Does anyone have a recommendation for a sippy cup whose valve doesn't clog with whole milk. My daughter has just begun to accept milk in a sippy cup but after the first few sips she tells me it is "all gone" because she can't get anymore through the spout. We are both frustrated with the process. She can get the lids easily off the take and toss cups both with the spouts and with the straws so they aren't really an option. Our Gerber, Playtex, and Nuby cups all get clogged very quickly. Has anyone else had this issue? Does it get better when they can switch to 2% milk? Thanks for any advice you can give.
We always used Playtex and never had any issues. Maybe you should try enlarging the holes in the valves a little bit.
My 22 month old is drinking whole milk & she uses the Playtex Sipsters. We haven't had any problems with clogging. After every use, I clean the valves with a nipple brush.
Weird! Never had that problem! Could it be the brand of milk maybe?
(By the way, I like your name!)
-S. K
my cousins boy drinks whol milk from the cups with elmo on them. and those cheap ones at walmart now with clifford. they never get clogged. he use nuby too and they dont clog. thats weird.
My son really likes the cups w/ the straws. He is not a fan of the cups that you have to tip up. Plus the straws never clog.
I would try Born Free. They were the only sippy cup that worked for my daughter when she first started using cups.
Dear S.,
I also really don't think it is the milk. I have the gerber cups (which leak like a sieve) and the playtex and never had a problem. My daughter drinks whole milk with extra formula mixed in so hers is extra thick with no problems. I think it is probably just that the particular cups don't work well for your daughter. I would just get a different kind to try or use it for a while without the valve(it will be messy). We did best with the kind that adapted to fit our avent bottles. Can your daughter use a straw?? If so you might want to try a straw cup since some kids have trouble with the sippy. So far the playtex and thermos straw cups are the easiest for the kids to use (they say 18 months or two years, but my kids have always been better with the straw then the sippy top).
Any NUby brand has been wonderful for me and also the Gerber cups wiht straws in them ahve been awesome
I have never had this problem with any of my cups (I have all that you listed) for either of my children. Is it possible that she has a weak suck and that is why she feels it is stuck? I don't know how old she is, but we rarely use the sippy cups with valves. I really like the nuby straw cups, but they also may feel clogged if she does have a poor suck. Depending on how old she is, if she is over 2 switch to 2 % and this might help. We frequently use the take & toss. It is too bad she takes the lids off because these are nice because she would not need to sip as hard. The other option is the one listed by another person. The tupperware (not spill proof) cups w/lids. These have a big slit to drink from, so limited suction is needed. Or just start moving to open cup with very small amounts if she drinks well from this. Hope this helps.
Hi, S.. We used the Playtext Insulated cups with great success and one tiny alteration. All I did was to take very thin scissors and make a tiny cross cut (to make an "X") on each of the two cuts in the Playtex valve. The cups are a little more prone to leaking this way, but only if left laying on their sides with a lot of liquid in them. With the cross cut, I could easily serve my daughter's favorite treat: a Yo-Baby yogurt shaken up with enough whole milk to fill the cup up. She never had a problem draining the sippy.
Good luck.
Clean the attachment of the sippy cup with a Qtip.
My kids hated any cups with the valves in them. Try taking the valves out of the cups you have, and see if that works.
Have you tried Tupperware bell tumblers and seals? I used to sell Tupperware and had 5 kids go through their toddler years on their tumblers and seals.
THERMOS makes an excellent stainless sippy cup that does not clog. I've even used for protein shakes for my son. It's also insulated and keeps drinks cold for up to 6 hours.
http://www.thermos.com/SubCategoriesCatalog.aspx?CatCode=...
Moreover, you won't have to worry about the toxic BPA found in plastic sippy cups.
Here is another made by Safe Sippy
http://www.thesafesippy.com/
More info regarding chemical leaching plastics here:
http://zrecs.blogspot.com/2007/05/sippy-cup-showdown-safe...
Best,
W.
http://motherrising.blogspot.com
i agree that it may be the milk or getting used to sucking from the cup. i have used so many different kinds of cups and never had a clogging problem. i have problems with the stopper popping out and the liquid spilling. get cups with the flexible plugs! the hard plastic are very hard to clean and pop right out of place whenever dropped (or thrown). also make sure that you are removing the stopper when you clean it. this may seem obvious but... recently i was at my mother-in-law's. my son had finished his drink and i was putting the cup in the dish washer. i removed the stopper and it was covered on the inside with mold. she had been unscrewing the lid and just placing that in the washer, without removing the plug. i'm sure that would clog after awhile. hope that helps or you find your solution!
If your daughter was breastfed, then it may just be the having to suck extra hard to get past the valve. I didn't have this problem w/my oldest, but my youngest HATED cups and would throw them down and asked for more. We had to use the straw ones for quite a while, and he can finally do the Elmo and playtex ones now. He is 26 mos. She may just need to learn to "work" harder to get the milk out! Good luck!
