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Samantha, You have a few options. If you are willing to pay about $20 for a two pack of bottles then the easiest choice are the Born Free - which you can buy at Babies"R"Us, and they are plastic. if you want a cheaper option there is an evenflo that comes in a 3 pack - each of the three bottles is a different color, and the bottles really don't look like much. I have read conflicting reports on the MAM products. You should call the 800 # on the packaging and ask which of there products are really BPA free. If the operator hesitates in answering your question then just don't buy them. You have to remember that just about any bottle should be fine for your baby. The most important things are that they accept the nipple and that you remember to hold the bottle at a 45* angle at feedings to keep them from swallowing air. If I were you I would go to Babies"R"Us and look at the options they have there. You are also going to have this problem when you switch to sippy cups. The most affordable option for those are the Gerber Sip and Smile, and they are available everywhere. Be sure to stay away from NUBY. I hope this answers your question?? I am here if you have any more.

Stefkay, the drop ins are convienent, however the outer shell contains BPA, and possibly the ring, not sure about the nipples. Atleast this is the information that I dug up. Just because the milk itself doesn't come in contact with shell of the bottle doesn't mean it is safe. Just handling the product over time can be bad. when your baby gets older and is holding the bottle by themself that is a problem. As far as the sterilizer is concerned, I always used one with my daughter, especially as a newborn. If you have a sanitize option on your dishwasher, then use it. I have a First Years sterilizer, it is digital and I loved having it with my first child. I could clean the bottles and then sterilize them at any time. I wasn't waiting for a full load of the dishwasher. Did you mean that you were using a sterilization bag in the microwave? I wouldn't do that- what a pain. I think my sterilizer was $80-$90 at Babies"R"Us. I want to make sure that my childs bottles are clean and safe. Especially in those first fragile months. Anyway, in my opinion, yes it is a necessity.

We use the Evenflo cla__sic gla__s bottles, and they're great. They're really tough, too. I've dropped at least a few of them on the kitchen floor without even a chip. The only time we've had one break was when I misjudged how much room was left in one when I put it in the freezer, and it expaneded and broke. That would have happened with a plastic bottle, too, though. We use the Gerber Nuk molded silicon nipples on them (and sometimes just the original silicon nipples they came with).

All I can say about the playtex bottles is that I used the drop ins with both of my boys and although the rings may have bpa they don't really come in contact with the inner liner - I had zero issues with either of my sons - I plan to use them for this baby - just like with everything else - somethings are good somethings are ok something are bad - playtex drop in are affordable because Walmart sells generic drop ins which are also safe...Of course we all want to do what is the best for our little ones but STEF - I don't sterilze anything except the nipples as that's the part the baby comes in direct contact with .....I have never owned a sterilizer I don't think they are necessary if you have a large pot boil your items for 5 mins and they are good to go I know a lot of first timers can be intimidated by all of the information out there as a 2 kids veteran I think you will find if you end up having any other kids you will realize that you dont' have to fear everything and that babies are tough and we can't put them in a bubble so girls just trust your gut feelings and make the decision that is best for you.....we are all here to help each other and offer advice my mom helped me a lot when I had my first son and it was wonderful she didn't try to freak me out about anything and I was pretty calm as a result of that.....

Well, what about sippy cups/bottled water/plastic storage containers, e.t.c.??? We use so much plastic and don't even realize it, so what do we do about that? Just about everything you buy comes in plastic containers, and if this BPA leaches out without even having heat applied to it then we are all getting poisoned by it and don't even know it. Not every manufacturer is going to make it obvious that they use BPA in their plastics, and so I'm sure most of them have it in there, since it's an ingridient that pretty much is necessary.

I bought the Gerber Clear View bottles today. From what I've read on the internet those are BPA free and when I bought the bottles I called the 1 800 # and spoke to a rep and she told me that the Clear View are BPA free. All the articles I've read say that the Gerber NUK contain BPA so I asked her about those to see what she'd say and she said they did contain BPA so the Clear View really are BPA free and they're really cheap too. They're not really pretty or decorative. They're actually pretty plain but I'd rather have a plain ugly bottle than a pretty one with BPA lol :P I'm going with those because I can't afford the Born Free which are about 10 dollars a bottle. The Gerber Clear View are a little over 3 dollars for 3 bottles which much cheaper than the Gerber NUK which is what I had originally bought before I heard about all this BPA stuff

Gerber Sip and Smile, and the color change sippy cups are BPA free. As far as plastic food storage containers and reusable bottles are concerned, if you go to rubbermaid dot com, they actually have photos of all of their products and they are categorized as containing BPA or BPA free. It makes checking on their products a no brainer. The picture of the product and the name are right there for you to see. It is very easy to stock your home with BPA free bottles, sippy cups, storage containers and reusable containers... it just takes a little looking.