid flows freely from the cup.  My just turned two year old just loved using this cup, because he loves drinking from a regular cup but this allowed him to do it himself (I always have to have my hand on the cup with a regular glass).  Yes, there may be some spilling, but it teaches him how a real cup works (liquid comes out quickly) and he loves to drink from it all by himself!

That said, this is not the cup you want to hand to your toddler in the back seat of the car.  This is, however, the perfect cup for mealtime when you are teaching your child mealtime skills.

The EIO Kids Cup is currently available in select retail locations and online at the EIO website, The Soft Landing, Mom 4 Life, and other sites.  Check out the list of other retailers HERE.