BPA, Phthalate and PVC Free: Born Free Sippy Cups, Bottles and Pacifiers

We're almost out of the sippy cup stage. I've been happily using the Born Free sippy cups with my two year old since she was old enough to try drinking on her own. In fact, she loves drinking from them, and I have to encourage her to use a "big girl cup" instead.

I realized I never wrote about these cups. They are BPA, pthalate and PVC free. And while I don't like the idea of ordering or using any new plastic, in some cases, these cups are ideal. Like when you one year old can't quite use a Sigg water or Kleen Kanteen bottle yet, and they are learning to sip for themselves.

Born Free sippy cups come with handles that are removable, and the sipping device and nipple are easily cleanable and fit back together with no trouble. The nipples need to be replaced every 3 or 4 months, but I've had the same ones for a year or so and they just leak a little. Not a big deal, usually, unless you have a toddler that like to turn their sippy cup upside down frequently! The simple solution is just to buy new nipples at the point when they leak.

This company also carries plastic bottles, if you feel the need to use plastic. Glass bottles worked very well for us, we never had any trouble with breakage or chipping after repeated uses (2 kids, 2 years).

After a quick visit to their site, I learned that Born Free has new line of recyclable sippy cups. So they never have to end up in the landfill. This is a way to feel a bit better about purchasing new plastic, and I wish these were out when I bought my Born Free cups. They also carry a wide variety of glass bottles now, too.

And last year I posted about the new line of pacifiers from Born Free. These are all we use with our two year old. Now, I have to think about when and how to get her to stop using it, but that is a different story!