I'm sure most parents have been through the same thing. The search for the perfect water bottle or sippy cup for the kids is incredibly frustrating, not to mention expensive! It has to fulfill all the criteria: leak-proof, durable, a good size, easy to clean and put together, contains no nasty chemicals, easy for the kids to drink from, and looks funky enough for the kids to want to use.
It's taken me over 6 years but I've finally found something that fits the bill. I love the Ecococoon stainless steel, insulated bottles. The only thing that I think could be improved is the lid - there's nothing to keep it attached to the bottle.It needs a loop/handle on it so that it can be attached to the carabiner.
The CamelBak kids' bottles suit Loo and Beanie really well. Unfortunately they were a complete failure for Shmoo. Shmoo is an oral sensory seeker, everything goes in his mouth and gets chewed. He could chew a silicone CamelBak bite valve to bits in just a few hours. The Ecococoon cap, however, is fairly sturdy and quite hard. It's held up much better than the Camelbak. But... as you can see from the photo below, Shmoo has given it a good gnawing. I think it would need to be coated in titanium to stop Shmoo biting bits out of it! I don't know why I was so surprised to see how much he'd nibbled off it, this was the kid who gnawed big timber splinters off the end of his cot when he was a toddler. I'm going to get a few different 'chewies' (chew toys for ASD kids) to attach to his bottle and hopefully we'll be able to get him to chew those instead.
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