Easy to clean sippy cup?

Question

Is there a sippy cup out there that doesn't require 7 tools and a 3 man work crew to clean? How do the expect you to get into all of those deep holes and fine lines?

Sorry for not specifying, they are dripless, several brands. A sponge doesn't cut it, you cannot push a sponge into the holes, they are too deep, you cannot get a sponge into the threads, the space is too small. I've been washing them with a toothbrush, a sponge, and a stick covered in cloth to get into the holes lol. Maybe i'm obsessive, but i can't imagine leaving crud building up in these places, then giving it to my 2 year old to drink from.

Answer 1

I use to give my son disposable sippy cups. They come in packages of about six for only a few dollars. You can get them at Walmart or Target . They clean out easily, and if they get left out and they do get really messy, you can just pitch them. Denture tabs in hot water is also a wonderful thing. Just put one in with hot water before going to bed, and everything washes out in the morning.

Answer 2

Are you speaking on the subject of the stressful plastic ring and the gentle plastic sippy area, if so that they do come aside. If not then determine that the sippy area is pointed up. which will determine that no water gets left it in so as that it will drain and hence no mildew will improve. If all else fails bypass to keep with a craft area and purchase a kit of pipe cleaners. They consistently worked not purely in Avent sippy cups yet additionally straws cups besides. the reason I used pipe cleaners is as a results of the fact they are long sufficient to get into long factors that must be gotten into . from time to time a cotton swab isn't long sufficient. Genessa

Answer 3

Couple ideas. Go for the Gerber cups with the white, round valve. Get one of those bottle brushes that stands up on a suction cup and has a small "nipple brush" inside. The small brush gets inside the valve great! Also, go to Wal-mart and get the Nuby hard plastic sippy cup. They cost 97 cents and they ROCK. They are completely diswasher safe. I just take them apart and put the valves in the silverware rack. The best thing about the Nuby's is the valves flip over so either you can "set" the cup to be slow flow or fast flow. Good luck!

Answer 4

What kind of sippy cup do you have? The sippy cups we've had are basic cups with spouted lids. The only "tools" you need to clean them are some hot water, dish soap, and a scrubby brush. Or just stick it in the dishwasher..that's good enough too.

Get a brush with bristles on it (like the kind you use on baby bottles) and stick that up in there to clean the lid. If you use hot enough water it'll kill the bacteria anyway, so even if you don't get it super clean it'll be fine.

Gavinemma: Yes, I have. Several times..thank you.

Answer 5

There are two brands that I get from the grocery store that are "take-and-toss" types of cups. I dont know the brands off hand, but they are right in the aisle with diapers, wipes, food etc... A pack of 5 of them are about $3 and they are fairly easy to clean, they are drip proof and have about 4 holes in the sip part, I usually just poke a toothpick in them and scrub it out with a nipple brush. And they're great cause they are so inexpensive so if they do happen to get cruddy, I just chuck them!!

Good luck!!

Answer 6

I also used toothpick for a while. It does relatively better cleaning but over the time, there's still stuff accumulated.

I end up training my 2 year old to use the straw. A covered cup with straw is soooooo much earier to clean and I replace the straw every once in a while to make sure it is clean enough.

Hope this helps.

Answer 7

I agree. I use q-tips, but I have gotten lazy because they are so hard to clean, I have to admit. I don't understand why they can't make them smoother and with less creases for crud to get stuck in. The only advice I have for you, which you probably already do, is to rinse cups AS SOON AS POSSIBLE after use so the juice/milk doesn't have a chance to dry on there.

Answer 8

Try a toothpick. We put ours in the dishwasher. The bleach in the soap sanitizes them and the water washes any crud out.

Answer 9

i know what you mean. Ive always gotten one of those bottle brushes and cleaned them with that. The bottle brushes have those little nipple brushes with it for the little holes in the cup lid and stuff. Hope this helps.

Answer 10

i used to use a pipe cleaner to clean them when my daughter was on sippy cup....they work great to get into those holes but now they also sell those disposable ones...never tried them thow.