Not Your Mama’s Glass Bottle - Bottles of Joy Holiday Giveaway!
My friend Laurie from prenatal yoga is a chemical engineer. One afternoon during a playdate in the park we started talking about bottles and BPA and all that. Here’s what she said:
“I’m a chemical engineer. Plastic creeps me out. I’m using glass bottles.”
Even two years ago when I was breastfeeding my baby and pumping at night, glass bottles weren’t easy to come by. In fact, they were hard enough to find that despite Laurie’s warning, I went with BPA free plastic bottles. And I felt good with that choice. But amazing sites like Sprout Baby are now making it easy to find all kinds of green and eco-friendly products for baby, including the next generation of BPA free glass bottles.
Check out my video from April of 2008 and Sprout Baby’s informative post for clear and sobering information regarding BPA and its potential risks to your infant’s health. Scary stuff. But the really good news is that the product selection for BPA and polycarbonate free feeding is just getting bigger and bigger and more and more cool!
Sprout Baby sent me two of their way cool new glass bottles to check out and I gotta say, I love them. The Wee Go Glass Baby Bottle pictured at left is just plain awesome. This neat bottle comes with a silicone sleeve (available in six fun colors on Sprout Baby) which is free of plastics and 100% non-toxic. Of course, everyone is concerned about glass bottles falling to the ground and breaking. This protective sleeve helps prevent that outcome and also keeps the bottle from crashing into your iPhone in your diaper bag. And get this, you can boil and dishwash the bottle and the sleeve…together! This super tactile sleeve makes it easier to hold the bottle and also just feels cool–a sensation that won’t be lost on your infant. The nipple is also silicone and non-toxic, and the plastic ring, plug and cap contain no polycarbonates and are food grade, FDA approved and recyclable. Oh and they’re comitted to minimal packaging too. What you see is pretty much what you get. Woo Hoo!
So the plastic bottles I did end up using were made by the company Born Free, and they worked really well for us. Now, Born Free also has glass bottles available with their unique smooth flow valve that helps reduce colic and ear infections. If your baby has these problems, I’d definitely check out this bottle. The Born Free valve system worked really well for my baby and we didn’t have colic or ear infection problems at all. According to their literature, this valve system is also good for breast fed babies who are being introduced to bottle feeding, because the steady flow of liquid it provides is very similar to breast feeding. Born Free also offers silicone sleeves for added protection and grip-ability.
And..thanks to the generous folks at Sprout Baby, one lucky Babies Gotta Have It reader will win one of each of these bottles–Bottles of Joy! Want to enter? Read on!
To Enter the Sprout Baby Bottles of Joy Giveaway
- MANDATORY ENTRY #1: Swing by Sprout Baby and browse their wonderful selection of eco-friendly and green baby products. Come back and tell me which product other than the glass bottles you’d like to try. Entering is that easy!
***Want extra chances to win? After you have made your first entry as described above, do anything listed below and leave me additional comments for each one letting me know what you did! Maximum of eight entries per person.
- Follow me on Twitter (click the birdy button on the left to do so easily) and Tweet this giveaway (I’ve even made it easy for you, just cut and paste): Creeped out by BPA? Win glass Bottles of Joy from @SproutBabyClub & @BabiesGottaHavT! http://tinyurl.com/ykn6ryk
- Follow Sprout Baby on Twitter - just click here!
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- Email your friends about the giveaway and link to the giveaway post! cc me in the message (babiesgottahaveit@gmail.com)–I promise I will not spam you or your friends. Cross my heart
Your email address will remain private and not be shared with anyone. Giveaway only open to those with U.S. addresses. Must be 18 or older to win. Giveaway begins on Sunday December 6th and ends on Wednesday December 16th at 11:59 Eastern Standard Time. On Thursday December 17th, Random.org will select the winner, and I’ll email you immediately. After my daughter called Larry the Cable guy the last time she did a drawing, we have decided to take a little vacation from her choosing the winner. Random.org is in no way as cute and unpredictable as my daughter, but it is much more efficient and does not use any pieces of paper, even recycled ones. I am sure you will understand. Thanks for entering!
Disclosure: Sprout Baby provided me with two bottles to review and two bottles for the winner of this giveaway. I was not compensated in any way for this post. All views and opinions with regard to the product or company itself are my own and were not influenced, nor reviewed, by the company prior to posting.
UPDATE! We have a winner! Random.org says “Result: 36″. Congratulations Sarah! Thanks so much to everyone who entered!
Lauren said,
December 8, 2009 @ 8:18 am
I would love to try out the Clementine Studios Organic Play Dough Set. My toddler would just love this and organic play dough….how great!
Elaine, clothed much said,
December 8, 2009 @ 2:09 pm
The baby beehind daipers are SO adorable!! Definitely what I’d want!
Elaine, clothed much said,
December 8, 2009 @ 2:09 pm
Following you on twitter! @clothedmuch
Lara said,
December 8, 2009 @ 2:43 pm
I would love to try the thinkbaby Complete BPA Free Feeding Set. This looks great.
Lara said,
December 8, 2009 @ 2:45 pm
I am now a facebook fan!
Mark Cline said,
December 8, 2009 @ 3:43 pm
The eco friendly indoor gardening stuff! My son loves gardening and he’d really enjoy it!
Jackie said,
December 8, 2009 @ 3:58 pm
I would love to get my 3 year old the organic play dough or the Noah’s ark set!
Jackie said,
December 8, 2009 @ 3:59 pm
I subscribed to your blog! I love it.
Jackie said,
December 8, 2009 @ 4:00 pm
I am a facebook fan!
Kristine said,
December 8, 2009 @ 4:11 pm
Love the Boon Catch bowl! Very creative. Great giveaway!
Honor said,
December 8, 2009 @ 4:30 pm
Great site! We love Plan Toys and I’m sure my little boys would enjoy the pirate ship. The bottles would be a gift for my sis-in-law. Can’t wait to be an auntie!
Thanks for the chance.
chantelle said,
December 8, 2009 @ 9:52 pm
i would love to try the Angel Baby bottom balm!
Wow! Awesome giveaway! Thank you so much for a chance to win
chantellesabino(at)live(dot)com
Caitlin said,
December 8, 2009 @ 11:14 pm
I’ve heard Putumayo programming on npr and would love to hear what their kids music is like! (The opportunity to maybe win a couple of glass bottles is exciting, too, as we are expecting our second in a few months!)
Holly said,
December 8, 2009 @ 11:43 pm
Complete BPA Free Feeding Set. So much great stuff here though.
Stacey said,
December 9, 2009 @ 12:52 am
I love this set, the Pregnancy Pampering Kit. I have a friend who will love this!
Lil D said,
December 9, 2009 @ 2:45 am
I’d like to try some of their eco friendly diapers or the Sprouts Food Packets.
helenlam said,
December 9, 2009 @ 4:26 am
I like the Baby BeeHinds Hemp One Size Fitted Diaper.
Amanda Harper said,
December 9, 2009 @ 9:59 am
I’d love to try the baby beehinds wool cover! My 7 month old is having problems with fold over elastic on her thirsties covers and we need more options for covers to use under clothes.
Amanda Harper said,
December 9, 2009 @ 9:59 am
fan on facebook
Amanda Harper said,
December 9, 2009 @ 10:00 am
subscribe via yahoo
Amber Vasquez said,
December 9, 2009 @ 1:33 pm
I would get the reusable diapers. My mom used cloth diapers on me when I was little!
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Megan said,
December 9, 2009 @ 6:43 pm
Nature Babycare Diapers Size 1 (44ct)
I would love to try these organic diapers!
J. Freeze said,
December 10, 2009 @ 10:35 am
Oh holy cow! They have the cutest toys there! I can’t just mention one, so I’m mentioning four. The fireman/firetruck set, the pirate set, the treehouse set, and the shopping cart. I love them. Want to play with them and then put them on a shelf to display.
Lisa said,
December 10, 2009 @ 2:23 pm
I would try Boone Groovy Dining Set, it’s so cool!
Elaine from 1st Babies said,
December 11, 2009 @ 10:35 am
I love the organic play dough set. My sons are just past that now but wish I’d have seen this before.
Elaine
Sarah Coulsey said,
December 12, 2009 @ 11:58 am
The Clementine Studios Organic Play Dough Set would be perfect for my son. He loves playdoh!!!!
Sarah Coulsey said,
December 12, 2009 @ 11:58 am
I am a fan on facebook
Sarah Coulsey said,
December 12, 2009 @ 11:58 am
I am a subscriber!!!
Sarah Coulsey said,
December 12, 2009 @ 11:59 am
I have your button on my site!!!!
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Heidi Kratzke said,
December 12, 2009 @ 4:39 pm
I would like to try the pregnancy pampering kit. Sounds so nice right now!
Mommy Daisy said,
December 12, 2009 @ 11:16 pm
I like the Melissa & Doug Joey Magentic Dress Up Doll. My son would enjoy that.
Mommy Daisy said,
December 12, 2009 @ 11:17 pm
I follow & tweeted- http://twitter.com/psmomreviews/status/6618121747.
Mommy Daisy said,
December 12, 2009 @ 11:17 pm
I follow them on Twitter now.
Mommy Daisy said,
December 12, 2009 @ 11:17 pm
I have your button- http://psmomreviews.blogspot.com.
Sarah said,
December 13, 2009 @ 9:05 am
would love to try the angel baby lotion!
Sarah said,
December 13, 2009 @ 9:07 am
I’m a FB fan (Sarah Bee)
Sarah said,
December 13, 2009 @ 9:08 am
I subscribe via RSS feed
chana said,
December 13, 2009 @ 11:44 am
Green Toys Recycled Plastic Cookware and Dining Set
Dylan Aller said,
December 14, 2009 @ 7:36 pm
I just absolutely love Lifefactory Wee Go Glass Baby Bottle 4 ounce
we buy bpa free bottles for my family and my aunt is going to be havingg a baby soon
its such a great idea
Dylan Aller said,
December 14, 2009 @ 7:37 pm
subscribe to rss feed
Dylan Aller said,
December 14, 2009 @ 7:38 pm
fan on twitter
dyylannn
Jeanine said,
December 15, 2009 @ 7:32 pm
I like the CleanWell Hand Wash Pack.
Natalie said,
December 16, 2009 @ 12:46 am
I love the vegetarian baby food… as a vegetarian myself, that makes life a little easier.
Kimberly said,
December 16, 2009 @ 11:56 am
I like the GrimeFighter All Purpose Cleaner.
Kimberly said,
December 16, 2009 @ 11:57 am
I follow Sprout Baby on Twitter.
winsome6
Kimberly said,
December 16, 2009 @ 11:58 am
I subscribe to your blog through Google Reader.