Glass Bottles and Covers

Hi J.! I second the advice to wash them in hot soapy water with a bottle brush that you use only for that purpose. The instructions generally have you boil to sterilize once initially and then after that hand washing is good enough. I never sterilized my baby's bottles after that and she is fine. I assume that is a major reason for wanting to use the dishwasher...
Also, I don't know about bottle covers but I do know that once they start holding them (which probably won't be as soon as you think-and they are immobile for long enough that it shouldn't be an issue for a while PLUS you never want to send them to bed with a bottle anyway so basically, this will be a supervised endeavor for quite a while) you can switch to Born Free bottles and sippy cups. Also, there is a great little stainless steel sippy with handles called Foogoo.
I like glass bottles, if you are pumping breast milk, the small evenflow bottles were the same size and screwed into the Ameda Purely Yours Breast Pumps perfectly--so I threw out the plastic collector bottles they came in. As far as freezing breast milk-they have special bags for that and thawing them and running them under warm water for a minute works just fine.
ONE MORE THING: The glass bottles I bought came with latex nipples, I threw those out and got silicone. They sell the corresponding nipples right above the bottles. Dr. Brown also has glass bottles--but stay away from their plastic.
Blessings, Katie

I jsut saw this product on another website this morning. I have never used glass bottles and I know nothing about the product, but it's worth looking into.

http://www.celebrity-babies.com/2008/10/wee-go-silicone.html

We got some evenflo glass bottles from a friend just recently and my daughter found the nipples - even the newborn ones - WAAAY too fast flowing for her. We also tried the Gerber BPA-free newborn nipples and they were also way too fast. She choked and gagged on them because she wasn't used to milk dripping out like that. I think they're really not made for breastfed babies, so keep this in mind. This seems to be brand-specific. We got some BornFree bottles (not glass - though they make glass ones, but the BPA-free kind) and the newborn nipples on these were much better for her.

Hi. I ordered my baby's glass bottles from Nurturepure.com. I always have handwashed the bottles with a bottle brush, so I'm not sure about dishwashers. Nurture Pure sells these soft grips that fit around their baby bottles to give babies something to hold on to, and also the grips help protect the baby's hands in case the bottle gets too warm.

Good thing about glass bottles: you don't have to worry about BPA. Bad thing: They're heavier than the plastic bottles, so you may have to help younger babies hold them.

Not sure if your child will be going to a daycare center, but many centers do not allow glass bottles.

Hi J.,
I breastfeed, but we use glass bottles when I am not home. I don't like cleaning them in a dishwasher because of the soap and bleach residues that can be left on them. I just use a bottle brush and an eco-friendly dish soap to clean mine. I'm not sure about covers for them, but have you searched online? We always hold my son's for him, but again, we don't use them all the time.

What's great about them? Not worrying about the NEXT scary plastic ingredient that is going to be found/ named. I just like that they have been used for a long time, and I trust glass more than anything else.

What's bad? Can't freeze them (more of an issue with breastmilk), and of course, they can break. Though we have never broken or chipped one yet! (Knock on wood! My son is 14 months old.).

They are also very inexpensive and you can easily boil them to sterilize them, without worry.

Good luck to you!
T.