Comments on: Am I the only ‘bad’ mom out there not using BPA free bottles and pacifiers?

By: speechy

speechy — Mon, 01 Feb 2010 21:10:02 +0000

just so you know, walmart sells a three pack of bpa free plastic bottles for 2.88. It has a standard size neck so you can use any nipple made for a standard sized bottle. Money is hardly an excuse when you are talking about 3 dollars for 3 bottles. I agree that we cant worry about everything. But why is it that other countries are banning BPA products? And why is it that the FDA is saying that plastics are safe but they are not even bothering to hide thier ties to the plastics industry?

But the point is I guess no one should tell you what to do. But why not read up on it yourself and make your own decision? If you make an informed decision not to change then thats different.

http://thesoftlanding.wordpress.com/2008/03/25/healthy-childs-take-on-polycarbonate-enough-is-enough/

By: Mary Ellen G

Mary Ellen G — Mon, 01 Feb 2010 20:48:02 +0000

No your not..If they were that bad it would be illegal to sell them..I’m pretty sure that we as children were fed in the same type of bottles and we are fine..

By: Christina

Christina — Mon, 01 Feb 2010 20:32:23 +0000

I don’t use BPA free bottles or pacifiers. Didn’t know they had BPA free pacifiers anyway. I’ve thought about it but I have heard that the research shows that there’s not enough BPA in the bottles to cause any real harm. I do not have the money to go out and buy new bottles. I have Avent bottles (unfortunately. They suck. They leak) and will continue using them unless I throw them out the window because they suck. But we cannot afford new bottles so we deal with what we have.

By: kat

kat — Mon, 01 Feb 2010 20:11:16 +0000

Well, I haven’t switched either, but I mainly only breastfeed… my baby gets a bottle only maybe once a month, if even that.

By: *Eli's Mommy

*Eli's Mommy — Mon, 01 Feb 2010 19:51:23 +0000

I didn’t buy into the hype. There’s something wrong with everything. In time they’ll be saying something’s wrong with the BPA free ones too.

By: Bailey

Bailey — Mon, 01 Feb 2010 19:20:53 +0000

I bought into the hype right off the bat and got about a million playtex drop in bottles. After that we discovered my daughter wouldn’t take them and we stuck with out Vent Airs. She likes them so much more.

By: Kale's Mommy

Kale's Mommy — Mon, 01 Feb 2010 18:56:32 +0000

I still use my Avent bottles which do contain BPA. I love the bottles and so does my son.

BPA is mostly a problem if you heat the bottles (more specifically, if you microwave them or put boiling hot water in them), that is when there is the greatest risk of toxins being released is.

A few other answers mentioned that BPA is in just about everything plastic….which is true…. so even if the bottles don’t have it, at some point in your child’s life they are going to be exposed to it.

The potential harms are to the reproductive system, however, if you consider that most people over the past 20 years at least have been considerably exposed to BPA in bottles, plastic bottles, etc…… if it’s truly a huge reproductive risk….why is it that the teen pregnancy rate keeps going up?

It’s just my opnion, but really…… there’s no way to prevent exposure to anything and everything bad in life. Cancer occurs if you’re genetically prone to it….hence why some people can smoke their whole life and be fine, and others could smoke for 5 years and develop lung cancer. When some one develops a genetic test of some sort to predict cancer or other similar problems…. then I’ll start paying attention to the 8 million warnings about anything and everything. I just don’t buy into all the hype about everything being BAD these days….. sorry!

By: Jessica

Jessica — Mon, 01 Feb 2010 18:43:45 +0000

Well look at it this way, the estrogen causing agents in bottles (BPA) could affect the time puberty comes on in girls and boys at an earlier rate. Not only that but the full implications later in life are NOT known. Would you want to find out 30 years down the road that you could have contributed to something your child could be diagnosed with then? Do your kids a favour and spend $10 and buy three bottles and make it a better future for your kids.

It’s like drinking and driving. Some people drink a few drinks and make it home just fine. Other people drink a few and kill someone. The point is, it’s COMPLETELY AVOIDABLE. Why not avoid it????? HELLO?

By: goingcrazypart3

goingcrazypart3 — Mon, 01 Feb 2010 18:22:26 +0000

I haven’t bothered. I just use the playtex liners. Those happen to be the ones that my daughter likes. And she doesn’t get a bottle very often since she is bf.

I don’t like the glass bottles. They are heavy and breakable. I am pretty clutzy.

Plus, give me thumbs down if you want but if BPA truely messed with the reproductive systems, then why is our world over populated?

I am not worried about it.

By: Just me

Just me — Mon, 01 Feb 2010 17:47:43 +0000

To the girl up there: Popcorn DOES cause cancer indirectly. Corn has lots of LA (Linoleic acid), an Omega 6 fatty acid that the average american diet is LOADED with. LA promotes cancer cells to flourish. It’s counterpart, Conjugated linoleic acid, is an Omega 3. It basically halts the growth of cancer cells in all 4 stages. This is why grassfed beef and other animal is healthier: lower levels of LA, higher CLA (and vitamin E and others). Grain-(usually a huge percentage of corn… putting 2 and 2 together?) fed animals have a higher levels of LA. Sorry I strayed, but if BPA’s are similar to the popcorn situation, then I’d switch. I’d switch regardless. If your child is found to have progressed cancer before K (or after, or tomorrow, for that matter) are you going to be OK thinking that there may have been something that you could have done to prevent their pain and possible lengthen their life?