Lactation Consultant

With all the latest controversy on baby-bottle plastic safety, you may be wondering about the safety of the materials used for bottle nipples. Hopefully, this article will shed some light on the matter. Basically, bottle nipples are usually made of either latex or silicone. Latex is the more traditional material and many [...]

According to the Bisphenol-A Free Website, “Bisphenol-A is a hormone-disrupting chemical considered to be potentially harmful to human health and the environment. It has been known that scratched and worn polycarbonate feeding bottles will leach this chemical into liquids.” Before I was pregnant, I had no idea about this issue, and definitely wanted to do [...]