Comments are now closed. Congrats to Meg who won the Tilty cup pack!
My children are constantly leaving a third of their beverage resting in sippy cups. It’s wasteful and it’s frustrating for the little ones to know there is something to drink and not be able to get it out (which is why they figure out that laying down on their back works, and that’s not good for teeth!).
The Tilty is a beautiful solution. The trainer has a built in slant, while the outside holds the typical cylindrical shape. This allows toddlers to drink from the cup while sitting upright.
Tilty is made from poly propelene (#5), long considered a food safe plastic which doesn’t contain nasty leaching BPA and are free of PVC. They are non-toxic, durable, dye free and inexpensive. A two pack carries a msrp of US$6.00.
More information and a GIVE AWAY after the jump.
The snap on lid that does not contain a valve is the style of lid recommended by that American Dental Association to promote proper oral development. The cup is not spill proof because of this, but since my kids always sit at the table while drinking or eating this hasn’t been a problem in our house. The constant sucking required of traditional sippy cups can cause issues with oral development and even tooth decay as children often take the cups to bed or lay down while drinking from them! I appreciate that my children do not have to suck on the sippy as they would a bottle nipple. When we transition our children from breast or bottle to cup, they need to learn how to drink correctly.
My youngest child says the cups are fun, she likes to see her drink and know before trying to drink if there is anything left in the cup. (I’ve translated this from 3 yo speak). It is also a great addition to our cabinet as we have been getting by with one Klean Kanteen. We will be keeping our set of Tilty cups at home and save the kanteen for in the car. The Tilty cups are recyclable (#5), so when your child is done with them either pass them on to some other youngster or find out where #5 is recycled in your area.
I’m not afraid to admit I can be a shameless hussy when it comes to offers of trying out new products. I’m all for giving new products a go when they meet my requirements of being safe, non-toxic, healthy, sustainable (recyclable) and non-disposable. I’m going to share with you, Dear Reader. Thanks to the folks over at Tilty, I have a set of two sippy cups to pass on to one of you lucky people.
Here are the rules: Tell me in the comments your worst ever sippy cup experience or your frustration with finding sippy cups that are safe. Be sure to include your name and email so I can notify the winner. A winner will be selected by random number generation on Friday, December 19th. All comments must be submitted by 7am PST on 12/19/08 to be entered to win. Open to residents of the United States.
Don’t forget to enter the LunchSense Give-Away (closes Monday, Dec. 15th at 7am PST)
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i think you meant that the Tilty retains a cylindrical shape (a spherical shape would be like a ball or orb)
We have been trying to teach the kids at our Centres to be more eco-friendly and aware. Your blog is a great resource for our staff and families and I have written a blurb about it on our blog(http://jerichokidsclub.wordpress.com). Check it out!
I don’t have one specific worst sippy moment, just lots of times that I’ve sat down on the couch discovering a soaking wet spot from a leaky sippy.
Thanks for the correction Noone, I’ve fixed it! 🙂
I dislike a majority of sippy cups for 2 reasons: 1. they are made to be disposable and break easily from daily wear and tear, and 2. the last batch we used we easily opened by our child, defeating the whole point of having a lid. We have one sigg brand bottle, which I found very expensive, but we wanted something BPA free. I think the narrow mouth on the sigg bottle is kind of a pain for cleaning as well. The one you describe may be a better, lower cost alternative.
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I don’t use a sippy cup other than in the car or when the kids are sick and want tea in bed but what I really do not like about most cups is when the spout on sippys get chewed on and little pieces come off. I don’t really like using plastic let alone feeding it to my kiddos!
I really like my kleen kanteen since most of it is metal but I do love to try new handy things that make life easier.
This morning I was about to load up my handbag to run some errands. Well, the sticky goo at the bottom interior lining of my handbag turned out to be orange juice, from the sippy that has been in my bag for 2 days. Gross.
At least my english retread lining is made from 100% PET and cleans up/dries very quickly. Nonetheless, I still had to clean up all the sticky items in my handbag.
I remember my toddler leaning his head back so far to get the last of his milk out of his sippy cup that the poor kid fell backwards. He wasn’t hurt but it did startle him. These sound like they would eliminate this from happening again. It looks sometimes like he might hurt his neck he tilts it back so far.
We have so many issues with sippy cups. My husband complains that they are too hard to clean. Many of them spill or the top pops off when the kiddo drops it. Some he can’t seem to get the drink out easily enough. And of course we have to worry about whether the plastics are safe or not. I am always trying to find a sippy cup that will work for us. It should be easier than it is.
My person pet peeve about the sippy’s w/ the valves and/or semi-permanent straws is how difficult they are to clean properly. I will run them thru the dishwasher after rinsing them out first. After they come out of the dishwasher (with the dryer cyle ON) they are set out on my counter top to dry completely.
Once they are thoroughly ‘clean and dry’ I will inspect them and 75% of the time I find mold spots on the straw or valve, at which point I get out a small tool and start scrubbing away at the black spots! Frustrating is an understatement! Sounds like these new cups might help keep this frazzled mom a little saner!
Question — if these cups aren’t spill-proof, and you generally only use them at the table anyway… then why not just use regular cups? You say that kids “need to learn to drink properly” when they transition from the breast or the bottle. So why not straight to a cup, instead of having to transition AGAIN to a regular cup later?
We started our daughter with a regular cup not long after she started solids, and of course there were a few spills at first, just like she spilled her food while learning how to eat it. But it’s just water, no big deal. She’s been completely proficient with the cup since about a year old, she spills about as often as her 10-year-old brother does lol… And she can even help herself to a refill from the dispenser in the fridge!
We do use spillproof sippies (Kleen Kanteen and Sigg) when in the car. But why bother at home? Good plastic or bad plastic, it’s still *unnecessary* plastic! 20 years ago sippy cups didn’t really exist at all, and we all got through toddlerhood just fine without them. 🙂
I’m in Canada so not eligible for your contest, but probably the closest I have to a ‘horror story’ is once when I left a full Sigg bottle in the car overnight in freezing weather… yeah, it burst. Egh.
Heather-
I completely agree that a sippy is not always necessary. However we do have a lot of family that likes us to give the kids sippy’s at the table to avoid a massive spill. While they aren’t leakproof, they do slow down the amount of fluid so I have a couple of drops to wipe up versus an entire cup! Our dining area has carpet… (which I hate, BTW!), so a couple ounces spilled soaks up quick!!!! Then I have to bust out the shampooer. With cups like Tilty, the cup gets set back up before it is emptied on my carpeting!
Sigg exploding in the car. Yikes. That doesn’t sound like fun!
I have to admit I clicked on this entry because I misread the title. I thought it said “Why TITTY is a better sippy cup” and was pleased to see a post about extended breastfeeding. 🙂
That said, I don’t really have a bad sippy cup story because we don’t usually use them. Our youngest has a little tupperware bottle with a built in straw for water during car trips but I have just taught all my kids to use cups right off the bat. Sometimes there are spills but I always joke that those spills are how the floor gets cleaned. 😉 I do have issues with all the phalates and toxins in most plastics too.