Ode To Cup/Snack Holder

For the past few weeks Jack has been giving me struggles with him being happy in his car seat on the way to Ms. Wendi's (childcare) and on our way home. He has been very fussy, toys don't seem to distract him, and when you put a toy in his face he will throw it right back at you. Only on a few occasions have I found him occupied with something, and that something currently is the garage clicker. Thank god he hasn't learned out to click it yet, otherwise we would have a serious auto accident backing out of the garage but for now, it at least keeps him quiet. Until one day this week when I went in to Babies R Us, which I don't often do b/c I have found them very pricey but I had a coupon for $5 off which I thought I would use on some necessary items. Among my finds was what you see. A "Brica Snack Pod." I thought to myself, this might be something that Jack would enjoy, and let me tell you, it was the best $11 some odd dollars I spent.

I have been on a hunt for snack traps with easier traps to get his little fingers and hands in that will allow him to bring out the snack without dropping it, but haven't been able to locate them. It's like they took them off the shelf b/c I can only find one particular one and I hate them.

This new item just clips on to his current car seat, which does not have a cup holder, and allows him to have a snack, and put his sippy cup in it.

Long behold this was the quiet that I have been looking for! I gave it a whirl this afternoon and my trip home was QUIET! I would look back a few times in my mirror to see what he was doing and he was just shoveling his favorite snack, cheezy poofs as we call them, aka gerber graduates cheese puffs (basically a baby cheeto). I also make sure to fill up his sippy cup, which I also found was almost empty by the time we came home. The little stinker has been hungry and thirsty all this time! I knew he was going through a growth spurt, but geeze, he NEVER stops eating. He could eat all day long if I let him.

So to whoever invented this contraption, I owe you a massage or spa day :) You have just made my life so much more peaceful.