Bisphenol A (BPA): Avent
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Looking for More Info on the DPA Baby Bottle Recall
Asked by B.L. from Chicago
on April 18, 2008
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Has anyone heard about the baby bottle recall? My father called and said that he had just seen the end of a segment on the news about baby bottles being recalled beca...
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- There was also a temperature limit that was unsafe, which makes the dishwasher and microwave bad choices for washing and heating. We always hand washed the bottles (ga...
- If you put the plastic in the DISHWASHER the bpa's are leached the same as if you microwaved the plastic!!! The dishwasher drying cycle actually heats the bottle much...
- I do not know if there was an actual recall, but BPA is a chemical that is used to make clear, hard plastics, and when heated up, it leeches into the formula. There is...
BPA In Avent Tempo Liners
Asked by J.M. from Chicago
on February 21, 2008
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After trying several bottles, my daughter loved the Avent bottles (and I liked that they were easy to clean and she hardly had any gas). I was horrified to find out t...
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- There is no BPA problem with any liners, and you can't heat them. They will explode in a microwave or bottle heater. It says so on the box and we had a party one nig...
- J., My husband and I also worried about the chemicals that were being leached into her milk. We decided that after our daughter developed a lump in her breast (pre...
- I really liked Mam bottles, they worked better than Avent in my opinion. The only thin is, I'm not sure about the BPA -- it wasn't really a concern when I had my baby...
Avent Bottles
Asked by L.G. from Chicago
on May 11, 2008
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I was wondering if anybody else has heard about Avent bottles being recalled in Canada? My friend called me today from Canada and told me that Avent products are being...
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- Yes. It was all over the news a few weeks ago. Return the unused bottles and any others that you have...get receipts showing the returned purchases and others if you h...
- yes, avent bottles have been recalled in canada due to the plastic leaching when warmed (when anything warm hits the plastic). the US is currently looking into doing ...
- Hi! I threw away all of my Avent bottles because of the reports about the levels of BPA. I ordered bottles from the website Born Free and all of their bottles are BP...
Avent Bottles and BPA
Asked by S.H. from Dallas
on July 29, 2008
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I must be living under a rock...but I just discovered that my Avent bottles are part of the BPA controversy. My mom said she heard that Babies R Us would exchange the...
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- I also cant tell you if they will exchange them, but can tell you that we love the playtex natural latch drop in bottles!! The nipple is pretty similar to the avent, ...
- some bru are doing that, some are not. i was able to trade in all of my old dr brown's bottles for born free bottles. avent DOES make a bpa free plastic, as does dr ...
- I exchanged my avent bottles about 6 weeks ago. I would call first to make sure they're still doing it. you have to have a complete bottle including the nipple. They e...
Avent Bottle Recall Information
Asked by J.B. from Chicago
on June 5, 2008
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Does anyone have the details on the Avent Bottle Recall? Thanks in advance for the info.
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- I just have to say that this is some of the best news I've heard and I'm so excited to take our bottles back to BRU!!! I've read BPA research extensively and was so s...
- I don't know about an official recall, but Babies R US is taking back all bottles containing BPA and offering full credit - even without a receipt or original packagin...
- I'll probably catch a little flack for this... but here goes. I raised 3 babies on BPA bottles. as far as I can tell, none of them have any major health issues. ...
Would You Use Avent Bottles Knowing They Contain BPA?
Asked by S.C. from Green Bay
on January 30, 2009
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I have some Avent bottles from 2005 that were used by my first daughter. She was breastfed, but I used the Avent bottles for frozen milk storage. She never drank out o...
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- I would be more concerned about using old bottles than I would about the BPA. http://www.fda.gov/oc/opacom/hottopics/bpa.html
- I did a lot of research when I was pregnant (my DS is now 16 months old) and chose Avent, which we loved. However, when the info on BPA came out we got rid of all of t...
- When I found out about BPA, I did a plastic purge in our house and got rid of all the BPA plastic for food. Why take a risk? It isn't worth the few dollars you'll sa...
Avent or Born Free Bottles???
Asked by D.G. from San Diego
on December 22, 2009
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I am due to have my 2nd baby in January and I can't decide which bottles to use. I will be breastfeeding as long as possible but will still need bottles. I used Aven...
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- Born Free, hands down. My daughter became a totally different baby with these bottles. Less spitting up (she spit up a ton), slept better. I have a new one on the w...
- I use born free and my little man had bad gas until I switched to them, never tried avant but am very hapy with bf!
- i think you should be conderned about plastics and should use the glass bottles.
Avent Bottles...Are the Rumors True??
Asked by C.C. from Dallas
on August 21, 2007
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Okay...I don't know if this is true or not, but my husband said he heard that the Avent bottles emit some sort of harmful chemical when washed too many times. Of cour...
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- We used Avent bottles and sippy cups exclusively and our son has had no problems whatsoever. The study about the chemicals leaching out of plastic bottles has been pr...
- He is talking about a chemical that is found in almost all hard plastic bottles, not just Avent. There is a lot of alarming research coming out, but please take it all...
- try snopes.com.... i'm sure it is on there...
What Is the Best Brand for Bottles? Avent?
Asked by H.M. from Detroit
on February 1, 2011
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Hey there. We are pregnant with our third baby and looking for what kind of bottles we want to buy. I have heard good things about the Avent bottles, but before I make...
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- My son used Dr. Browns for a few months, but they were hard to really get completley clean so we switched to Gerber Nuk. He was very picky about bottles and these are ...
- We used and liked Dr. Browns the only thing is the cleaning is a few steps ... but those are what I would use again. Oh and when he was older and nearly done with bot...
- I used Avent with baby #1 and #2. Now I use Dr. Browns with Baby #3.
Leaking Avent Bottles
Asked by V.G. from Atlanta
on August 14, 2008
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I have a 7-month-old son and we use the Avent bottles for pumped breast milk. We have used them without instance since he was about 6 weeks old but lately they have s...
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- We have only used the Avent bottles with our son who is 11 weeks old. When we bought them I asked the lady at Babies R Us because I had heard that they leak. She said ...
- You should not be using those bottles anyway--Avent has not yet gone BPA-free in their plastics. Recent studies have shown that plastics that contain Bisphenol A are ...
- My friend used Avent and had leakage problems. We used the Playtex nursers and rarely had issues. Hope you find something that works for you.
