Are glass baby bottles better?

[sickmumma]

I am breastfeeding and hoping to express, we used Tommee Tippee bottles with our son but looking online there are also glass baby bottles for sale. What is the difference? Are glass better? Sorry if I'm being stupid the idea of glass and baby worries me but I am guessing there is a reason they are being made? I assume also because they are recyclable?

I literally cannot tell you how many times I've dropped plastic bottles. That alone would be enough to make me steer clear of them

Surely they're quite heavy though?

@Omzlas this is what I was wondering? I can't see how they would be preferable?

I have never smashed any of ours. They use a special tough glass. They are heavier than plastic. Does not bother me as I don't esp care whether baby can hold her own bottle or not.

These days you have to use hot water to make up formula, and I don't like the idea of hot drinks being made up inside plastic, even BPA-free plastic. Glass also seems more hygienic.

They are like pyrex and are hard to break.

They don't get cloudy/scratched over time like plastic ones, as well as the (alleged) health benefits.

One thing I would say is that the lip can be chipped sometimes; though maybe it's just me - I generally manage to chip every piece of glassware and crockery I own.

@sickmumma

On the downside, they can be quite heavy for the baby to hold when they get to that stage (which is quite fast).

No plastic chemicals being roasted in a steriliser over and over. And they are so clean when washed. We’ve only smashed 1 over 3 children.

@happyspud. Should I phone SS?

"We’ve only smashed 1 over 3 children".

What did they do that was so bad??

Crying. Stopped immediately though.

My partner wanted to use glass bottles for our baby because it was a more hypoallergenic choice. He heard about the bacteria that could be in the cracks of plastic cups too. We just used bottle sleeves over them just in case. We never dropped them. If you do I would just say check to see if the glass is chipped. Also, by the time our son was holding bottles himself, he was drinking out of a plastic sippy, because they don't make glass ones. Which is good because if your baby is anything like mine he will chuck them and you will dodge them lol. Also I think by that time he was pretty much old enough that his tummy could handle the good bacteria after a good wash and sterlization of course.

I bought some because I didn't want nasties from plastic leaching into LOs milk. Would recommend them HOWEVER- they are much heavier than their plastic equivalents and very hot to touch when you first make up feeds and take a while to cool down- like a mug of boiling hot tea/coffee.

Glass bottles are used because there are concerns about hot water, steriliser steam etc mobilising plasticisers into the milk. BPA was the main culprit, so a lot of plastic is BPA free now, but there is concern that other chemicals can leach into milk too.

Also, there is a general trend of people moving away from plastic bottles in preference for glass (or something else) for all sorts of liquids.

I used glass on the basis that i wouldnt want to make myself a drink with boiling water in a plastic cup (and my body is a very very long way from a toxin-free temple!)

Having used glass bottles for DS, i bought a couple of plastic ones once he was having cold milk - but the way they discoloured so quickly (admittedly in the dishwasher) meant i binned them - if steam opens the pores of the plastic to let colour in, what chemicals is coming out??

Didnt matter to me if baby had to wait another couple of months to be strong enough to hold, as i always held the bottle anyway. Never broken a bottle, but i have chipped a couple round the lip.

I breastfed so this was never a concern of mine but my sister used glass bottles and they were brilliant. I was very impressed with them when I looked after my niece for a few nights. She had the Avent natural glass bottles. I would have used them if I needed to that's for sure.