what are the best BPA free bottles, nipples and cups?
Byi am going nuts with all these chemicals. did everything i could to protect my son from chemicals, like giving him organic milk etc, still giving him pumped milk for 9 months because he couldn’t not latch, until i found out that the avent bottles i was using have BPA. so basically he was just like formula fed babies.
anyway, the born free bottles have bad reviews, they say they leak, don’t leach, get bubble hot spots, melt when sterlised.
also, i heard that almost everything canned or in a plastic container has BPA!!!
so if you started using BPA free cups and bottles please let me know which ones you love. i can’t use glass because my son is 14 months, and he is not ready for adult cups yet.
thanks
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April 26th, 2010 at 5:43 pm
I have MAM and I love them. I only heard wonderful things about them before I bought them. They are alittle “piecey” (5 parts), but they aren’t small parts.
April 26th, 2010 at 6:14 pm
He wasn’t basically just a “formula fed baby.” You gave him YOUR milk for 9 whole months. You should be very proud! This site will tell you the companies that sell bpa free products.
http://zrecs.blogspot.com/2008/02/z-report-on-bpa-in-infant-care-products.html
April 26th, 2010 at 6:54 pm
You need to understand a couple of things. First, your baby is not basically like a formula fed baby. You KNOW breast milk is best, and any possibility of him ingesting BPA does not cancel that out. Unless you have heavily abused your bottles, he probably hasn’t really been exposed to that much BPA anyhow. You did not fail him, and he is healthier for having been given breast milk instead of formula. Got it?
Second, you need to understand what kinds of plastics BPA can be found in. It is actually only a small amount of plastics that BPA is found in. These are usually HARD, CLEAR plastics called polycarbonate. If the plastic is pliable or flexible at all, chances are it isn’t polycarbonate. All of the plastic baby food containers, food storage containers, bottles of water, etc are pretty much safe. Hard plastics are like the rigid baby bottles and nalgene’s water bottles. Yes, BPA is used a lot in the linings of canned foods, which means fresh or frozen is better. Does that help at all?
Okay, to answer your question, there are a lot of bottles that are BPA free, but not advertised as such. Walmart’s Parent’s Choice brand has some tinted bottles that they advertise as BPA free. Also, Nuby has a wide range of BPA free products as well. This site has pictures and descriptions of Nuby’s BPA free products. I’m not pushing Nuby at all, but this list is awesome and should make you feel better. Check it out.
April 26th, 2010 at 7:23 pm
To be honest, glass is best and the Evenflo Classic glass bottles are so thick and are very difficult to break. I dropped one on concrete and a tile floor numerous times and I have not broken a bottle yet. If you tighten the caps properly, they do not leak. The only leaks have been from a fast nipple when the bottle lays on its side..that happens to all of them. It seems like the latex nipple doesn’t leak as much.
If you go to the dollar store in the baby section you can get a bottle strap to attach to the neck of the bottle under the nipple ring and then attach the other end to a high chair, stroller, etc. this way it is difficult for the bottle to be dropped or thrown. I bet you’ll even find them on ebay or in BuyBuyBaby. I have not yet seen the bottle straps in Babies R US.
The Evenflo classic bottles are $5 for a pack or 3 and new nipples are $2 for a pack of 6. They are easy to sterilize and are not as bulky as Avent or BornFree.
My son is 3 months and is learning to hold his bottle so heaviness is not a big issue especially when it comes to health and safety. My nephews and cousins that are now 20 yrs old were brought up on these bottles and they didn’t break then and they held their own bottles. Glass is all there was when we were kids and we did not have as much autism, adhd and other disorders like we do today in this plastic generation.
When my grandmother got cancer, her oncologist said get away from plastics and definitely do not heat them or microwave them. I use glass Pyrex dishes to heat my own food, and I refuse to give my baby plastics if I wont use them for myself.
Bottle Straps
http://lilbahbee.com/
http://perfectlysafe.stores.yahoo.net/bottlekeeper.html
Lots of Luck..