https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Sat, 02 May 2026 13:20:44 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/spinoff-bottles-glass-vs-plastic#post-59332 Wed, 25 Jan 2012 19:39:45 +0000 pastemoo 59332@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@looch: Thanks! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/spinoff-bottles-glass-vs-plastic#post-58495 Wed, 25 Jan 2012 07:16:53 +0000 looch 58495@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@pastemoo: sterilizer we had has removable "trays" designed for bottles, but they can be removed and sized as needed. I've steamed teethers, toys, toothbrushes. All kinds of things!</p> <p><a href="http://www.diapers.com/p/avent-electric-steam-sterilizer-98552" rel="nofollow">http://www.diapers.com/p/avent-electric-steam-sterilizer-98552</a> </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/spinoff-bottles-glass-vs-plastic#post-58181 Tue, 24 Jan 2012 21:09:32 +0000 pastemoo 58181@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@looch: Cool. Can you sterilize anything, or are they shaped for bottles? </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/spinoff-bottles-glass-vs-plastic#post-56887 Mon, 23 Jan 2012 13:39:04 +0000 looch 56887@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Re the sterilizers, you can also get stand alone steam sterilizers, they are great because you can wash the bottle and then pop it in the sterilizer and run a cycle as often as you need to. We don't have a microwave but in general, I prefer not to microwave sterilize or heat food. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/spinoff-bottles-glass-vs-plastic#post-56877 Mon, 23 Jan 2012 13:27:45 +0000 amy 56877@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@sorrycharlie: Yes, they sell a microwave sterilizers but that just another expense. The same thing can be achieved by boiling the bottles.</p> <p>I have both born free glass bottles from my first and we used them till she was 20 months and not one has broken. I did the same since the born free bottle had such a wide neck I just threw them in the dish washer and only boiled the nipples.</p> <p>We used the playtex vent air for my second, its the only bottle he will drink from.</p> <p>Our daycare will accept either glass or plastic although they prefer the glass bottles. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/spinoff-bottles-glass-vs-plastic#post-56834 Mon, 23 Jan 2012 12:31:16 +0000 sorrycharlie 56834@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>the family I nanny for uses glass. however, she puts them in the dishwasher. I've only ever seen her (and been asked to) boil nipples, not bottles.</p> <p>don't they sell a microwave sterilizing thing, too? I'm confused by this whole bottle boiling thing.. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/spinoff-bottles-glass-vs-plastic#post-56753 Mon, 23 Jan 2012 09:52:07 +0000 Mrsbells 56753@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>we plan to use glass bottles. I dont like boiling plastic either. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/spinoff-bottles-glass-vs-plastic#post-56742 Mon, 23 Jan 2012 09:02:39 +0000 Mrs. Bee 56742@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@pastemoo: charlie likes to hold his bottle most of the time. he's actually never dropped it. we heat the milk in the microwave so i figured glass was better than heating plastic. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/spinoff-bottles-glass-vs-plastic#post-56524 Sun, 22 Jan 2012 14:38:53 +0000 pastemoo 56524@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@looch: Cool thanks!<br /> @artbee: Cool. Didn't really think about that option. oops! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/spinoff-bottles-glass-vs-plastic#post-56523 Sun, 22 Jan 2012 14:28:20 +0000 looch 56523@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Lifefactory makes glass bottles with a protective silicone sleeve, you could check those out too. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/spinoff-bottles-glass-vs-plastic#post-56494 Sun, 22 Jan 2012 13:09:08 +0000 heffalump 56494@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@pastemoo: plastic. But I don't think we'll be warming the milk. She'll drink it cold. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/spinoff-bottles-glass-vs-plastic#post-56475 Sun, 22 Jan 2012 11:40:40 +0000 pastemoo 56475@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@owlmom: Good to know!<br /> @winniebee: LOL. I'm a super klutz too and freak out about glass, but I convinced my husband to let me buy new glasses for drinking water--made of real glass and we haven't broken one in a year. So I stopped worrying about it.<br /> @Andrea: Ohhh. Bummer.<br /> @artbee: Are sippy cups plastic or glass, or do they offer both?<br /> @pelikila: Guess I have to figure out what the daycare here says.</p> <p>Thanks for all the info and insight. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/spinoff-bottles-glass-vs-plastic#post-56466 Sun, 22 Jan 2012 10:17:29 +0000 mrstilly 56466@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We use BPA free plastic. I only warmed bottles if they were from the fridge in the early weeks. And I didn't warm it that much. I wanted him to take a bottle anytime, anywhere and I knew I wouldn't always have a way to heat them. We used a cup of hot water and put the bottle in it. I also don't waste time sterilizing anymore. Plastic are light, easy to clean, and easier for DS to learn how to hold. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/spinoff-bottles-glass-vs-plastic#post-56460 Sun, 22 Jan 2012 08:41:05 +0000 winniebee 56460@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We'll be getting plastic (BPA free) - I"m a klutz and I can see shattered glass everywhere already! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/spinoff-bottles-glass-vs-plastic#post-56455 Sun, 22 Jan 2012 08:19:04 +0000 pelikila 56455@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I prefer glass bottles because they don't absorb odor or stains, are much easier to clean, and I have a stronger comfort level when it comes to santizing them (I always have concerns boiling plastic). Well we had to switch to plastic after about 5 months because the type of bottle my son preferred didn't come in glass. Thus, a BPA free plastic bottle. My daycare had no problem with my glass bottles until they were encouraging my son to hold his own bottle and the glass was a bit heavy for him.</p> <p>If you are worried about heating up your milk or formula, just put it in a sink full of warm/hot water for a few minutes. Both glass and plastic heat up well that way. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/spinoff-bottles-glass-vs-plastic#post-56450 Sun, 22 Jan 2012 08:02:02 +0000 heffalump 56450@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@pastemoo: she's on formula. We aren't going to give her milk in a bottle, we'll be using a sippy cup. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/spinoff-bottles-glass-vs-plastic#post-56448 Sun, 22 Jan 2012 06:54:11 +0000 Andrea 56448@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Plastic because I knew daycares would not accept glass bottles. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/spinoff-bottles-glass-vs-plastic#post-56437 Sun, 22 Jan 2012 02:39:19 +0000 SugarplumsMom 56437@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>LO isn't here yet, but I thought the fastest way to warm milk was to place it in a bowl and put it in the microwave. That way it doesn't really matter what bottle you use because you're not heating the milk with the bottle. </p> <p>Before I was pretty sure I wanted glass for all the safety reasons but after actually researching bottles, I think I'll go with plastic (they're mostly all BPA free these days). It's just more convenient and there's more variety. </p> <p>I plan to sterilize the bottles in a pan, in boiling water, over the stove-top. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/spinoff-bottles-glass-vs-plastic#post-56415 Sat, 21 Jan 2012 22:56:00 +0000 owlmom 56415@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I usually just get my tap water really hot, fill a bowl or mug with the water, and swirl the bottle of milk in the water until it's warm. Breast milk can sit out at room temp for up to 6 hours, so if I know we'll be using the pumped milk within that time, I don't put it in the fridge and don't heat it at all.<br /> ETA: at first, and probably until LO was about a month old, we would simmer the water we used to warm the bottles. As she has gotten older, we've only warmed the bottles enough to just take the chill off, which she doesn't seem to mind and is easier for us. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/spinoff-bottles-glass-vs-plastic#post-56408 Sat, 21 Jan 2012 22:26:45 +0000 pastemoo 56408@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@artbee: And she drinks room temp milk, too? Or only BF without bottle? </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/spinoff-bottles-glass-vs-plastic#post-56407 Sat, 21 Jan 2012 22:24:24 +0000 heffalump 56407@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We have plastic. I feel like I'd break the glass bottles in two seconds.</p> <p>We don't warm our bottles, we use water from the fridge and let it sit overnight so its room temperature. She doesn't even care if it's cold water, but I feel like it's better room temperature. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/spinoff-bottles-glass-vs-plastic#post-56403 Sat, 21 Jan 2012 22:13:25 +0000 pastemoo 56403@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Mrs. Bee: Do they hold up the bottle more, or do you? This is the one thing about the glass bottle that worries me.</p> <p>@owlmom: :) So you heat up the milk in hot water--do you heat the water on the stove? Or in a microwave, and then take it out and put the bottles in? </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/spinoff-bottles-glass-vs-plastic#post-56398 Sat, 21 Jan 2012 22:08:06 +0000 owlmom 56398@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@pastemoo: I totally wouldn't have known either if one of my friends hadn't taught me :) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/spinoff-bottles-glass-vs-plastic#post-56393 Sat, 21 Jan 2012 21:59:16 +0000 pastemoo 56393@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@owlmom: Oh! I had no clue. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/spinoff-bottles-glass-vs-plastic#post-56389 Sat, 21 Jan 2012 21:46:50 +0000 owlmom 56389@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@pastemoo: so technically you're not supposed to warm milk in the microwave anyway, so you aren't missing out :) I warm milk in the bottle in a cup of hot water, and it isn't a problem at all with the plastic. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/spinoff-bottles-glass-vs-plastic#post-56384 Sat, 21 Jan 2012 21:43:18 +0000 pastemoo 56384@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@chopsuey119: Cool. :) I registered for those same glass bottles. Haven't tried any yet though--baby still not here.<br /> @owlmom: Double boiler to steam the bottles. I suppose I really could just use a regular pan, but then the milk might scald/get too hot.<br /> The microwave is to warm the milk back up--but we don't have one, so my mom said to avoid plastic since it's a pain to heat up in a pan. But I guess you have no problem with that, so not having a microwave wouldn't matter. Thanks for sharing! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/spinoff-bottles-glass-vs-plastic#post-56378 Sat, 21 Jan 2012 21:39:01 +0000 Mrs. Bee 56378@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>charlie uses born free and olive uses avent (both bpa free plastic). we have one glass bottle, but it's heavy. i do like the idea of glass better though... who knows what else is bad in plastic besides bpa. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/spinoff-bottles-glass-vs-plastic#post-56375 Sat, 21 Jan 2012 21:36:56 +0000 owlmom 56375@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Not sure what the microwave and double boiler are for, but I use BPA free plastic. Since we had thrush, I had to boil all of my bottles for 20 minutes every day, and they held up fine. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/spinoff-bottles-glass-vs-plastic#post-56374 Sat, 21 Jan 2012 21:36:55 +0000 chopsuey 56374@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>When we were using bottles we used Dr. Brown's glass bottles. Even though they say plastic's BPA free, I felt that glass was "safer." Plus I liked Dr. Brown's vent system. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/spinoff-bottles-glass-vs-plastic#post-56369 Sat, 21 Jan 2012 21:30:41 +0000 pastemoo 56369@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>What kind of bottles do you use?<br /> Why?</p> <p>My mom told me to get glass bottles since we don't have a microwave and plastic bottles won't work well in a double boiler. </p>