I will tell you that her son is a perfectly delightful, bright, inquisitive and developmentally normal little boy and he received breast milk and formula from BPA containing bottles.

With that information, and knowing that I am thrifty, I thought long and hard and decided that in my opinion I would toss the old bottles in favor of the newer BPA free bottles.

The top manufacturers of baby bottles voluntarily stopped using BPA in their bottles at the end of 2008. These bottles include, Dr. Brown, Avent, Playtex, Evenflo and numerous others. It is easy to find BPA free bottles that are well marked and most large chain stores are no longer selling your-baby bottles containing BPA. The cost involved to replace old bottles seems minimal, and the data regarding the safety of BPA to infants and children continues to be released with more ongoing studies underway. There will be more data available in the coming months and years.

The Endocrine Society who held their annual meeting last week presented “worrying” evidence about the effects of BPA , including the statement that “endocrine disruptors (which includes BPA) do have effects on male and female development, prostate cancer, thyroid disease, and cardiovascular disease”. There are concerns that infants and children may be particularly susceptible to BPA and possible long term effects on brain development and behavior.

So, with these recent studies and more concern regarding the levels of BPA found in baby bottles as well as comparison data of exposure to BPA between breast and bottle fed infants, it seems prudent to me to purchase newer bottles that are BPA free. Cross this issue off of the mother worry list. The cost of new bottles is minimal as compared to future concerns about BPA.

That's your daily dose for today. We'll chat tomorrow!