Before I begin, I want to introduce you to the bane of my existence, perhaps the most hated item in my entire house.
This is Mazzy’s favorite cup:
Mazzy starts every single morning asking for this cup. No other cup is acceptable. This has been the case for the past two years. She wanders out of her room, parks herself on the couch, watches about two minutes of whatever show I already have on for Harlow (who wakes up about a half hour earlier) and then says…
“Mommy, can I have nice and warmy milky in my cup please?”
Yes, she asks politely using all the right words, but you must imagine her saying it in a complete monotone. Like my daughter is a robot programmed to say “please” and “thank you”.
Which is pretty accurate.
If I don’t immediately sprint to the kitchen, microwave the milk to her preferred level of “warmy” (approximately one minute on high) and deliver it in her favorite cup ASAP, I will hear this:
“I SAID… CAN I HAVE NICE AND WARMY MILKY IN MY CUP, PLEASE!!!!!!!!”
If I attempt to deliver it in a different cup, I will hear this:
“THAT IS NOT MY CUP!!!!!!”
The object is to deliver her cup as fast as possible before the polite robot malfunctions. However, Mazzy’s favorite cup does not make quick delivery easy, for a variety reasons.
1) Mazzy uses her cup every morning so I will usually find it in the dishwasher. If the dishes are dirty, I must wash it by hand. If the dishes are clean, it will be spread out in four separate pieces (cup, lid, straw, weird rubber stopper thing) that I have to locate and assemble.
2) Even though the cup looks large, it holds very little liquid inside. Also, because the straw is so wide, it displaces a lot of the milk once you put the pieces together, spilling milk out of the sides when you try to close the lid. You have to leave about two inches from the top to prevent spillage.
3) The lid never screws on correctly so I usually have to unscrew and rescrew more than once. There is also a Mommy Shorts patented Press-Down Move that makes the lid seemingly click into place at the end. But… even when I think I’ve got it right, the cup often drips on Mazzy once she tries to drink from it.
“IT’S DRIPPING, MOMMY!!!!”
Then I take the cup back to the sink, unscrew the top, spill more milk out, rescrew the top (a few times) and then give it back.
“IT’S STILL DRIPPING, MOMMY!!!!!”
Then I take the cup back to the kitchen again, open it up, wipe the screw cap and top with a paper towel to clear out any excess milk from spillage and try to pass it off to her again.
“Good” she says, as a satisfied glazed expression comes over her face and the milk trickles successfully down her throat.
Two seconds later the polite robot returns.
“Can I have MORE nice and warmy milky in my cup, please?”
Well, of course she wants more milk. Her cup of choice holds about a thimble full. So then, we have to go through the whole process all over again.
I can’t tell you how many times I have tried to convince Mazzy to use a different cup. I’ve even taken her to the store to pick out her own cup, but once we bring it home, she is not interested. It seems the trouble Mazzy’s favorite cup causes me is part of the appeal.
Cup transition problems have always been tough on Mazzy. We had a really hard time switching her from a bottle to a sippy. Then we heard sippy cups were bad for her teeth and had an even harder time convincing her to switch from a sippy cup to a straw cup. She’s four now and is perfectly capable of using a regular adult cup, but in the morning, when she first wakes up, she still wants her favorite cup.
Harlow has a totally different cup issue. She LOVES drinking from an adult cup. She would love more than anything to sip from a glass tumbler while she relaxes on the couch. But, as much as I like encouraging the use of grown-up drinking vessels, Harlow almost always spills it all over the place. She usually drinks water so I’m okay with water spilling on the couch, but judging by the shrieking, Harlow is NOT OKAY with spilling water on herself.
Enter the Miracle 360° Cup, a clever new product from Munchkin.
This, my friends, is ABSOLUTE GENIUS.
The Miracle 360° is a plastic cup with a rubber screw top lid, but it is not a straw cup or a sippy cup. Your child can drink from anywhere around the rim, just like a regular cup, but get this— WITHOUT SPILLING. Drinking from the rim also helps support normal muscle development in a child’s mouth. The rubber part comes off the lid for cleaning, so there are no clear little pieces you are constantly searching for in the dishwasher. The cap screws on with one easy twist and it holds about twice as much milk as Mazzy’s infamous cup.
Harlow took to the Miracle 360° cup right away. She LOVES it. It makes her feel like I am finally letting her use a grown-up cup whenever and wherever she wants.
She drinks from it on the couch, she drinks from it in the car AND she even takes a cup of water to bed with her for nap time. The bed thing seemed risky at first but it didn’t spill at all. I’ve even stuck it in my purse without a problem.
My sister came over with my one-year-old nephew and he took to the 360 immediately as well. “WHAT IS THIS???” my sister asked, “I NEED ONE!” That was a proud moment because my sister is usually the one who knows all the newfangled baby products.
We got two Miracle 360° Cups (different color combos for each kid) but Mazzy has been a bit harder to tackle. She refused to even touch the new cup for the first two weeks we had it in the house. Then she started seeing Harlow drinking from hers and actually got mad when her little sister used the pink 360 instead of the blue one.
“The pink one is MINE, Harlow!”
“You won’t even try the cup, Mazzy,” I reminded her.
A few mornings later, Mazzy’s favorite cup was sitting dirty in the dishwasher.
“Nice and warmy milky in my cup, please.”
“Your cup is dirty, Mazzy.”
“Can you wash it in the sink?”
“Why don’t you just try the new pink cup.”
“No.”
“Just try it once. If you don’t like it, I will wash your other cup. Did you notice it has a heart on the lid?”
Mazzy leaned over to inspect the heart embossed on the top of the 360 cup.
“Okay, fine.”
She put the cup to her lips and declared it “not working”.
“You have to suck the side a little, like you would a straw. It doesn’t just come out from tilting it back.” (I think this is more intuitive for a toddler than a kindergartener.)
She tried again and smiled.
“It’s working now.”
“See? Do you like it? Do you think maybe we could use it instead of your other cup from now on?”
“How about we can use the new cup when my other cup is dirty?”
“Alright. Deal.”
This is a big win in my house, folks. Trust me.
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We love this cup in our house too! We used it at 10 months when switching from a bottle to a sippy, it made the transition to a regular cup soooo much easier!
We also love this cup, my two year old loves it, it’s great for milk in the morning and for riding in the car. We have two or three different ones and she asks for certain ones by their color combination.
Thank you!!! I’ve seen these but have been very hesitant to try them with my 2 year old.
Headed to the store after work to pick some up!
I just ordered some on Amazon. thanks for the review!
We have this cup and love it because it truly doesn’t leak. However, your description is a big misleading the lid does need to be taken apart in to two pieces to be washed to tallying three pieces in the dishwasher. However, if is quick and easy to assemble
Thank you! I actually didn’t realize the rubber part separated from the lid for cleaning purposes. I amended the post and the graphic.
We have the same cup for our 1.5 year old (except the version with handles)!!! At first he turned it upside down and shook it so vigorously that I was afraid of an indoor shower, but not a drop was spilled. My in-laws, who watch our son once a week, and my parents, who watch him regularly during the week, all LOVE this cup because it doesn’t leak, and it gives him the feeling of drinking out of a real cup. He’s actually started being able to drink out of a real cup (read insisting) & he hasn’t had any accidents with it yet. I normally avoid conventional brands of cups, but I tell you, these cups are A-mazing!
SHUT UP! These are definitely being bought asap and some more for Christmas. I didn’t know something like this existed. My son is in between drinking from straw cups and normal cups, but a spill almost always happens with a normal cup. So happy the world is filled with people smarter than me to make my wants come to life!
OMG! I need this! I have the same problem with my 3yr old. She will only drink from her pink straw sippy cup! Neither of my girls know how to drink from a cup yet! I am so getting one!!
I bought WOWcups for my kids and they leak everywhere. Are the 360 cups better put together? I found Thermos for kids don’t leak and they have straws. They hold a good deal and the lid screws on perfectly. My issue is because of the straw, I only have water in them… So I need a cup that doesn’t leak so Zoie can have milk in the car.
We have not had a problem with leaking at all. Harlow evens naps with hers.
I will definitely try it. She is 3 and just recently learned how to drink from a regular cup so spillage is still an issue with her. Thank you!
O. M. G. I usually covet whatever you review, but this is awesome. Both my girls will love this, especially my three year old who doesn’t need a sippy but occasionally prefers it, and the 17 month old who, like Harlow, thinks most “baby” items are beneath her. Also, can we get Munchkin to make a larger (beer/wine? What?) version? Just saying, maybe an untapped market segment?
I guess from now on, her “favorite cup” will always be dirty right? Ha ha ha…
Yes! I need a couple of these for my five year old. I don’t like still sending him to Pre-K with a sippy cup, but everything else spills or has odd pieces. This is what I’ve been looking for without knowing it!
Just ordered a set of two from Amazon, thank you! My daughter just turned 5 yesterday and still wants warmed milk every morning (usually in our bed) and regular cups just were not an option without a huge mess happening. This is exactly what we need, can’t wait to try it out!
Going to Target today to get these cups! Thank you! My kids don’t have issue with transition, but they need this cup for sure!
I foresee a tragic accident befalling the old cup in the very near future (the mysterious loss of one of the tiny parts, a crack appearing after it fell on the floor, with a little help from daddy jumping on it).
We have one of these and it leaks…. Maybe we just got a bad one in the bunch.
Definitely a win all the way around. I did notice that Mazzy has her own great pajama style. I am not sure what it is about wearing different tops with the bottoms but my 8 year old does it all the time. Even if they don’t remotely go together. It drives me nuts. I can’t find the bottoms to go with the top because one is in the wash. Trying to put them away means you just throw them all in the drawer because it defies logic to try to match them up every time!
We have been having leaking cup issues in our house for ages. My daughter’s new sport is tipping the cup upside down and shaking vigorously. I finally went out and bought new sippy cups. Guess what? They leak! Ahhhhhrrrrggg! Sounds like I need to try these out!
Thank you Thank you Thank you. My nearly one year old is so desperate to be like his older siblings he throws sippies on the floor and looks at me all like: “I’m not a baby mom” as if he’s a teenager and then points at a grown up glass screeching (at a 3 yr old’s party this afternoon happened to be my wine glass – nothing like a baby for making you look like a lush and a slack parent in front of strangers). I think this might fool him to thinking I believe he’s four like his sister. Birthday present sorted. Happy weekend!
I am running out today to get these. My 2 year old LOVES to shake her cup and make it leak so she can clean up the mess (she is an odd child) OR she want whatever cup her sister has, which she cannot walk around with bc mess. I am so very excited a out this!!!
we have been having an issue with my 16 month old trying to drink out of the adult glasses, he is pretty good at it but spillage is a certain thing and i dont know how many more times I can wash the couch blanket before i go crazy. So I just ordered two and cant wait to try them out.
Thank you! I have the opposite problem- my little one doesn’t like any of the sippy cups I buy. Hopefully he’ll like this one!
Equally amazing is the WOW Cup. Looks to be the same “technology”. A big hit in our house. http://www.wowcup.com
And I’m with you on the straw assembly cups. They suck!– Pun intended 🙂
Have you even tried giving Mazzy a grown-up coffee travel mug with lid? My daughter was always a big fan of her sippy cups and loved warm milk. She wanted to be like Mommy and Daddy so now she uses a travel mug. No more sippy cups in my house.
Thanks for the perspective and review. Funny, I actually purchased this cup on a whim at Target right before seeing this post. I was a little skeptical of my decision prior to reading this. I’m looking forward to giving it a try now with my little guy.
I just wanted to thank you for this post! We have also had cup issues with our 2 year old. After reading this, I rushed out and bought this cup the next day ( it was hidden behind other cups and was the LAST ONE, but it must have been meant to be ’cause I found it!!). This was the easiest cup transition by far!
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Thank you, Illana! I tried to send in a post about this months ago, but my post didn’t go in.
Joseph, 6 is a almost like a mini grownup. He insists on drinking from adult cups. He rarerly spills anything. Like Mazzy and Harlow, he eats on the couch. But he watches this one episode of Handy Manny where the main character eats breakfast, so he tell me “Handy Manny eats breakfast, just like me!
Allie, 4 is a totally different story. She yells for “Bubby” when eating. (She’s the last one out the door) and that means we give her the old spilly Abby Cadabby sippy to drink from. She won’t even give the Miracle 360 a chance.
Brooke, 2 loves her Miracle 360. Everyone morning she drinks from it.
Thank you Miracle 360 for getting our two year out the door quicker.
we love these cups. our 2 year old has been using them for a whole year now. We have only had to buy 2, and only the second because he chews the gasket, making tiny holes, which will – eventually – cause the cup to leak….all in his bed, which leaves an interesting smell. I’m currently looking for just the replacement gasket, which I can’t seem to find anywhere, but – even if I have to buy a new cup, I will. these things are the best.
I should also note that while my son does chew holes into the silicone gasket, I have not found any pieces missing that he may have swallowed, just neat holes that can only be detected by stretching the edges of the gasket while washing.