Which baby bottle brand is safe to use then?

[hunhun]

Read this!!!!

http://kcbs.com/pages/268059.php?contentType=4&contentId=350274

http://money.cnn.com/2007/02/27/news/baby_bottles.reut/?postversion=2007022720

 

[esque]

Medela makes polycarbonate-free bottles apparently. Here's a longer article with recommendations at the bottom for avoiding polycarbonates. It doesn't sound easy...

http://daddytypes.com/2007/02/28/about_that_bottle_of_death_you_just_put_in_the_kids_mouth_again.php

 

[dull]

My baby was born 2 weeks ago and I am now using avent/dr brown bottles at nite when the nanny feeds my baby with my breastmilk.

Not sure if I should seek out the 'safe plastic' products or stick with what I have now...

Anyone has any suggestions?

Thanks!

 

[esque]

Like so many of these things it's your call - read the articles, weigh up the risks and see if you think they're worth avoiding. There will always be exposure to chemicals in a modern home - how much effort you're willing to go to to avoid it is your decision. A compromise might be just to keep using the current bottles, but avoid heating them for long periods, and replace them when they start to get worn (older bottles apparently leach more of the problem chemicals).

 

[woodk6]

I don't know where, if anywhere, you could find these in Hong Kong but if you know anyone in the US maybe they can ship these to you. These bottles don't have bisphenol-A and are supposed to help with colic.

http://newbornfree.com/

 

[esque]

went to mothercare today and there were two bisphenol free brands of bottles, the medela and another plastic brand I now can't remember (pregnancy brain). Annoyingly and typically, the mothercare staff weren't able to tell me which of their teats would fit on the medela bottles.

 

[hunhun]

Wow, thanx heaps for the suggestions, ladies. Will go to Mothercare and have a look!

 

[miaka]

we have avent bottles, but haven't used them much since i'm able to feed at breast most of the time. but what about as baby gets older? what about sippy cups? what about plastic products my husband and i use? does biophenol-A only leech out when heated? how 'hot'? the articles gives a warning to a problem, but very few practical immediate solutions.

 

[esque]

went to mothercare today and there were two bisphenol free brands of bottles, the medela and another plastic brand I now can't remember (pregnancy brain). Annoyingly and typically, the mothercare staff weren't able to tell me which of their teats would fit on the medela bottles.

The other brand was MAM. They're coloured plastic.

Maika:

but what about as baby gets older? what about sippy cups? what about plastic products my husband and i use? does biophenol-A only leech out when heated? how 'hot'?

I am sure you can get bisph.-free sippy cups too if you want to. There's a box in this article with a list of cups and bottles: http://www.healthobservatory.org/library.cfm?refid=77083 - basically you're just looking for polyethylene or polypropylene plastics, and avoiding polycarbonate (hard clear plastic).

Apparently it leaches out through repeated use when not heated, just in very tiny amounts, so could be completely safe. The amounts increase with the age of the plastic (as it gets scratched and worn). That article has some info.

As for products you and your husband use, probably loads of them use polycarbonates! And then there are pthalates to start worrying about (in soft PVC plastics).... It's just not practical to eliminate unsafe plastics completely. Seems the general rule is avoid them where practical, replace them as they age, and avoid heating food in them.

 

[sunrays]

I have just checked my Medela bottles and the numerous teats I have bought (fussy baby!) and found that the Nuk teats fit the Medela bottles. Also, the Pigeon sippy cup spout teat works as well. Forget about the Avent ones, they are too broad at the base. Hope that helps!