Water is the source of life. Everyone can't live without drinking water, especially for growing children. Therefore, the choice of baby's water cup is particularly critical. What material is good for children's water cup? Let's take a look at what material should be selected for children's water cup?
What material is good for children's water cup
Plastic water cups and kettles are the most common in the market, because plastic can be made into various shapes of water cups to attract children. Also, because plastic is not fragile, children often make reckless moves, resulting in cup scars. Therefore, parents are more optimistic about the fact that clinker is not fragile, and choose plastic cups among many cups. But in fact, plastic water cups also have disadvantages, that is, adding hot water to plastic water cups will cause chemical reactions under high temperature conditions, resulting in toxic substances. These toxic chemicals accumulated in children's bodies for a long time will damage children's health.
The glass water cup is actually a better children's water cup, because it is transparent, does not contain chemical toxic substances, will not hide dirt, and is easy to clean and disinfect. Although the glass water cup is healthy, its fragility has become the reason why people are unwilling to buy it. In particular, the children at home are naughty and can't treat the glass water cup gently. And the glass water cup has strong thermal conductivity, so many adults are afraid that the hot water in the glass water cup will burn the baby. But now many glass water cups will be insulated with a layer of rubber, so they will not burn children. However, it is still necessary to avoid using glass to hold hot water with too high temperature, which will burst.
Stainless steel is now generally used to make thermos cups or thermos kettles, because it can not be squeezed, broken, and not easy to conduct heat. It seems to overcome the shortcomings of various water cups made of other materials and carry forward its own advantages. Therefore, adults feel that stainless steel water cups are most suitable for children. Therefore, many children will have their own thermos cups in winter. However, because stainless steel contains trace elements, it should also be used with caution.
How to choose a suitable water cup for your baby
1. Look at age
It takes a process for a baby to learn to drink water, from a bottle to a general cup. 0-6 months old baby, bottle + pacifier, if breast milk is sufficient, you can not feed water alone; 6-9 months old baby, duckbill training cup, can let the child drink more water in one mouthful; 9-12 months old baby, wide mouth training cup; 12-18 months old baby, straw type training cup; Babies over 18 months old can use ordinary water cups. It is best to use light plastic cups that are not easy to break.
2. Look at the material
At present, the common water cups are made of PC, PP, PES, tritan, PPSU, stainless steel, glass and other materials. In case of high temperature, PC material may release toxic substance bisphenol A, which shall be avoided as far as possible; PP, PES, tritan and PPSU are light and easy to carry, of which PP is slightly less transparent, and tritan and PPSU are made of; The stainless steel cup is hard and can keep warm, but it has trace metal elements; Glass is easy to clean and disinfect, but fragile and hot. Baby mothers can choose according to their own needs. It is recommended that PP, tritan or PPSU be light and easy to carry.
When it comes to materials, Nikon's new crystal water cup adopts tritan materials. The material has passed the FDA certification of the U.S. Food and Drug Administration and is the designated material for infant products in Europe and the United States. Tritan is clear and transparent without BPA. It has excellent impact resistance, heat resistance and dishwasher cleaning resistance. It has high chemical stability and food safety.
3. Smell
Qualified products can't smell anything just by nose. If you smell uncomfortable after opening the lid, you'd better not buy it. It is recommended to purchase in offline authorized stores or online brand flagship stores as far as possible. Nikon crystal water cup is made of tritan developed by Eastman company, which is healthy and odorless.
4. Tightness
As a children's water cup, the tightness must pass the test. Otherwise, take the baby out and the cup will become a cup. The tightness mainly depends on two places, one is the connection between the straw cup cover and the straw head, and the other is the connection between the straw cup cover and the children's water cup body. RIKANG crystal transparent straw cup adopts intelligent valve suction nozzle, so that the baby can suck out of the water without water leakage.
5. Durability
Durability is mainly from whether to prevent falling. The baby's hand grip may be insufficient. Sometimes he will take a water cup to play, and it is inevitable that the water cup will bump. The tritan material used in Nikon crystal water cup has excellent impact resistance, and daily bumps are no problem.
6. Appearance
As babies grow older, they will have their own aesthetic preferences, like beautiful and fashionable cups, and hate ugly cups, which will directly affect their drinking, so the appearance of cups is also very important.
7. Portable and easy to use
It's important to take the baby out and make the water cup portable and easy to use. With a scale, you can master the baby's drinking water; With detachable handle, it is convenient for baby to grasp; Accessories are simple, removable, easy to clean thoroughly, etc.