Delivering formula the caveman way!
Written: Jan 04 '01 (Updated Jan 04 '01)
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Pros: Easy to maintain; durable
Cons: Can break and heavy bottle might hurt baby if it falls on the child
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| HawgWyld's Full Review: Evenflo Glass Nurser |
These are my favorite bottles for my baby girl. Just give me good, old fashioned glass. By God, it was good enough for Grampa and it's good enough for my kid! Go ahead and keep those wimpy little plastic bottles with cute pictures of Winnie the Pooh and Blue the Dog. Give me good, solid American glass every time.
Well, perhaps I overstate my case as I don't hate the plastic bottles we have around here. The truth is, I prefer these glass ones by Evenflo for a couple of reasons that I think are pretty solid.
First of all, these things survive a trip in the dish washer quite well. I know there are folks out there who swear up and down that baby's bottle should be washed by hand, but we've found that sticking this thing in the washing machine gets it clean enough and our child hasn't gotten violently ill by drinking from it.
The washing machine, too, gets darn hot and that leads to a fairly sterile environment for bottles, I should think. Our goal with baby bottles is to soap 'em up, get 'em clean and then heat 'em up to kill those stubborn germs. These glass bottles go through that entire process with ease in the washer.
Plastic bottles, frankly, aren't as easy to toss in the washer. They turn upside down and get full of nasty, filthy water from time to time. The cheaper ones tend to melt. You don't get any of those problems with glass bottles. Period.
Even if you wash bottles in the sink, glass ones are easier to sterilize as you can scald the fool out of them and not worry about them melting into a pool of goo.
Second, I like these heavy, clunky bottles. They feel more, well, solid than the plastic ones we have, and I believe they'll last longer. In addition to surviving the washing machine, glass will simply hold its shape and be around for centuries if properly maintained. Plastic bottles, like plastic cups, wear out over time and those cute little pictures bottle manufacturers have stuck all over the sides of ours will flake and look awful after a time. Ah, glass just gives you that durable, classic look.
Is there a downside to a glass bottle? You betcha. Glass bottles are heavier than plastic, and could hurt babies if they happen to get a bottle dropped on them. Also, glass tends to break if mishandled, and that can lead to trouble. However, a little caution goes a long way when dealing with babies, so a normal care should keep your little one from coming to any harm.
While I might feel a bit like a caveman while preparing a glass bottle for my youngster while other parents are switching to that new-fangled plastic, I don't care and I say "phooey." Glass bottles are easier to care for and are more durable, and my Wife and I have had no trouble feeding our daughter with these. Go, glass! Glass, glass, glass!
Recommended:
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