We're just starting to introduce the sippy. Any brand recommendations?
We're just starting to introduce the sippy. Any brand recommendations?
Mom to a spirited, red-headed, former 28-weeker 10/2009 and a more mellow monkey 12/2013.
We like Nuby. Cheap, no little parts, easy to clean.
I love the Playtex ones that you can buy at Target, the local grocery store, etc. They're around $4 per cup, or about $7 for a two-pack, and they never leak (other brands we've tried do leak. DD also loves the handles on the sides, and even though she'll be 2 in a couple months, she still uses these.
Again- love the Nuby's- we used the ones with handles to start and then progressed to the "older" models!
I love the Playex no spill sippy cup. The handles make it very easy for my DD to hold and I have never had them leak on me as long as the valve is in...and this is with DD flinging it off the highchair quite often. I started my DD on this cup at 5.5 months and at 9 months she still loves them.
(I tried 1 Nuby cup but my DD didn't care for it)
Nuby they are cheep and work well but I have had issues with the spouts wearing out fairly quickly if you have a chewer -- happens here during teething
2nd is the Born free. Ive never had a problme with leaking
My boys have NEVER taken one with a hard spout
Jeana, Momma to 4 fantastic sons
Everything happens for a reason, sometimes the reason is you're stupid and make bad decisions
For just starting I would recommend the nuby (the two handle ones tend to leak, but the regular ones are great) - the spouts are soft silicone and basically like glorified bottles, so they're easy for LOs to learn and use. We had no problem moving DS from a bottle to a sippy using Nubys. Once he got the hang of the sippy, we moved to the Playtex ones (with the hard spout), and then into straw cups (we use both straw and sippies because we have both)...
http://www.amazon.com/Nuby-Super-Spo...401454&sr=8-27
(babies r us sells them in 4 packs for $10-12 I believe, but just to show you what they are - they are the super spout easy gripper)
Last edited by poohbear; 08-21-2010 at 10:38 AM.