https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Thu, 16 Apr 2026 11:07:11 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/plastic-or-glass#post-2131078 Thu, 02 Apr 2015 16:20:48 +0000 snowjewelz 2131078@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I'd prefer glass but mostly have been using plastic still! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/plastic-or-glass#post-2130434 Thu, 02 Apr 2015 10:45:14 +0000 bunnylove08 2130434@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>i would choose glass, easier maintenance </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/plastic-or-glass#post-2130433 Thu, 02 Apr 2015 10:44:20 +0000 youboots 2130433@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We use both. For glass we use Dr Browns. Right now since I a BF with a bottle of pumped milk after I have 12 bottles pre portioned in the fridge of plastic medela bottles with dr brown premie nipples. I prefer glass we just don't have enough for the feeding system we are on right now. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/plastic-or-glass#post-2130424 Thu, 02 Apr 2015 10:40:30 +0000 sorrycharlie 2130424@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Mama Bird: the LOs I nannied had glass evenflo..they never broke! The kids weren't allowed to roam with them. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/plastic-or-glass#post-2130358 Thu, 02 Apr 2015 10:07:05 +0000 shellio 2130358@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Glass has been awesome for us. We used evenflo. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/plastic-or-glass#post-2130354 Thu, 02 Apr 2015 10:04:21 +0000 autumnlove 2130354@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I prefer glass for heating since it is faster but my kids preferred plastic for feeding--mams and tommee tippee. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/plastic-or-glass#post-2130339 Thu, 02 Apr 2015 09:57:30 +0000 PurplePeony 2130339@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Mama Bird: pretty much all the glass bottles I saw are borosilicate glass, which is really hard to break and doesn't shatter even if you do break it. Like I said above, I dropped one here and there and they didn't break -- just bounced. And I didn't even have silicone sleeves on them!</p> <p>My reason for choosing glass is that even though the plastic bottles don't have BPA, they still contain other bisphenols and other chemicals. I don't get that freaked out about plastic for cold liquids but for warm ones, especially if they'll be heated and cooled repeatedly, it does make me nervous -- that's when chemicals are most likely to leach out. Our daycare was totally fine with glass bottles so there was no reason for us not to use them. We always actively fed DD her bottles, though, rather than handing her one to drink herself, so we weren't worried about her tossing them and the extra weight wasn't really an issue. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/plastic-or-glass#post-2130035 Thu, 02 Apr 2015 06:38:17 +0000 blackbird 2130035@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>E liked to throw bottles so I went with plastic. It doesn't have BPA so I wasn't worried it was "worse". Plus it's lighter </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/plastic-or-glass#post-2130023 Thu, 02 Apr 2015 06:13:18 +0000 ValentineMommy 2130023@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Mama Bird: a lot of them have silicone sleeves </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/plastic-or-glass#post-2130020 Thu, 02 Apr 2015 06:06:34 +0000 Mama Bird 2130020@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>If you use glass, what do you do to keep it from breaking? Some kind of cover on the outside?</p> <p>When I was a baby everyone used glass bottles because there wasn't an alternative. But if I try to buy a glass bottle now, my family will freak out because why don't I get plastic so it's not breakable. So I'm wondering how to deflect those questions :happy: </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/plastic-or-glass#post-2130013 Thu, 02 Apr 2015 05:56:44 +0000 ValentineMommy 2130013@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I really want glass this time around, but we have so many plastic ones from DS1 that I can't see replacing them. :-/ </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/plastic-or-glass#post-2129974 Thu, 02 Apr 2015 02:29:27 +0000 Rocker2014 2129974@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Plastic - all the daycares I toured didn't allow glass bottles. Plus, I'm the most clumsy person ever and I find a way to break even unbreakable things. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/plastic-or-glass#post-2129963 Thu, 02 Apr 2015 01:19:03 +0000 lemondrop 2129963@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Plastic all the way! I am extremely accident prone, so I don't trust myself with glass, let alone my daredevil boys. I get home from work and bottles are scattered everywhere like beer bottles in a frat house :silly: </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/plastic-or-glass#post-2129947 Wed, 01 Apr 2015 23:33:31 +0000 cheesetomywhine 2129947@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Glass. We have the evenflo type which are nice and cheap. Neither child used them often but did fine with them when necessary. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/plastic-or-glass#post-2129902 Wed, 01 Apr 2015 21:20:51 +0000 danda 2129902@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Glass but our daycare only allows plastic, </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/plastic-or-glass#post-2129900 Wed, 01 Apr 2015 21:17:05 +0000 MenagerieMama 2129900@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Glass! We have glass evenflo cheapies and a couple nice life factory ones. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/plastic-or-glass#post-2129880 Wed, 01 Apr 2015 20:52:44 +0000 avivoca 2129880@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I wanted to use glass and had 12 of them but H only took Playtex Nursers, which are plastic. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/plastic-or-glass#post-2129879 Wed, 01 Apr 2015 20:51:57 +0000 jedeve 2129879@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Other? We had a Kleen kanteen bottle we really liked. It was thin so you could hear up BM just by running it under hot tap water! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/plastic-or-glass#post-2129806 Wed, 01 Apr 2015 19:24:45 +0000 sorrycharlie 2129806@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Mrs. Lion: @Mae: we don't even have a dishwasher, lol! sad for me :P</p> <p>Realistically she'll be getting a bottle pretty rarely..but I only have one right now and need more (for my Mom) for a wedding we're going to soon. The glass and plastic are the same price! Suppose glass is better, then. :) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/plastic-or-glass#post-2129801 Wed, 01 Apr 2015 19:22:19 +0000 Mae 2129801@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I guess glass because I don't put my plastic bottles in the dishwasher because the first time I did that the bottles got really stained from pasta sauce remnants that were in a bowl. But hand washing them is not that big of a deal to spend the money IMO. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/plastic-or-glass#post-2129799 Wed, 01 Apr 2015 19:18:20 +0000 Mrs. Lion 2129799@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I love my glass avent natural :) But I honestly don't know that it is any better than the plastic ones. I warm milk from the fridge in a cup of hot water, and the silicone sleeve that we bought for our bottle (which was crazy expensive by the way) gets water underneath it. We only bought one glass one to see if we liked it, and it is great, but I don't know that it really matters that much. I don't wash the plastic ones in the dishwasher though, just in case. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/plastic-or-glass#post-2129793 Wed, 01 Apr 2015 19:09:37 +0000 Smurfette 2129793@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Plastic </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/plastic-or-glass#post-2129792 Wed, 01 Apr 2015 19:07:48 +0000 Mrs.Pinecone316 2129792@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Glass. I ended up going with born free glass bottles because I read a lot of reviews that the advent ones leaked. Baby is due soon so I haven't tried them yet. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/plastic-or-glass#post-2129784 Wed, 01 Apr 2015 19:01:58 +0000 Torchwood 2129784@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Glass. But I don't bring any unnecessary plastic into the house. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/plastic-or-glass#post-2129767 Wed, 01 Apr 2015 18:37:46 +0000 Bao 2129767@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Glass! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/plastic-or-glass#post-2129752 Wed, 01 Apr 2015 18:12:26 +0000 PurplePeony 2129752@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We had the glass Avent Natural bottles and loved them. I even dropped them a couple times with no ill effects. I think they were well worth the extra few bucks over the plastic ones. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/plastic-or-glass#post-2129713 Wed, 01 Apr 2015 16:57:43 +0000 sorrycharlie 2129713@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>If they were the same cost, would you choose plastic or glass? I'm leaning toward the glass Avent Natural! </p>