You know you’re the parent of a toddler when you open your cabinet and a wave of sippy cups and lids tumbles out crashing to the floor. (You know you are in my house when that happens weekly daily.)
For the last six years, my middle cabinet has been dedicated to all things kids — first bottles, then sippies and even aluminum thermoses. Not to mention plastic bowls and plates that don’t always nest well together. It is madness, and it drives my husband bonkers.
Of course everything falls out all over the place because nothing stacks. As part of the Playtex Baby Mom Trust, I discovered the Playtex SmartStand to help corral the mess and prevent the cascade of falling sippy lids.
The SmartStand holds and organizes up to 12 lids, and what I like about it is that it is a universal organizer. While we do have a lot of Playtex sippies, I must admit that I also have a few other brands as well (shhhh…). All of our sippy lids fit nicely on the stand.
The design is really so simple, I wonder why I didn’t think of it before. With a non-slip base, the stand spins for access to all of the lids, which rest comfortably on the holders. No more mess.
While my daughters are long past the bottle age, here’s the thing about sippy cups. It isn’t just the cup. It is the cup, the lid and the valve. So it is pretty much all the work of a bottle to clean. And the lids and the valves never fully dry in the dishwasher, never. So this is what my counter looks like on a typical day — sippy cups, valves and even the grooved edges of the cups drying on the counter.
We look like we never do our dishes, but this pile is clean! And by the time we put it away, the dishwasher is already filling back up, and the next day the counter is covered in sippies again.
While the Playtex SmartSpace Drying Rack is intended for bottle drying, it does great for sippy cup drying too. Instead of having sippy cups and lids sprawling on my counter, they are contained on the drying rack. They still need time to dry, but at least now they look like clean dishes!
Plus the drying rack is modular. You can use the two bases together as one large drying rack or separate them and just use one base — if you ever have just a few things to dry.
I also like that it comes with its own padded drying mat for under the rack. Which, by the way, is machine washable.
Whether you are just starting with bottles or living in the land of sippy cups, the Playtex SmartStand and the Playtex SmartSpace Drying Rack are great tools for mom to stay organized. Available on Amazon and Babies R Us for $7.99 and $17.99 respectivly.
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AMANDA says
BOTH! WHAT A GREAT IDEA. 🙂
Darlene Jones-Nelson says
I would use them for Both.
Em Ma says
Right now, I’d use this for bottles and sippy cups in the future when my little one gets a bit older
Lisa says
Super cool. Great way to get organized
Melanie Montgomery says
I’d use this for bottles
KV says
I’d use it for both.
Christina says
I would use it for both bottles and sippy cups
brannin says
Both for sure
Michele P says
with both little ones and toddlers that come to visit, I’d use it for both!
TawndaM says
In theory… since the baby isnt here yet… it would start as bottles… (She want to try breast feeding, though… didn’t work for me… so I wanna be prepared)
Heather B says
I would use this for all of our sippy cups. What a great idea!
stephanie mcfarland says
we just got done with bottles!!!! We still use lots of sippy cups:) so we would use it for them
Trisha W. says
I’d love the stand for sippy cups.
Julie says
I would use it for both! (Bottles and sippy cups). Julie smartsavvymama@gmail.com
Debra Hall says
bottles for my new granddaughter
latanya says
sippy cups
Ashley D says
hahaha! Sippy cups since I just throw them all into an overflowing basket! Maybe this will end the argument between my husband & I and how to store the darn things
Jennifer Rogers says
I would use it for both bottles and Sippy Cups!
keely hostetter says
I would use for sippy cups
Vicki Wurgler says
use it for both
Cynthia R says
I would use for both right now.
Annette Herbst says
both
Tracie Trump says
I would use them for both!
richelle leffler says
both my niece and nephew will be moving in here and will be needed badly for my nieces bottles and my nephews sippy cups they are always everywhere and we dont have a lot of space anyway so this would be perfect 🙂
April Brenay says
I would use this for my sons sippy cups! we have way tooo many!
McKim says
I would use it for my grandson’s sippy cups.
Jammie says
I would use it for both, bottles and sippy cups.
Amanda Boerst says
What a great idea! I’d use it for both 🙂
Helga says
I would use this for bottles.
Lauren E. says
I would use it for Sippy cups
Ann B. says
I would use it for sippy cups…
Stephanie Galbraith says
I would use it for both.
sara giresi says
Sippy and straw cups!
Brittney House says
I would use it for both.
Barrett Caldwell says
My little girl
Laurie Nykaza says
I like them both great product
christine jessamine says
I would use this for bottles mostly
Melissa Weatherford says
I would give this to my sister in law, she has a toddler who is using both bottles and cups right now 😉 so I think that it would come in very hand for her.
darby says
both!
April Brosius says
Sippy cups
Karen says
That is an excellent organizer for sippy cups. I love it
Carol says
I would use them for Both.
Jessamine D. says
I’d use this for sippy cups. 🙂
Rebecca Orr says
Sippy cups for us!
Amber says
I would use it for sippy cups!
Marilyn Nawara says
Both, but mostly sippy cups
hedgehogi says
I would use this for both. I have a little girl and a newborn is due any day.
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Cassandra Eastman says
It would be used for sippy cups right now!
Cheryl Reinhardt says
Would use these for Bottles
Mihaela Day says
Right now, I’d use this for bottles and sippy cups
Tamar says
I’d use it for both.
Viv Sluys says
Living in the land of sippy cups…lol, yep that’s where I am! I would use it mostly for sippy cups but occassionally a bottle or two would be on it too.
DESIREE H says
I would use it for both!
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June S. says
Wow! This is so neat, I didn’t even know they had anything out on the market like this. I really want one of these to give to my daughter-in-law for my grandson, he has just started using sippy cups recently.
tina reynolds says
I would use it for sippy cups
Dorothy Boucher says
both
Dianna Thomas says
Well in this house it would be both for a while
Angela P. says
It would be for sippy cups!
Paula Tavernie says
I would use for both!
Paula Michele Hafner says
I would use it for both. It would be a great help!
Patricia Wojnar Crowley says
I’d be using it for sippy cups!
Jennifer says
both! we have both going around here!
Erica C. says
Bottles for now.
Miz Vickik says
Bottles!
Cheryl Reinhardt says
This looks like a great organization tool…. keeps it from looking messy drying
trixx says
I’d use them for both!
Lisa L says
I’d use this for my kids’ sippy cups
Alison C says
Both bottles and sippy cups.
stacey b says
I’d use it for both
Laurie Emerson says
I would use it for both.
Brandi Kerr says
Sippy cups
Summer I. says
I would use for sippy cups.
Betty C says
I’d give this to my granddaughter for her little one and I’m sure she would use it for sippy cups.
Janice Crespo says
We just said goodbye to bottles – this would be for the sippy cups 🙂
jennifer cecil says
I would use it for both.
Renee Simmons says
Sippy Cups!!
Tanya White says
I would use it for both.
susan smoaks says
i would use it for both bottles and sippy cups