When Peanut was 9 months old, we learned that we may have been poisoning him. The Avent bottles we grew to love contain Bisphenol-A (BPA) , an estrogen-like toxic compound that has been shown to cause harm to animals in laboratory tests.  Only 3 more months until he would switch to whole milk in sippy cups, did it make sense to replace all of the bottles in our vast collection with Bisphenol-A free bottles? But how can we go on potentially poisoning our baby once we knew?  

We compromised and replaced some of the bottles with the Born Free bottles.  I feel better using the Born Free bottles with no chemicals. However, I do not like using them. They have an added piece (much like the Dr. Brown’s bottles that I also disliked) to help with gas and colic.  A piece I did not find necessary for a baby 9 months old. No matter what I do, I can not get them to completely stop leaking. Also, they are only sold with newborn nipples. If you want to use them for an older baby, you must buy the complete bottle with the useless newborn nipple and also buy a stage 2 nipple. At approximately $20.00 for a pack of two 9 oz bottles, not an inexpensive proposition.   All in all, the switch was worth it.  I want my baby to be as chemical free as possible. I am a huge fan of their training and drinking cups. Born free bottles are sold at Whole Foods, Buy Buy Baby, www.amazon.com , www.softlanding.com and on their website, www.newbornfree.com  Medela bottles, Sassy bottles and Green to grow bottles are also Biophisnol A free. www.medela.comwww.sassybaby.comwww.greentogrow.com   Glass bottles are obviously also BPA free.