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About a month ago, we made the switch to not microwaving in plastic. That's about all we're doing.

I think the main thing I'll be looking at is switching from plastic to glass storage containers. I'm less worried about things that just briefly touch food during a meal or prep like spatulas and measuring cups and whatnot.

We already use pyrex to store leftovers, and about a year ago we stopped using plastic in the microwave. So we use plastic for cold things and lunches, and serving food.

We still have plastic cutting boards but Wagon Sr. just read up on how wood is much easier to sanitize, so at some point we'll switch. I grew up with wood cutting boards and loved the thin, light plastic ones... but I guess I have to switch back now to the heavy wood ones.

I am working on changing our food storage over to glass, but I am not going to change it all. Hubs and I both commute by train to work. Carrying the glass containers is MUCH heavier than the plastic, and it is a strain on my already-tired back and shoulders. I know that sounds like a stupid reason, but it is a genuine concern for me. For now, if I am only bringing one thing, I'll bring glass. But on the occasions where I need to bring in a couple of containers, it'll probably be plastic. And Hubs refuses to switch to carrying glass.

So for storing stuff at home, we're switching to glass....slowly. I do not heat up our food in plastic - I either dish it out onto the plate to heat it or put it into a glass container. But D will continue to use his plastic bottles and straw cups. I did read somewhere that there are glass straws available, but....yeah, D chews on his straws too much, so THAT is not happening any time soon.

@grizz: That's us, too.

I can't worry about everything, and since we've already done our best to keep our plastic usage low, I'm not going to dwell on DS using plastic sippy cups and straws and whatnot. We just don't have the funds currently to replace those items and I'm sure that the amounts of anything bad he could get from those items are low due to limited use.

We also never heat anything in plastic, which is easy as we don't own a microwave.

I don't have too much plastic in the kitchen so I won't be throwing anything out.

We don't heat in plastic and were planning on not using plastic baby items whenever possible. As for cutting boards, we've always believed that wood is more unsafe than plastic because of the sanitation factor and because there's always the risk of splintering. It's so rare that we use plastic measuring cups and most of the time we use glass anyway. So basically this doesn't change our lifestyle much.

We don't dishwasher wash or microwave plastic and try to use alternatives when possible. That's realistic for our lives and works for us. I love Pyrex!