Do you use BPA free bottles? which ones?
ByDo you use BPA free bottles? if so, which ones?
is it really necessary to use BPA free?
I was using Playtex drop-ins at first but at around 3 weeks old, I ended up switching to Avent which isnt BPA free and she seemed to do so much better that. I was always meaning to switch to another BPA free bottle to see if she took it better than the playtex, but I just never did. I just recently researched BPA and now I really feel like I should switch.
ima – of course I care about my childs health
I just saw so many people using this bottle, you would think with such a scare of BPA, that people would stop using them
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April 24th, 2010 at 5:24 pm
avent has bpa free bottles if you really feel like you should use them.
I have them at target you can only buy them in the 4 oz size but if you look online at target or babies rus you can find them in the 9 and 11 oz size too!
anymore questions feel free to email me
kaelsmom12@yahoo.com
April 24th, 2010 at 6:02 pm
I used Avent w/ my first two children….loved them. Then the BPA scare…so, I tossed them and bought Gerber Gentle Flow bottles. They are identical to the Avent(the only difference is the ring is colored…even the markings for ounces are the same), but no BPA. They also work w/ all the nipples, rings, and caps from the Avent line, so I didn’t have to toss out all of the rings, and sealing lids, nipples, etc.. Also, they are only about 3 dollars each. Avent does make BPA free ones now, but they are around ten bucks a bottle.
April 24th, 2010 at 6:44 pm
I used to use the DR. browns bpa free bottles. I felt that bpa free bottles were very important but that is my opinion. So people dont feel the need to use them at all. I recommend doing your own research then make your final decision.
April 24th, 2010 at 7:03 pm
It is necessary to switch if you care about your child’s health. I switched over a 6 weeks. I wish I had researched it before that. Sassy Mam ultivents are good. So are playtex and born free, and in a pinch, the cheap gerber clearviews are excellent.
April 24th, 2010 at 8:01 pm
BPA in bottles can cause problems, especially if you are in the habit of pouring hot water into them, you can minimize the risk be thoroughly cooling the water before putting it into the bottles and not heating the bottles when they have formula in them. Since the BPA problem came up Avant and other companies have begun making BPA free bottles. My self I store my breast milk and feed from gerber clear view, evenflo BPA free, or glass bottles. I was Lucky all the gerber bottle I had for my son (now 5 1/2) were BPA free so I didn’t need to buy new bottles for my daughter who was born in October.
April 24th, 2010 at 8:55 pm
We use the Bornfree glass bottles. I don’t want to mess around with plastic bottles anymore. I wouldn’t want them to come back and say there’s something wrong with the plastic BPA free bottles so I play it very safe and go with glass.
April 24th, 2010 at 9:08 pm
We too started with Playtex and then went to advent because she didn’t take to them very well…then the bpa came up that i wasn’t aware of. We live in a small town and even when we go shopping an hour away they don’t have the best of selection so we threw the advent bottles away and went with the born free. They are very similar to the advent bottles. They have a venting system so they are not getting so much air. I love them and wished I started with them in the first place. The born free brand has both glass and bpa free plastic. I was a bit skeptical about getting glass, my thoughts were that when she gets older she will throw them and they will break. Let me tell you what, they have fallen off the counter and coffee table and have just bounced around but didn’t break, pretty tough little suckers. Hope this helps and good luck…
April 24th, 2010 at 9:36 pm
BPA Low doses of bisphenol A can mimic the body’s own hormones, possibly causing negative health effects.[12] There is thus concern that long term low dose exposure to bisphenol A may induce chronic toxicity in humans.[13][14][15]
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bisphenol_A
Yeah it is best for you and your baby to use all bpa free plastics or don’t use plastic at all. I have bornfree bottles that I don’t use yet because I only breast feed because my baby is only a week old.
I bought a Camelbak water bottle for myself that is bpa free.
Yes make the switch.
April 24th, 2010 at 9:38 pm
The Playtex drop-ins don’t contain BPA. It’s in hard clear plastics, and is released when they are heated up, and I thought you weren’t supposed to heat up drop-ins anyway. The whole thing about this BPA, could be just another cancer scare, I mean up until now, we as babies grew up using it, and most all babies after that. If it was such a risk, you’d think that the government would pull the bottles off the shelves.
That being said, I use the Doctor Brown BPA free bottles. I origonally used glass, but the plastic were lighter, and I don’t have to worry about them breaking. I wouldn’t want to find out later on, that my child developed a problem I could have prevented. Exspecially since I was informed of the risks and did research. Your given the info, why chance it, I’d switch.
April 24th, 2010 at 9:47 pm
We use the playtex drop-ins and mam bottles. We prefer the playtex drop-ins for home (the tend to leak when we travel) and the mam’s for on the go. We like the mam’s but there are a lot of pieces! But we recently found some mam bottles at Babies that are like a normal bottle with 3 parts (bottle, ring, nipple).