how to clean and prevent mold in sippy cups

supermommy ↓

Thu, Dec 08 2005, 12:49 pm

Help! My toddlers sippy cup is always growing mold inside the covers. any advise on how to clean it out and prevent it from growing? (washing it more often doesn't help)

shoy18

Thu, Dec 08 2005, 1:14 pm

make sure it stays dry!!!
if you have the ones with the valves make sure you keep them seperate when not in use.

↑ supermommy ↓

Thu, Dec 08 2005, 1:23 pm

it's hard to keep them dry and seperate when the sippy cup is always in use. I also found that once the mold starts to grow it grows fast and is impossible to remove completely so it just keeps coming back and stays in the crevices. Yuck!

shayna82

Thu, Dec 08 2005, 1:34 pm

I say, they are good for 3 months, then toss them. you can get a cheap enough one to make it worth it.. there is a nubby brand cup that is easy to clean though, but still has to go after a while.

Pickle Lady

Thu, Dec 08 2005, 1:35 pm

I hate that too. So I now buy the first years throw away ones. You can wash it a bunch of times but then throw them away when they get yucky. They are so much cheaper too. On top of my boys loosing them, the cleaning annoyed me too much.

↑ supermommy ↓

Thu, Dec 08 2005, 1:54 pm

thanks for the tips. I guess I'll have to figure out how to convince my toddler to like different style sippy cups since she's pretty attached to the gerber one. Wink

Ahuva

Thu, Dec 08 2005, 2:57 pm

I boiled up both peices of the straw in soapy water every night and then leave them out to dry.

chen ↓

Thu, Dec 08 2005, 3:06 pm

Soaking in bleach solution every now & then kills mold and removes stains.

miriam

Fri, Dec 09 2005, 12:56 am

Throw them out as soon as they show signs of mold.

tzivi

Fri, Dec 09 2005, 12:59 am

Clean all the pieces after each use with a bottlebrush and a little detergent.

mali

Sun, Dec 25 2005, 1:13 am

chen wrote:

Soaking in bleach solution every now & then kills mold and removes stains.

I second that.

Expecting

Sun, Dec 25 2005, 3:17 am

dont use juice in the cup, only water and that prevents mold

BlumaG

Sun, Dec 25 2005, 11:41 am

we have a fleishig dishwasher n the fleishig cup doesnt have nay mold or anything, tis a gerber but then again no milk goesi n it, I think the milk makes hte most probs

Tefila

Sun, Dec 25 2005, 11:42 am

Quote:

Throw them out as soon as they show signs of mold

I think so too Miriam Confused

raizy

Mon, Dec 26 2005, 11:17 pm

I dishwash it . and then I bleach it every now and then . like some of u suggested allready.

just added my two cents.

↑ supermommy

Mon, Dec 26 2005, 11:26 pm

Just to update. The bleach does a good job. I feel funny throwing out such expensive cups every few months and I don't have dishwasher (although I wish I did.) The weird thing is that the only thing I put in the sippy is water What

mold just likes to grow anywhere wet I guess.

ElTam

Tue, Dec 27 2005, 12:31 pm

I really like the disposable ones. My DD likes to shove them under the sofa, in the back of the closet, etc. By the time I find them, there is no saving them.

happymom

Tue, Dec 27 2005, 12:43 pm

I also use disposable. that way if you loose them its no big deal. they come 8 in a pack so I have one for everyuwhere I go...

realeez

Tue, Dec 27 2005, 3:41 pm

now I am very spoiled - we moved into a house previously owned by a frum family and I have a milchig dishwasher! that's the best. b4 that, every once in a while I'd boil them in a pot for a few seconds and that really worked well.

ruth

Tue, Sep 05 2006, 1:11 am

There are counter-top bottle electric sanitizers on the market. We bought one for someone who gave birth to twins, bh. It has exchangable racks: bottles or cups and pacifiers etc.

I'm putting the brand name. If someone wants to delete, do so. It's put out by Safety First (Target, Toys R Us..)