When we get a sippy cup the milk doesn't want to come out very easily, even when sucked on. I know because I tried it. What kind of sippy cup is best? The little guy is a year old.
I love the playtex sippy cups. They come in the different stages. Walmart and target have good prices on them. The package will tell you ages it is appropriate for. They have valves inside that you can buy replacements for. When they get nasty soak them in a small amount of bleach with more more water to it. about a 1 to 3 ratio.
You don't say your child's age which will make a big difference in the type of sippy cup. For my 1 year old, we use the Playtex Little Grippers. It works great. Easy to clean, doesn't leak, and you can get the liquid out fairly easily.
I would recommend getting several different kinds and seeing which your kids like best. Our son loved some, but our daughter hated them when we tried them.
We had luck with Nuby with both kids and some of the Platex. Both kids love their Nalgene ones ($$$), and their Munchkin brand ones.
It's unfortunately, a trial and error thing. Ones that I thought would be great (Avent) were awful because of how hard they were to get the valve off for cleaning. Some of the valveless ones leak horribly.
We love the Gerber ones. I used them with my son (he's now 3) and recently started my 11 month old on them. The valves pop easily so you can stick them in the dishwasher and get all that milk out-yuck! The valve is also interchangeable between all the Gerber brand cups...the ones with handles, larger sizes, etc so you don't have to play a matching game every time you run the dishwasher.
I've always liked the Gerber sippy cups. Come in different sizes and shapes, and lots of cool colors. Super easy to clean. The no-spill valve comes apart from the lid for easy cleaning. Plus they sell replacement valves in case they get lost or are too hard to clean.
I will only use playtex sippy cups. I have tried several others and they all leaked. I have only had trouble with the playtex when the valves start to get old and then you can replace them pretty inexpensivly!
when my son was under 1 we tried them all. he liked the gerber sip and smile. by the time he was a year old we had completely switched over to using only a cup and straw (the Gerber Tossables) much easier to clean after having milk in them. and he is only allowed to have it at the table for meals or in the kitchen if he asked for a drink in between. made for fewer lost sippy cups and he actually started drinking more liquids because he wasn't just "sipping" all day. he never had any problem getting down 20-30 oz of milk plus lots of cups of water without the use of sippys. and i never had to worry about carrying a sippy cup out and around in public :)
I know what you mean! I think those sippy cups are not only spill-proof, but drink-proof too! I never had much luck with any of them except the old-fashioned tupperware cups with the sippy lids. My 2 1/2 year old still uses them for milk at dinner. We always held a cup to his lips to give him water; now he drinks out of an open cup. The only downside to the Tupperware cups is that they're not completely spill-proof. If they drop, a small amount of liquid will come out the spout. On the other hand, that's what makes it easier for the child to get the liquid out. We never let our son have a sippy cup except in the high chair / booster seat, so the small amount of spilling if dropped was not a big deal to us. Hope this helps!
M.
I've found that the First Years sippy cups work best and are easiest for cleaning. They have no inserts. Get the insolated kind too so they'll stay cold longer, not sweat, and keep little hands from complaining of the cold. Whether it has an insert or not, the insert valve or the spout valve can get stiff or stuck closed, especially if cleaned in the dishwasher in such high heat. Just squeeze the insert to open the valve up or stick your pinky in the spout of the valveless cups to make sure it opens. You will get one once in a while that is stiff and that's it.
With all of that said, if your child is able to hold and tip back a bottle or sippy on their own, it's time to start transitioning to an open cup, or an old fashion sippy cup with no valve and the juice flows freely. I would save sippy cups for when you are out and about in the car. Have all snacks/juice times at the table with open cups.
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My son who just turned 1 had teh same problem. we got him cups by Gerber. they are smaller (7oz) and easier to hold. I guess this made a difference becasue he's doing very well with them. They make them in 9oz size also, his bigger brother uses that size. the cups have a white insert in teh lid to prevent spilling. we got them at babies r us. good luck
I highly recommend the Playtex sippy cups because they don't leak. My 20 month never seems to have a problem getting the liquid out either.
I use the Playtex Coolster Tumbler to milk: http://www.target.com/Playtex-Coolster-Tumbler/dp/B000SEE...
And there's a much smaller one (6oz?) that I use for water throughout the day.
The ones that my son likes the best, and don't leak, are the short Playtex ones with the grippy handles on each side, the Playtex insulator, and the Munchkin brand one that had a collapsible straw [there is a valve in the straw]. The straw one is a little harder to clean obviously, so I vote for the Playtex insulator.
the gerber sip and smile cups and the playtex cups are the only ones that I've liked. We started using the gerbers when she was 5 months and still use them (she's 27 months) and started using the playtex grip and lock ones about 6 months ago. They're great!
Gerber Sip and Smile cups are great!
