The Nalgene Grip-N-Gulp

I know this seems a little bit weird to be reviewing a toddler water bottle. But I know there have to be parents out there that have had the same issues that I have had, with their toddler. And bedtime. And needing something to drink at bedtime or during the night.

My son drinks more water than even my weight lifting, bodybuilding brother-in-law  (shout out to uncle peter!) And he carries around a gallon of water with him at all times! If he’s not drinking water he’s drinking whole milk. He’s always drinking something! At six months of age, he gave up the pacifier but instead was very attached to his bottle of milk and needed to be sleeping with it. It didn’t matter what I did, if he woke up and found that bottle not there, he would wake up and be inconsolable. As he got older we moved away from bottles entirely. …to sippy cups. SO MANY SIPPY CUPS.

I discovered, unfortunately,  that every brand I tried would leak in his bed at night and he would wake up soaked. At some point during his night, he would wake up crying and I would go into the room to find that his entire bed and body were soaking wet and the sippy cup was completely empty. Every brand I tried somehow leaked, opened up completely, or just had a bad seal.

My mother-in-law who is a West Point grad, brought the kids a whole bunch of swag from the college a few months ago. Included in that swag, was a toddler sized Nalgene gulp-n-grip water bottle.

Guys. This thing doesn’t leak. It doesn’t seep out of the spout. In order for your toddler to get the liquid inside, they have to actively be trying to drink it and pull on the spout. So each night, my son takes this tiny little sports bottle to bed with him. I put about 3 ounces of water in it (holds 12oz). He cradles it like a little baby and drifts off to dreamland. If I hear him shuffling sometimes at night, I see him taking a quick swig and then back to sleep he goes!

As a parent, I understand that there are some battles that are worth fighting and there are some that aren’t. For me, making him sleep without this little water bottle is kind of silly. It’s 3 ounces of water. If it makes him happy, great.  I just needed to find something that would make ME happy and not leak and cause more laundry!

$10 on amazon. Can’t go wrong.

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