Comments on: can little kids even take a sigg of water?

By: erin

erin — Fri, 13 Jun 2008 23:47:01 +0000

Got these Nuby cups and love them! Glad you found them and shared!

By: Jaina

Jaina — Tue, 10 Jun 2008 20:38:26 +0000

That’s disappointing, you were so excited about those Siggs. At least you found a good alternative. Does the Sigg company have any sort of satisfaction return policy? I would totally return them and get a refund if they do. Or write a letter of complaint.

By: Melissa the Mouth

Melissa the Mouth — Sun, 08 Jun 2008 17:55:42 +0000

Christie,

Thanks! Here’s the link for my RSS feed:

http://melissathemouth.com/?feed=rss2

By: christie

christie — Sun, 08 Jun 2008 17:38:12 +0000

Sorry to do this via comment, but… I found you via a Google Ad, of all things, and I really like your site. Do you have an RSS feed operating? Thanks!

By: Melissa the Mouth

Melissa the Mouth — Sun, 08 Jun 2008 01:58:06 +0000

Abi,

We were fortunate in our home to skip right over the bottles with both of our girls. They went right from nursing to sippy cups. But that doesn’t mean the transition was easy! Pea had an especially tough time getting the hang of the cup, and I thought she was NEVER going to get it! Of course, she did. And so with Coco, we started her even earlier, hoping that it wouldn’t be so foreign when it was time to make the switch, at one. And it worked. Honestly, we just had to, with BOTH girls, keep trying different cups until we found the ones that each liked best. It turned out they both liked the Gerber with handles. Good news is 1) it’s cheap and 2) it’s BPA-free. Not bad, right?

Good luck to you! And my only advice? Introduce the sippy sooner, rather than later. Fill it with water and prepare to laugh a lot…

By: Abi

Abi — Sun, 08 Jun 2008 01:01:37 +0000

Thanks for the links for sippy cup alternatives. My daughter just turned one a few weeks ago and we are now starting to transition from bottle to sippy cup but she will have none of it. She doesn’t even want the sippy cup near her face. How did you get your kids to switch from bottle to sippy cup?

By: Monica

Monica — Sun, 08 Jun 2008 00:23:34 +0000

Hmm…It is great to have a family source who has some experience in plastics, but I think I’ll go on the safe side and steer clear of items made of PVC and containing BPA. I feel more cautious than hysterical.

We have all of the green sippy cups from Sigg to Born Free. Sadly she usually wants to drink out of the bright bottle of her friend. Arent we all attracted to bright toxins…oooo pretty cake …. oooo pretty cosmo.

Here are a few options frequently seen in San Francisco and the East Bay:

Kleen Kanteen which are stainless steel (so you dont have to wonder about the secret ingredients in the Sigg bottle liner). They are heavier than SIgg. My 23 month old loves hers, no problem with drinking out of it. It is harder to ding up than the Sigg. You can find them on REI. They are about to add colors to their line, so the smaller “sippy cup” version is on back order at many places.

Foogo sippy cup. They have straws and are super cute!

Born Free. They leak. A lot. We have several anyway.

By: Meaghan

Meaghan — Sat, 07 Jun 2008 22:21:09 +0000

Thank you for letting us know about the Siggs! I was drawn in by their insanely cute designs, but I have to say…. I believe this BPA thing is being blown WAY out of proportion. My father is a materials engineer who specializes in plastics, and I naturally turn to him for information when I read about “plastics/chemicals that are killing our babies” (which is terrifying). For BPA to leech, it has to be above 300 degrees Fahrenheit for over 3 hours. NOTHING I give my child will be that hot for that long. He said that if we want to be concerned, we should worry about plasticizers that are in soft plastics (like rubber ducks). AND that the biggest risk rubber ducks (and their counterparts) pose to the environment is when they are burned (which may happen when we throw them out). My point? It is really easy to allow the media to spin science, esp. when our children’s safety is at risk. I am doing my part to try to put an end to hysteria and fear mongering (from the media, not you, Melissa) because if another one of my single friends sends me an email forward about BPA- cancer, formaldehyde cribs or dry drownings, I just might lose it. It’s hard enough to raise a kid without worrying that we are giving them cancer with a water bottle. (For scientific proof that is lay-person friendly, go the the avent website, where they address the BPA issue. Please, don’t just take my word for it.)

By: Shannon (Cole Mine)

Shannon (Cole Mine) — Sat, 07 Jun 2008 21:29:03 +0000

We use these Gerber cups and have been very happy with them. I was glad to read about your fiasco b/c I was just about to order some SIGGs for my son’s preschool debut. Now I’ll look elsewhere. Thanks!

By: the mama bird diaries

the mama bird diaries — Sat, 07 Jun 2008 18:26:01 +0000

i found the Sigg cups just too heavy overall and didn’t hold enough water. i try to be very green but also switched to other BPA free straw cups.