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Born Free and Breaking Free
BPA has been in the news for a while now. I never paid too much attention before, but when Canada banned it and Walmart and Babies R Us agreed to phase out the sale of bottles containing BPA, I decided maybe I should phase them out of my house, too. I read that not only is it linked with cancer, but it is said to cause hyperactivity as well. From what I can see, Jack won't need any help in that department! I went out and bought a few Born Free! bottles and training cups, and I'm really glad I did. They were a little more expensive, but they are so much better than the sippy cups we had been using. The Nuk sippy cup that Jack liked because he could actually drink out of it had a tendency to leak, and the Playtex sippy cup that I like because it didn't leak at all was nearly impossible for him to drink out of. The Born Free! trainer cup is the best of both worlds. It leaks very little, if at all, AND it is easy to drink from. I really wish we had just started here. And the best part is that the bottles, trainer cup, and drinking cup (which we don't have yet) all have interchangeable parts. Unless I need more of the actual cups, I'll only have to buy drinking cup spouts (which are hard spouts as opposed to the trainer cup's soft spouts.) I highly recommend them to anyone who is concerned about BPA (and phthalates!) in their child's bottles. Heck, I would recommend them to anyone who is looking for a good sippy cup, toxic or not.
I also finally gave in and baby-proofed the living room. I had been hoping to not have to do that here, but no such luck. Not only does he have more energy than me, but at times he's also faster than me. And he pulls himself up on anything that will hold him. This includes the obvious (crib, couch, gates) and the not-so-obvious (me, piles of laundry, bumbo). Actually, he no longer needs the bumbo for support, but it has become invaluable as a "jail." If I need him to sit still and I set him up with toys, he doesn't notice that he can't try to follow me for at least 2 or 3 minutes. It's usually just enough time to do whatever I need to do. My little boy is growing up so fast!
BPA has been in the news for a while now. I never paid too much attention before, but when Canada banned it and Walmart and Babies R Us agreed to phase out the sale of bottles containing BPA, I decided maybe I should phase them out of my house, too. I read that not only is it linked with cancer, but it is said to cause hyperactivity as well. From what I can see, Jack won't need any help in that department! I went out and bought a few Born Free! bottles and training cups, and I'm really glad I did. They were a little more expensive, but they are so much better than the sippy cups we had been using. The Nuk sippy cup that Jack liked because he could actually drink out of it had a tendency to leak, and the Playtex sippy cup that I like because it didn't leak at all was nearly impossible for him to drink out of. The Born Free! trainer cup is the best of both worlds. It leaks very little, if at all, AND it is easy to drink from. I really wish we had just started here. And the best part is that the bottles, trainer cup, and drinking cup (which we don't have yet) all have interchangeable parts. Unless I need more of the actual cups, I'll only have to buy drinking cup spouts (which are hard spouts as opposed to the trainer cup's soft spouts.) I highly recommend them to anyone who is concerned about BPA (and phthalates!) in their child's bottles. Heck, I would recommend them to anyone who is looking for a good sippy cup, toxic or not.
I also finally gave in and baby-proofed the living room. I had been hoping to not have to do that here, but no such luck. Not only does he have more energy than me, but at times he's also faster than me. And he pulls himself up on anything that will hold him. This includes the obvious (crib, couch, gates) and the not-so-obvious (me, piles of laundry, bumbo). Actually, he no longer needs the bumbo for support, but it has become invaluable as a "jail." If I need him to sit still and I set him up with toys, he doesn't notice that he can't try to follow me for at least 2 or 3 minutes. It's usually just enough time to do whatever I need to do. My little boy is growing up so fast!
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Summer will be so much fun! We'll all get lots of exercise chasing Jack around!!
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