Baby Bottles

How many of y'all are using glass bottles or the bag inserts instead of plastic bottles? I'm concerned about that cancer-causing material (bisphenol-A) used in plastic bottles, but I don't want to be paranoid unnecessarily. Should I go and purchase glass bottles? I've been expressing milk basically my entire pregnancy due to NICU and PICU stays, and the girls finally latched on a couple of weeks ago. Now that I am back on birth control pills, I probably won't be nursing too much longer and I will go to exclusive bottle feeding in the upcoming weeks.

Thanks for giving me your opinions!

By the way....I love being a mother of twins and looking at them makes all of the bedrest, complications, pain, etc., worth it. I love being a mom!!!!! We tried for 8 years to get pregnant/maintain a pregnancy, so I don't want to take any chances with the health of my daughters.

 

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How many of y'all are using glass bottles or the bag inserts instead of plastic bottles? I'm concerned about that cancer-causing material (bisphenol-A) used in plastic bottles, but I don't want to be paranoid unnecessarily. Should I go and purchase glass bottles? I've been expressing milk basically my entire pregnancy due to NICU and PICU stays, and the girls finally latched on a couple of weeks ago. Now that I am back on birth control pills, I probably won't be nursing too much longer and I will go to exclusive bottle feeding in the upcoming weeks.

Thanks for giving me your opinions!

By the way....I love being a mother of twins and looking at them makes all of the bedrest, complications, pain, etc., worth it. I love being a mom!!!!! We tried for 8 years to get pregnant/maintain a pregnancy, so I don't want to take any chances with the health of my daughters.



glass bottles? where would you buy them? I've only seen plastic ones here at wal mart

 

You can buy bottles without BPA in them -- the regular Gerber "clear view" ones, which are very cheap and come three to a package, are made from polypropelene, which is safe. The "fashion tint" line is, too.

Born Free bottles are good, although very expensive. They also have a wide mouth nipple, so it depends on what you want to introduce to your babies.

I know Dr. Brown's is set to come out with glass and safer plastic versions, but they haven't hit the market yet.

I have tried the Evenflo glass bottles, and I like them okay -- they don't fly around in the dishwasher, which is a bonus! -- but they're very heavy, and they were hard to prop for even a second while feeding the babies. And now that my little ones are grabbing them and banging them around, they're not an option.

I've never used the inserts, but lots of people swear by them -- they just seemed like more hassle to me.

Basically, any bottle that is a softer, cloudier plastic is likely made from polypropelene or polyethelene, and is what you want -- it's hard, clear plastic that is polycarbonate, and the one to avoid.

ETA -- I do pump into the Nuby "leak-free" bottles that are shaped like snowmen, and are BPA-free. They're not great to use as bottles, and the nipples are terrible (I use Dr. Brown's nipples with everything, love 'em), but they're the perfect size and shape for pumping.

 

I agree 100% about not taking any chances with your babies' health. I bought the Avent bottles, but then switched after learning about BPA to Gerber gentle flow. Don't love them, they occasionally leak (like the Avent), but are generally okay. I also use the Drop-Ins sometimes. They are great, I just don't love the constant cost and the wastefulness of throwing away liners each feed. But the convenience sometimes wins out.

I wouldn't bother with the glass, everyone says it's too heavy and when they can hold their own bottles, you'll want them to as early as possible!

And congratulations to you!

 

I second what the pps have said - don't take any chances with your kids health! You could switch to glass bottles, but there are also lots of "safe" plastic bottles out there. This link below lists many types of bottles and sippy cups that don't contain bisphenol-a. We switched from Dr. Browns to the Gerber clear bottles and haven't had any problems at all. I still use the Dr. Browns nipples.

http://zrecs.blogspot.com/2007/07/z-report...ycarbonate.html

 

I got rid of all of my Avent bottles and switch to Gerber Gentle Flow which are cloudy, soft plastic (clear, hard plastic is the worrying kind). Same design as Avent, cheaper.

 

Oh my gosh!! Thank you for starting this thread! I had forgotten about plastic bottles & am exclusively using Avent!! I found that they sell the Gerber Gentle Flows at Walgreens, which is right by my house, I will need to buy some immediately!

 

Here's some semi recent threads on Bisphenol A. Hard clear bottles are safe as long as they aren't cracked, scratched, or the contents boiled then cooled and fed to babies. Regular use doesn't release Bisphenol A into the contents of the bottle. But as Trish pointed out there are plenty of safe alternatives. As a rule of thumb if the plastic is slightly opaque or can be bent and pop back then it's Bisphenol A free.

 

someone correct me if I'm wrong, but I believe the drop in liners too are safe.

 

I tossed my plastic bottles a few months ago and bought glass bottles from Evenflo (at BRU). They are super easy to use/clean. I'm glad I made the switch.

 

I decided to do the drop ins for this reason. I was worried with glass that as the babies got older and held the bottles- they might drop them and break and would be dangerous.