One more good reason to drink your Cerveza Gallo from a bottle, rather than a can...

We researched this, as we were also concerned with regards to the possible effects of BPA. We found a line of bottles that were free of BPA, and still plastic. We were concerned glass would be prone to chip or possibly breakage. The bottles are called "Born Free". They havea The bottles are a bit pricey, but more than worth it in our opinion.

According to my online research Gerber Bottles (Clear View, Gentle Flow, and Fashion Tints) are BPA-free. This is the only type of pacha my daughter will take--phew--she rejected the more expensive and BPA containing Avent and Dr. Brown's.

We switched to Born Free bottles months ago when the BPA research started surfacing. I highly suggest making the switch if you have an infant that is still using bottles. The Born Free bottles also have an air vent system similar to that of Dr. Brown's-- my daughter has reflux, and the Born Free bottles were just as successful with the reducing the reflux as the Dr. Brown's. Additionally, I do not use any of the sippy cups for my toddler son that are made with the BPA plastics-- we only use sippy cups from the Take -n- Toss line and the Sigg line.

also GREEN TO GROW bottles are free of BPA and they have a cute little smiley faced orange on them. they have the more usual nipples rather than the wide mouth nipples on the born free bottles. we love them!

After the story about BPA broke late last spring, I began to rid my kitchen of the ubiquitous plastic. No more tupperware, ziploc baggies, canned foods (BPA in liners). It wasn't easy or cheap to switch to glass but now it's second nature. The hardest part was giving up my diet cherry cokes! Now, sodas in bottles (with sugar instead of high fructose corn syrup) is a real treat! My dd is the only child at her Montessori school who uses glass containers or waxed paper bags in her lunches. At least I can feel confident that my daughter's exposure to BPA is being minimized and that we're helping the environment in the process.

p.s. Happy Pesach!

For our now 5 yo son we used only glass bottles and silicone nipples. We never had a broken or chipped bottle. The bottles are quite thick and certainly not “prop-able”. We held him for every feeding - he never ran around with a bottle or held it himself, thus reducing the risk and promoting parent/child bonding. Our 2 month old daughter uses mostly glass. While we have purchased some BPA free plastic bottles, they are still plastic and we don't know what other unknown problems may lurk within. For us, we feel more comfortable with inert glass bottles. But I am so glad to have some options with my daughter for safer BPA free sippy cups that were not available when my son was small. (BornFree and others makes sippy cups too.)

There are protective sleeves now available for glass bottles to reduce breakage and slippage from baby’s hands.

For lots of safe feeding supplies, I recommend “the Soft Landing for BPA, PVC and Phthalate free shopping”:
http://www.thesoftlanding.com/shop.html

Evenflo glass bottles are EXTREMELY affordable, widely available, and obviously free of BPA since they are not plastic. Silicone nipples are recommended.

Also, up until now, plastic with the number 5 on it is believed to be "safe" because it is polypropylene and does not leach the toxic stuff.

Kleen Kanteen makes safe sippy cups from stainless steel.. they are pricey, but they offer another option.

I'd like some suggestions on a sippy cup. I have seen take-n-toss, sigg, green to grown, and kleen kanteen listed.

However, I have some specific considerations. I'd like it to not leak when turned upside down. I also don't like the soft nippled sippy cups because my daughter will turn it upside and press it onto the floor which causes liquid to come out. Given this, any suggestions?

I have been using glass bottles without any sleeves and have had no problems. I have wood and pergo type flooring. She drops them regular and they have never broken, chipped or cracked.

Best, Cheryl

Any suggestions on what is closest to Avent bottles and nipples? Thanks!

This is another thing that we don't have control over in this process. The hogars will use what they have and I know ours has plastic bottles. And I know that if I ship bottles down for my child they will be put in with all the other supplies and will not be designated for my child. I have no idea how many babies there are at our hogar so I can't try and supply everyone, for all I know there could be 20 babies.

It doesn't actually do much replacing the pachas when you then use bottled water to make the formula . Water bottles are made out of plastic and you can bet that the supplier of those bottles will use the cheapest plastic they can find to make these bottles. Just one more reason not to drink bottled water.