Sippy Cups~It's hard getting them clean...  

well I got frustrated with them as well, and really haven't found an effective way to truly get them clean.*sigh* with my oldest, i finally switched to a sippy cup with no nozzle,or i just don't use them.. but he's older.. I'm going to have to find something for the baby though.. because he's four months and i'll problably start water/juice when he's 6 months... Sometimes when they'd get bad.. I'd boil them in hot water, and it would help get some stuff out of the nooks and crannies, also using the sprayer from the kitchen sink.. sometimes that will help.
Oh also, I really like the toss and use ones, they don't have a valve, but are pretty easy to use, as theydon't leak that easily. And I reuse them alot.. Good luck!

This brings back memories. My kids are in their 30's now and my grandkids are years past sippy cups. What I remember being the best thing to do to clean them was soaking them in very hot soapy water for as long as I could, which means having lots of sippy cups available right? Then going through the paintbrush, which I thought was my oritinal idea...lol...and really cleaning them good. have fun...great discussion by the way.

I have a dishwasher and it usually does a pretty good job. However, when you find one under the car seat after 3 weeks....I just throw it away! Every once in a while I find a funky one in the diaper bag too. Yuck!

Wow, I never thought of using a paintbrush and I have a bunch in the house. My grandkids are always doing this, a week later I'll find them. I keep sippy cups here for them to use and do pretty good at keeping track of those, it's the ones they bring in with them that get "mis-placed".

I always end up putting them in a plastic container and letting them soak for a day or two.

The way as you have mentuioned to clean sippy cups, yes thats it. Use soft brush with soap or powder. And use hot water preferably for cleaning the sippy cups. And don't scrub it much. Just with light hand remove all the sticky particles & through jetwash let the water do the rest of cleaning.

i always used a tooth brush. i like using tooth brushes to clean a lot of things. you have to replace them every 3 months so instead of throwing the old ones away i use them for cleaning.