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Glass Baby Bottles:
Keeping Your Baby Clear of Chemicals
Choosing to use glass baby bottles rather than plastic has quickly become en vogue. Not only does going glass help
you go green, a recent study in 2007 has shown it may protect your baby from diseases later on in life.
The study (performed by the Environment California Research Policy Center) found that several of the most popular
baby bottles (Avent, Dr. Brown's, Evenflo, Gerber, and Playtex) all leached Bisphenol A from the plastic into
the liquid inside.
Bisphenol A is considered a developmental, neural, and reproductive toxicant.
You can view the entire 37-page study here.
It is a pdf document, so you'll need to have Adobe Acrobat Reader
(which is free) installed on your computer before viewing.
The Downsides of Choosing a Glass Bottle
- Even the hardiest of glass can break! (and of course Murphy's Law dictates it would break in your diaper bag on a long flight.)
- Glass is heavier, so harder for baby to lift.
- Glass will cool faster than a plastic, making it difficult to maintain a steady temperature.
- Glass bottles are more expensive.
- You can put them in the dishwasher, but you'll still have to wash the nipples and lids by hand.
If you decide to go the plastic route, you can find reviews of the most popular brands of plastic bottles here.
Can You Prevent Glass Bottles from Breaking?
Baby Earth, a natural and organic online baby store, 
offers a new, safer, glass baby bottle.
The WeeGo glass bottle has a sleeve 
that prevents the glass from breaking when bumped around in the diaper bag (can
you even imagine that nightmare?) The sleeve is 100% nontoxic and can be washed while attached to the bottle
in the dishwasher with no fear of leaching.
The bottle sleeve design of WeeGo also provides an easy gripping-surface for your baby to use. (Those
glass bottles can be heavy and unwieldy for little palms to hold!)
Using Bottle Liner Inserts
If your purpose is not to save the environment but to simply avoid leaking chemicals, you can choose to hand-wash all the nipples and use inserts to hold the liquid.
Avent makes
a superb insert-bottle called the Tempo Natural Feeding Nurser
that may be worth the try. Of course, that means you'll have to purchase the inserts!
Whether you are going green, or simply going nostalgic, using glass baby bottles to feed your baby can be the answer you're
looking for.
Avoid the leaking of hazardous chemicals into your baby's milk, formula, or juice: keep plenty of glass baby bottles on hand.
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