Is it easy for the child to pull the straw out or is there a ridge on the straw holding in thi the cup?
219205
it is very easy to pull the straw out of a cup my kids regularly choose the straws flat but they still go through the hole easily and that is what needs to be replaced before the rest of the cup
219206
its difficult for the child to pull out the straw the main purpose of this is to avoid spills and maybe get the child off the bottle
219207
It's easy to pull the straw out but I have had 3 year olds using them and they never pull the straws out.
1029632
i take the straw out. you really have to pull hard, not so easy the first few times. and then i use a straw brush. i also use this for milk.
1304812
You do not have to bite the straw for the liquid to come up. My grandson had no problem with this cup and has used it for about 6 months (he is now 23 months old). He still has this cup but his other plastic zippy cups with straws have been replaced with stainless cups.
951175
Yes,it is. You can use it just as a cup. But it is better to use the straw for the little ones.
1662576
It wasn't for my kid. I had much more success with The First Years Take & Toss straw sippy cups. Since they're made of a a plastic that you can squeeze, you can squeeze the liquid up to the top of the straw so that my kids could get the idea of the straw. Then you squeeze a little bit less each time so they have to suck a little more. Both of my kids were drinking through a straw within 24 hours using this method.
1058086
I have not had issues with straw leaks unless it's held upside down for an extended period of time. I have a hard time getting water out after a few sips, but my daughter will guzzle half the glass of water before coming up for air! I think it's because it's built for infant/toddler mouths, not adult mouths!
1149290
Yes. You can pull the short straw out from the under side of the lid. When putting back in, there is a little groove that pops back in. Just make sure it's lined up and you will feel the "click" when it's in place. I remove and run through dishwasher frequently. Very simple to take apart and put together. Hope this helps. I have 2 of these cups and love them! My daughter has been using them since she was about 12 mo (now 2).
533380
Child has to suck to get it out, but not super hard like some sippy cups we've had. However, after having ours for about six months, the no spill valve has broken and it pours out. I could just replace it with another valve, but I probably won't bother since I don't let him walk around the house with it to spill it anyway. We only use ours for water because I'm not fond of things that need a bottle brush to reach inside, I never feel like it gets it clean enough anyway. I suppose you could put it in the dishwasher however, which would be easy enough. Overall, I like this sippy cup a lot and would recommend it as one of the better, if not the best sippy cup we've ever used.
1584720
I don't think it's very hard to drink from at all- this cup is valve free and seems to flow well. Still my son's favorite cup and he's 2 and a half now (we've been using this model since 11 months old)!
1654961
It doesn't matter if u remove the straw or not. The pad has a hard bottom and doesn't get hot
33647
They come with a piece that if put on the inside of the cup, your child will need to suck on the spout for the liquid to come out - very handy when in the car or when they are in the drops everything phase. However, you can leave that piece out and the liquid will come out on its own.
1092422
Well, from my point of view its a little more difficult than drinking from a straw but not uncomfortably so. My 8 year old child has no problems with it.
1944674
Hi. No ridge. They have a rubber donut that is movable but keeps the straw so it can not be pulled through lid. I really Like these a lot.
202526
There is one for each cup. Just a word of advice. Don't put the straw in the lid before putting the lid on the cup. It forms a very tight seal and a shot of liquid will be forced up the straw and squirt out. (Of course, the kid thinks this is great!) A work-around would be to pull the straw out just far enough so that the bottom of the straw will be above the liquid when you put the top on.
143332
This has an in straw valve but doesn't take as much suction effort like the munchkin straws. Any warm liquids usually expands and spills out of this sippy cup.
896934
It's fairly easy to clean. The straw part detaches so that you can run water through it. We just throw the parts in the dish washer and it's fine. Our problem with the product is that our 9 month old twins are a bit brutal. When they bang the cups on their highchair trays, the bottom parts break off. And the constant dropping is not good for the straw cover either. We've already gone through two training cups.
1662577
My little girl started using this cup at 8-9 months old and it really helped her learn how to use a straw. I would just be careful if your child is teething that he/she doesn't bite off a piece of the straw.