BPA in babies bottles

littlepinky84

MAM bottles are free from the BPA, that much i know

surreysaver

daveyjp wrote: »

Main advice was don't use boiled water directly from the kettle. Boil the kettle, let it cool, then fill the bottles - we always did this anyway.

If you're not putting boiling water in the bottle, you will not be sterilising the formula.

squashy

All this worry makes me glad I breastfeed too! Who knows what chemicals we are giving our tiny precious babies?

jolou

barryheffron wrote: »

we didnt.
the formula we use, aptimil, says to make sure water is as hot as possible otherwise it wont mix correctly so we have always used water straight from the boiled kettle.
there are small scratches on the bottles so we will discard immediately.

I use Aptimil and it says to leave the water to cool for 30 mins. SMA says this too and it has been the way since I had my first baby 16 years ago.

Money_Maker_Shaker

Link to the government advice on the best temperature water to use;
http://www.food.gov.uk/news/newsarchive/2005/nov/infantformulastatementnov05

"feeds should be made up using boiled water that is greater than 70°C; in practice, this means using water that has been left to cool for no more than half an hour"

barnishroader

jolou wrote: »

I use Aptimil and it says to leave the water to cool for 30 mins. SMA says this too and it has been the way since I had my first baby 16 years ago.

oh right.
sorry but i never read it myself, just went on what my wife told me!!

we have started to let the water sit for at least 10mins after boiling now so hopefully that is adequate.

does putting the bottles in a steriliser not subject them to boiling water though?