The Toddler Cup HolderBy Steadi Labs

—A base for the cup, not a lid for it

An open cup by two. Nobody mentions the table.

The American Academy of Pediatrics puts it plainly: “It’s healthiest for kids to drink from an open cup by about 2 years of age.” The CDC starts them at nine months and tells you to be ready for spills. Both are right, and neither says a word about what the cup is standing on.

This is a 5.2-inch moulded base that the cup goes into. It is not a sippy cup, it has no lid and no valve, and it works with the cup you already own.

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A can standing in a sage Steadi on a wooden coffee table in a bright living room.
On the table, under the drink. Twelve colours in all.

—Read this before you buy, including the part that costs us the sale

Two handles is a no. We would rather you knew now.

A great many toddler trainer cups have two handles, and a handled cup does not seat in this — the handle lands exactly where the fins grip. If the cup your child drinks from has handles, this is the wrong product and you should close the tab. That is the first thing on the page rather than the last, because finding it out after delivery would be worse for both of us.

Two-handled trainer cup

No

the handle is in the way

The handle sits exactly where the six fins have to grip the bottom inch of the cup. There is no version of this that works, and no accessory that fixes it.

Small baby-led cup

Maybe

2 inches across the base

Below about 1.85 inches it sits too loose to hold. A 2 oz starter cup is often narrower than that. Measure the bottom, not the rim — the checker below is honest about it.

Open cup, tumbler, glass

Yes

nothing

Two to three inches across the bottom settles straight in. The everyday kid’s tumbler, the small glass, the water bottle, and every drink the adults at the table are holding.

What it is

$14.95

no lid, no valve

A 5.2-inch base, 3.6 ounces, that the cup stands in. It does not seal anything. It makes the cup much harder to knock over, and it does the same for yours.

Guidance quoted from healthychildren.org (American Academy of Pediatrics), cdc.gov (Infant and Toddler Nutrition) and nhs.uk. Fetched 3 September 2026.

—What the guidance actually says

Everyone official agrees the spills are coming.

  • The CDC starts the lidless cup at nine months

    “Children can start learning how to use a cup without a lid when they are 9 months old.” And in the same breath: give your child a chance to use a cup, and be ready.

  • The AAP sets a deadline, and calls the sippy cup temporary

    “Sippy cups should be used only while little ones are learning. It’s healthiest for kids to drink from an open cup by about 2 years of age.”

  • The NHS says the same thing and expects mess

    “As soon as your child is ready, encourage them to move from a lidded beaker to drinking from an open cup… It might be messy at first but be patient.”

  • And the AAP already endorses the idea of a stable base

    Describing cups it approves of: “Some cups have a weighted base that pulls them upright when they tip.” That is the same reasoning as this — applied to the cup rather than to what the cup is standing in, and by weight rather than by width.

healthychildren.org · cdc.gov, Infant and Toddler Nutrition, “Fingers, Spoons, Forks, and Cups” · nhs.uk, “Drinks and cups for babies and young children”. Fetched 3 September 2026 and quoted as published. Steadi Labs is not affiliated with, and is not endorsed by, any of them.

A hand sliding an aluminium can down into the fins of a Steadi.
The cup goes in from the top. That is the whole operation.

—Does it actually work

It wobbles. Then it settles.

Somebody drops onto the cushion beside it and the drink comes back level instead of going over. The base is 5.2 inches across and spreads the load rather than balancing on a point.

Filmed on a couch cushion. A high-chair tray is flatter and firmer than that, and a dining table firmer still.

A full can standing in a white Steadi on a cushion.
Real footage, one take, no cuts.

—How it holds

Width, and nothing else.

The base

5.2 inches across and fixed. It moves the edge the cup would have to tip over much further out, so the whole thing has to lean much further before it goes.

The fins

Six of them, holding the bottom inch of the cup. Cans and bottles slide on from the top; open cups and tumblers drop in. Cup and base then rock as one piece.

It is not weighted

Some toddler cups use weight to right themselves. This does not — it is 3.6 ounces of moulded rubber, and all of the work is done by how wide the foot is.

A macro photograph of the flared base of a terracotta Steadi, showing the moulded STEADI mark.
The flare, close. That width is the entire mechanism.

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—The object

One piece of rubber. Dishwasher, top rack.

No lid, no valve, no straw, no spout and no small parts. It is a single moulded piece of Shore 85A TPU, 100% BPA free, that goes in the dishwasher with everything else.

  • Base5.2″ — fixed
  • Height2.8″
  • Opening at rest1.64″
  • Weightabout 3.6 oz
  • Fins6, from 0.92″ up, flexing to 3.15″
  • MaterialShore 85A TPU, 100% BPA free
  • Small partsNone — one piece
  • Handled cupsDo not seat
  • CleaningRinse, wipe, or dishwasher
Several sizes of can standing in Steadis side by side, from a slim can to a tallboy.
Two to three inches across the bottom is the range. Most everyday cups sit inside it.

—What seats and what does not

Measure the bottom of their cup. Not the rim.

Two to three inches across the base settles in. Three to 3.15 is snug and seats with a push. Below about 1.85 inches it is an honest no — it sits too loose in the fins to hold, and small starter cups are often narrower than that. A handled cup of any size is a straight no.

Search by container

Every width below comes from a published specification, not from us. Where a spec is uncertain, the answer says so.

Or the width across the bottom

A width across the bottom of the cup, in inches.

Without a tape measure

A standard sticky note is three inches square. A cup standing on one with its base inside the paper will seat — provided it also covers most of a US quarter, which is about where the too-small line sits.

Anything borderline — hello@steadilabs.com reaches a person, and the answer will be honest either way, including a no.

—Where they end up

Their cup, and then everybody else’s.

The dining table and the high-chair tray, which is the reason people buy one. Then, almost immediately, the coffee table — because the drink a toddler knocks over is very often not their own, and an adult’s glass on a low table is at exactly the wrong height for a person who is learning to walk.

Twelve colours, and the picker assigns one per unit. In a house with more than one child that turns out to be the actual feature.

—What the aisle costs

Somebody already sells a wide-based cup, and it is cheaper than this.

Prices were looked up on 3 September 2026, not estimated. Every figure is the seller’s own.

The productPriceWhat it does, in its own words
Munchkin Miracle 360 spoutless sippy cup, 7 oz$5.99Sealing. “Cup automatically seals when child stops drinking to completely eliminate spills.” A lid, on their cup only.
Eztotz Tough to Tip learning cup, 5 oz, 2-pack$11.99Width — the same idea as ours. “With a base that’s wider than the top, these cups are practically impossible to tip over.” Open top, 12 months up, made in USA.
ezpz Baby-Led Tiny Cup, 2 oz$11.49Weight, not width. “Weighted base and tactile bumps provide topple resistance.” 2.2 inches overall.
Re-Play no-spill sippy cup, 10 oz, 3-pack$19.99Valve sealing. “A soft, one-piece silicone valve seals tight to stop spills and leaks.”
The Toddler Cup Holder$14.95 · four for $39.95, $9.99 eachWidth, applied to the cup you already own — and to the glass beside it. It replaces nothing.

If what you want is a wide-based cup, buy the Eztotz. It is $11.99 for two, it is made in the USA, and it is the same physics as this in a different object. The difference is that theirs is a cup and this is not: it goes under the cup your child has already chosen, the beaker you have four of, and the glass you are drinking from.

And if your child still needs a lid, the sealing cups are the right answer and they cost less. Nothing on this page is an argument against a lid.

—Get one

How many, and what colour goes where.

One for their cup, one for whichever adult sits next to them. Two is the common answer, four in a house with more than one child. Free shipping on all of them.

Checkout is handled by Steadi Labs — the company that makes The Toddler Cup Holder. Secure checkout at steadilabs.com. Free shipping on every order, and 90 days to change your mind, used is fine.

—From people who bought one

One of these names a toddler. The others name a child.

Verbatim, unedited, not filtered by rating. None of them was asked to mention a child, and none of them is a parenting endorsement — they are people describing a drink that did not go over.

A burgundy drink base holding a red-and-yellow caffeine-free soda can with a blue straw, sitting on a tufted burgundy leather ottoman
Photograph sent in by Kathi Davidson with this review.

★★★★★

I love my Steadi can holder. I use an ottoman beside my couch for drinks and remotes. This keeps a can steady and allows me to have a can of soda or water nearby. Im disabled and its hard to get up repeatedly for a drink!

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★★★★★

We have a couple of these and we absolutely love them! They have prevented many spills and saved many drinks from being spilled over from a very active toddler knocking into them. It's so nice to use them on our boat and not have to worry about spills and can leave drinks out worry free!

Peter Henderson · May 2026

★★★★★

This is a great invention …I have a clumsy child that always knocks over drinks and this thing keeps the drink from tipping over…I couldn’t believe how well it works. A+ highly recommend.

Christopher Barnes · August 2026

★★★★★

Amazing product! Great for the couch and with kids that love to just plop down like animals. With Steadi, drinks are nearly impossible to spill

Michael Miller · July 2026

★★★★★

My kid doesn’t spill his drink in his bed anymore so….. it’s a win!

Jason Rumsey · July 2026

16 more, photographed by the people who bought them

Sent in with their reviews. Tap any one to read it. Different rooms, different drinks, different colours — none of them staged by us.

A slice of one product-wide corpus — reviews of the Steadi, not of this page. The full corpus is published live.

—The limits, in one place

What it does not do.

—If it turns out to be the wrong thing

Ninety days. Used is fine. Nothing goes back in a box.

Ninety days is about three months of meals. If the answer is no — wrong cup, wrong stage, wrong child — hello@steadilabs.com reaches a person and the money comes back. No form, no restocking fee, no questions about condition, and nothing to pack up or post.

  1. You order. Free shipping, every order, always.
  2. It leaves Orange, California within one business day.
  3. USPS, 2–5 days, tracked.

—Who makes it

Steadi Labs. One person, in Orange, California.

The steel injection mould open in the machine, the cavity that forms the base visible.
The mould, in the machine.
Scott Rodriguez at a workbench, holding a terracotta Steadi and looking at it, with shipping boxes behind him.
Scott, who makes them.

Scott Rodriguez made the first one after a full drink went over on a soft cushion with three kids under three in the house. Of every page this company runs, this is the one closest to why the thing exists at all.

It was not designed as a children’s product and it is not sold as one. It is a base for a drink, made by somebody who was mopping up a lot of them at the time.

We make one thing and we make all of it here — the moulds, the material, the colour runs, everything within about three and a half miles of the shop.

  • Steadi Labs — veteran founded and veteran owned
  • Designed, injection moulded, picked, packed and shipped in Orange, California
  • Patent pending
  • 100% BPA free, one piece, no small parts
  • 5.2 inches across the foot, about 3.6 ounces

— Scott, Steadi Labs

—Questions

Straight answers.

Is this a sippy cup?

No. It has no lid, no valve, no spout and no straw. It is a base that a cup stands in. If your child still needs a lid, buy a lidded cup — they cost less than this and they are the right tool for that stage.

Will it fit their cup?

If the cup has no handles and is between about two and three inches across the bottom, yes. If it has handles, no. If it is a very small starter cup, measure first — below about 1.85 inches it is too loose to hold.

Is it safe for a small child?

It is one solid piece of Shore 85A TPU, 100% BPA free, with no small parts to come off, and it goes in the dishwasher. We make no safety claim beyond that, and it is not a substitute for supervision.

Does it stop spills?

No. It resists tipping, which is a different and smaller claim. There is no seal, so a cup that gets knocked hard enough, or picked up and turned over, still empties.

Will it work on a high-chair tray?

Yes — a tray is flat, firm and level, which is the easiest surface it has. Trays vary in size; a Jonti-Craft premium tray, for example, is published at 22 by 17 inches, and a 5.2-inch base takes a modest corner of that.

Can they pick the whole thing up?

Yes, and they will. It is 3.6 ounces. It is a base, not a restraint.

Can it go in the dishwasher?

Yes. Rinse it, wipe it, or run it through the dishwasher.

Why does this site only sell one thing?

Because it is one thing. It is a Steadi, made by Steadi Labs in Orange, California, and checkout finishes at steadilabs.com where the company lives.

—Still deciding

$14.95 when a sippy cup is $5.99.

True, and if a lid solves your problem the lid is the better buy. This is for the stage after that one, when the guidance has moved them to an open cup and the cup is standing on a table.

We already have four cups that claim this.

Most claim sealing. Eztotz claims width, honestly, and their cup is good. The difference is that this is not a cup — it works with the one your child has already decided is theirs, which is not a small thing at two.

Will they just throw it?

Possibly. It is rubber, it is one piece, and it does not break. What it is not is a device for preventing a determined child from doing anything.

Is it just for them?

No, and that is most of the value. The drink a toddler knocks over is very often an adult’s, on a low table, at exactly their height. Most people end up using the second one themselves.

The cup they already have, on a wider foot.

For the open-cup stage everyone told you to get to, and the table nobody mentioned.

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