Assuming that it isn't just an open cup.....
If your child drinks from a cup dedicated to water only - straw cup/ miracle cup/ water bottle / etc....how often do you disassemble and wash it?
I was curious where we fall on the spectrum 
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As long as I don’t see floaties or anything in there, or mold when I open it to refill it, I just keep using it. I do the same with the Camelbak water bottles we keep on our nightstands. I probably wash them all about once a month. No one has died yet.
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Basically, I try to wash it when I notice it has been sitting out for awhile with something OTHER than water.
2 caveats: we use four or five 360 cups interchangeably, so not lots of use per each, and we try to keep them all in the fridge if not being used.
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They are used at school. I bring the bottles home each week and wash on the weekend. Otherwise, we use open cups.
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I’m paranoid, but I wash them almost every time they use them.
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We wash water bottles every 2-3 days. I store them in the fridge overnight to make me feel better about not washing them daily. I hate assembling them.
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Daily to every other day. We bring a water bottle to school every day, and usually when we get home at night, I pop it in the dishwasher and use a different one the next day.
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He doesn't use sippy cups but I've watched his little camelbak water bottle with soap like ...once? 🤭
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Her at home water cup only gets washed a few times a month, but it lives in the fridge when not being used.
Her water bottle that leaves the house gets washed every night.
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@meadow: I wash the cups everyday with hot water and soap. He goes to camp and they actually sent a letter for parents that they need to take them home to wash daily. It’s just a habit for me!
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Every day
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We wash after a days use. So each kid basically gets a cup in the morning and they use that cup all day and then it goes into the sink at night to be washed.
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Dailyish? Milk cups obviously get washed regularly but with water cups I some times get lazy with and don't get to every single day. I use the same cup on my night stand for weeks on end so I'm unconcerned with E's water cup going 2 days instead of 1.
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We have a thermos one, and....never? I just replaced the straw because my son bit it until it split, and I do look at them every so often but it's never looked gross so I've never bothered.
I'm assuming this is only bottles. We usually use open cups, which I wash every time they're used.
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Every 2 days. After 2 days of use I disassemble and put in the dishwasher. Unless the baby’s got really messy/gross from a meal (16mo), then I wash it even if it’s only been one meal/use.
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Water bottles used at school we wash daily.
If it's a water cup that I give at home and it's just water, it can potentially be used for like 3-4 days. But my kids always backwash so I feel like I end up washing more often than not since I have to dump out the water anyway.
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@graceandjoy: oh yeah, forgot to mention school and camp bottles get washed daily. I just don’t trust that another kid didn’t accidentally drink from it and in general I’m sure it’s just germier. I’m not a germaphobe, but since this goes directly into his mouth I am more vigilant.
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@SweetiePie: I agree, we just wash those everyday b/c lord knows if they were on the floor, someone took a sip, etc etc
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This is so fun! I love seeing all the perspectives
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We tend to leave DD's straw cups lying around the house, so usually after they've been out for a few hours I set them aside to wash. If they go back in the fridge I'll be more likely to just reuse for a day or so. She tends to backwash so I don't want to reuse them endlessly, lol.
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The kids have thermos foogoo ones and they get washed every few days. DDs more than DS cause she tends to back wash...even in the thermos sometimes. I check at every fill up to see. I do the same with my big Yeti, it only gets washed maybe once a week.
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If she’s been drinking a lot of water, I don’t worry so much about it. But if the water has been sitting for awhile, they need to get washed because we have a high mineral content in our water and it gets slimy. On average, I’d say they get washed every 2-3 days. But we have several so they tend to accumulate and then all get washed at once.
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We never use water bottles for anything other than water. So I don't wash them that often (maybe weekly) but I rinse them every day. If I find that it's been sitting out too long without washing, the straw gets a little slimy. And I know it's time to disassemble and wash properly.
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