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"I don&amp;#039;t know if I&amp;#039;ve ever mentioned this, but Emmett LOVES drinking smoothies. LOVES. And I love giving them to him, because it&amp;#039;s he&amp;#039;s getting healthy doses of all good things\u2014whole milk, Greek yogurt, and a boatload of fruit\u2014and I can order them to go from our local smoothie stand. There&amp;#039;s only one tiny problem: The only way Emmett will drink a smoothie is if he gets to hold the cup. Our smoothie stand serves smoothies in perfectly good 16-ounce clear plastic cups with a lid and a straw, but they&amp;#039;re not the most baby-friendly thing Emmett&amp;#039;s ever handled. He&amp;#039;s happy to hold the cup with two hands and sip politely for the first 8 ounces, but 9 or 10 ounces in, he&amp;#039;s either dropped the cup and covered his lap in leftover smoothie, or he&amp;#039;s started moving the straw in and out and in and out and flinging the extras at me. Or anyone within flinging distance, which is really embarrassing when random people on the street are getting flung with strawberry-banana and looking at me like, &amp;quot;Did you REALLY give that toddler a plastic cup with a straw?&amp;quot; But those looks of disgust may (MAY) just be a thing of the past, thanks to this:  The 12-Ounce Holiday Cold Cup that I just ordered from Starbucks. I&amp;#039;m not sure if you can tell in the picture, but it&amp;#039;s a double-wall insulated heavy plastic cup, meaning it&amp;#039;s more sturdy for small hands. And it has a screw-on top that won&amp;#039;t just pop off. But the best part: There&amp;#039;s a ridge at the bottom of the straw, which you can&amp;#039;t see here, that makes it impossible to get the straw all the way out. HA! Take that, Emmett! Now that I&amp;#039;m all sorts of cocky I&amp;#039;m sure that Emmett will find a way to douse me and three strangers with the next smoothie I serve him. But I&amp;#039;m SO excited to try it out! Have you done anything clever to outsmart a baby lately? "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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