Bisphenol A (BPA)
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Advice on Mixing Water with Formula
Asked by S.K. from Dallas
on August 15, 2009
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My daughter has a severe milk allergy and has been on amino acid formula since she was 6 weeks old. I've been using Gerber Pure water to mix with it since I'm not sur...
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- As someone else mentioned, the BPA is only a problem with the container is heated. She said dishwasher, but don't forget it is a problem in the microwave too. If ...
- Hi! I have a son and he has a sensitive stomach, since he is 4 weeks old he is in special formula, I did not like Gerber water, I used (and still using, my son is 4 a...
- Hi S., Bottled, boiled or straight from the tap? These are just a few of the choices new moms are faced with when it comes to preparing infant formula. Which is saf...
Baby Gear Bought 6+ Years Ago - What Do We Need to Replace?
Asked by M.O. from Chicago
on August 3, 2009
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We are blessed to have a new baby coming soon. We have ALL of our gear from baby #1 (that was 6 years ago). So what should we replace? I planned to use all of our "...
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- As others have suggested, I would defintely buy new nipples and check out the bottles. Your infant seat should have expriation dates. I read a while ago that the exp...
- I would get rid of all bottles / nipples and sippy cup type stuff. Start over with all of those. any major equipment such as swings, pack and plays, cribs etc should...
- How exciting! I believe that car seats have a 5-year "expiration" on them, due to the changing regulations and product development advances. Personally, I would co...
Need Help on How to Use Playtex Drop in Bottles Correctly
Asked by K.R. from Chicago
on August 14, 2008
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My daughter is 2 weeks old and I am using the Playtex Drop In bottles. I am not to sure about these. It seems that when I set the bottle down to burp her the bottle ta...
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- I used dropins with the natural latch nipples for my oldest son and agree with Diane. Put the lid on or hold it in one hand with the sack pressed up. You can't reall...
- My mostly breastfed baby loves the Avent drop in style bag, we too have tried the Playtex and are much happier with the Avent style. As far as I know they are BPA fre...
- I never used them. I work at a daycare in a baby room and I have 3 babies that use the playtex and I hate them. For one thing your hand does not fit up there very we...
Taking Solids to Daycare
Asked by K.N. from La Crosse
on October 7, 2008
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I've been making my own solid food for my almost 7-month old girl for several weeks, plus giving her rice cereal. She's tried sweet potatoes, avocados, squash, and I'm...
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- try checking out tupperware... they have been trusted for a bazillion years... and they have containers of every shape and size! :D
- you could get some small pyrex dishes - the glass ones with plastic lids( take the lids off when microwaving), like this: http://www.pyrexware.com/index.asp?pageId=10...
- My daughter goes to an in-home daycare as well 4 days a week, she is 15 months old right now, and when she was younger I would just give my provider a box of the rice ...
18-Month-olds Won't Drink Milk from a Cup
Asked by A.B. from New York
on May 2, 2008
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My 18-month-old twins were getting milk from nursing in the mornings and evenings, and drinking milk from bottles at daycare a couple times a day. Our pediatrician has...
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- A., I went through this type of situation with my 4 1/2 year old, he was not breat fed though, he would only drink from his bottle morning, noon and night. He was a ...
- Have you tried the Nuby cups? These seem to be very successful. Also, they may not want sippy cups at all. My daughter (also 18 months) likes to drink from a regula...
- My son still never took milk from a cup, and still does not drink milk. The only way we can get a little milk in him is to give it over cold cereal in the A.M. I would...
Bottle Nipples Affected by Cascade Dish Soap
Asked by S.I. from Chicago
on February 2, 2011
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Has anyone else ever experienced washing their Born Free (or any other BPA free bottle) nipple in the dishwasher, as directed only to find that the dish washing soap h...
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- We dont put our nipples in the dishwasher, it breaks them down. I was them by hand every night with dish soap.
- You can buy new nipples separately - you don't have to buy all new bottles. We used Born Free for my daughter, and I bought her new nipples every few months when she ...
- I used to hand wash then sterilize with a sterilizer or soak in boiling water. There are ones that go in the microwave that look neat, and you just let air dry (air dr...
Moms-how Do You Handle This?
Asked by M.L. from Portland
on March 2, 2012
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how do you handle it when people use the phrase "well i was raised that way and im fine" or "i ate that when i was a kid and i survived" kind of thing. for example we ...
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- I haven't had to deal with this, but seriously, just because you survived something doesn't mean it's the safest or best thing to do. Try not to take it personally, ca...
- ... all this is about is that you raise your child the way you want. It is your choice and your freedom to do so, as you are doing the best that you want to or can, ...
- Mental note to self, "They are probably not fine - liar, liar, pants on fire." Comment to rude individual with intrusive comment that should learn to be quiet, IF I...
Best Bottle with a Shorter (Breast-like) Nipple?
Asked by S.R. from Dallas
on February 16, 2010
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We are due with our second baby girl in June 2010, and can't wait to meet her! :) I breastfed our first child, Emma Kate, mostly exclusively, but she had to have bottl...
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- My son is 6 weeks old, and exclusively breast fed, however, we introduced a bottle at 4 weeks so we could have an occasional night out eventually. We tried a couple, ...
- I had good luck with the Playtex drop ins. But I wanted to tell you that what your nipple looks like on the outside is nothing like what it looks like while in the ba...
- I happen to be sitting at my desk with an Adiri "natural nurser' bottle next to me. Years ago when we were trying to get our infant to take a bottle we tried every typ...
Did I Unintentionally Poison My Baby?
Asked by V.T. from Dallas
on August 28, 2008
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Many of you likely heard awhile back about a recall of baby bottles due to the plastic leaching out BPA chemicals that are harmful to your baby. Well, I thought I had...
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- http://www.thesoftlanding.com plastic free cups.
- I would check out the soft landing website to help you sort through all of this. It really helped me, and they even sell the products you are interested in. It is so...
- I would check out the Foogos cups by Thermos, if I were you. They have sippy cups and larger toddler straw cups that are BPA free. Here's the website...http://www.th...
Homemade Baby Food Storage
Asked by L.G. from Milwaukee
on April 27, 2009
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hey there moms! i have a 3month old son and am preparing to head back to work next week. when hes ready for baby food i plan to make my own organic baby food. while i ...
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- You certainly could use ice cube trays, and then dump the frozen cubes in freezer bags and have your daycare provider keep the bags in her freezer. I think it would be...
- Don't freeze it in glass! Freeze in ice cube trays.
- I was just thinking about this and I associated it with the way I prepare my deviled eggs. I put everything into a baggie and mash it up in there and then snip the en...
