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oaky I am due in june with our 2nd busy boy, I will be brest feeding for the most part. What I need to know is if you can buy glass baby bottles, I am asking this because of an article my Mom read about platic ones recantly. Any info will help, thank you Michelle
Are there concerns with the plastic liners for the playtex bottles as well or is it just the plastic bottles themselves? If those liners aren't an issue than I would say go with the Playtex and the inserts.
yes, you can buy glass. The only ones I have seen are made by a company called Born Free. Here is a bit of info:
No BPA
Made from pure natural glass, Born Free's Vented Glass Baby Bottle is free of Bisphenol-A (BPA). This chemical compound is used to create polycarbonate plastic - a hard clear plastic used widely in consumer products including food and beverage containers.
My children thrived after drinking from Playtex. You will be fine with whatever decision. And I breast fed each one till 15 months, good for you and the baby.
There are a lot of glass bottles out there now. I think Dr. Browns makes them as well as Born Free and a couple other places. You can find them on BabiesRUs.com.
I did mostly glass with my first, who couldn't breastfeed, but that was 26 years ago!
My second nursed for a short time and we used playtex bottles with liners when we needed a bottle.
Same with my third and there were very little options of glass to be found, yet I didn't want glass anyway because by the time she could hold the bottle herself, she was also mobile and I didn't want to deal with the safety issue of broken glass.
My fourth nursed the longest and we used the bottles infrequently and he preferred the plastic Gerber ones.
The concerns in recent news about the plastic baby bottles are the same ones that came about not all that long ago regarding the bottles used in bottled water. The most current study is only a preliminary one and not fully supported by research to give full credence to in most experts opinion, from what I've heard and read. The issue at hand is whether or not enough of a certain chemical 'leeches' from the plastic to be absorbed by people to cause health issues.
If I had a baby right now, I'd try the Adiri BPA-free plastic noted above (I nursed my kids but I always did have a few bottles around for occasional use). I would personally not feel comfortable with glass because of the breakage factor-although I suppose this only applies if the baby is crawling/walking around with it. I think that's why they went to plastic bottles in the first place.
If I had a baby right now, I'd try the Adiri BPA-free plastic noted above (I nursed my kids but I always did have a few bottles around for occasional use). I would personally not feel comfortable with glass because of the breakage factor-although I suppose this only applies if the baby is crawling/walking around with it. I think that's why they went to plastic bottles in the first place.
I've actually flipped & dropped the Born Free bottles (talented!) while feeding so not just baby concern for breakage.
A note about the Adiri - the nipples are shorter than the average nipple which is great for my babies and the body attached to the nipple is supple. Adiri is supposed to aid in reducing nipple confusion between breast/bottle-feeding.
The only thing I don't like is that it tends to leak a little from the bottom. But, I get less leakage at the nipple as they suckle because the latch between baby and the Adiri nipple is really good.
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