yoyobelly Blog Reviews our organicKidz Baby Bottles

yoyobelly Blog is a wonderful blog for expecting mothers, based out of Vancouver, BC. They are here to help make growing your baby and growing into motherhood less yoyo-like with weekly helpful hints and hip info. We were very pleased when they chose to review our OrganicKidz Stainless Steel Baby Bottles, and it sounds like they were just as pleased as we were.

Check out their review:

all bottled up

There are so many things to consider when you’re getting ready for your new arrival, everything from picking the perfect car seat to sleeping arrangements to whether or not to switch to non-toxic cleaning products. And then there are bottles. Canada was a leader in banning BPA in baby bottles, but even “safer” plastics don’t always appeal. And glass bottles are great, but they’re not super portable, what with not being shatterproof and all. Which is why we’re more than a bit smitten with these stainless steel baby bottles from Canadian company organicKidz.

Made of food-grade stainless steel these bottles are lead, BPA and PVC-free, naturally bacterial resistant and they come with a silicon nipple, though they are also compatible with most narrow necked nipples. Each bottle also comes with a lid that doubles as a measuring cup for mixing formula, measuring other liquids in and out or even holding snacks. You have your choice of three different sizes depending on your babe’s age. The 4 and 7 oz bottles are single hulled for quick and easy warming, while the 9 oz bottle is vacuum-insulated to keep things hot or cold for five to six hours. And they come in fun colours and patterns as well.

Our intrepid young tester (and his mum) loved the bottle. The only thing they weren’t so keen on was the difficulty in telling how much milk or formula is in the bottle and has been consumed by your tot. They combatted this by using a measuring cup before to keep track. And the single hulled bottles – which you can heat in all the same ways as a “regular” bottle (microwave excepted of course) – have a scale on their sides to allow you to feel how much is inside. Oh and they’re dishwasher and sterilizer safe as well.

Priced from $18 to $22, they’re not the cheapest bottles around. But they are quite possibly the most durable. And organicKids will soon be introducing a sippy cup conversion kit and sports spout, so one bottle could last your baby right through their toddlerhood and preschoolhood. And when they finally do outgrow it, why you can just recycle it.

And for the record, when it comes to cleaning products we always come down on the side of non-toxic.

organicKidz stainless steel baby bottles: www.gorgeousandgreen.ca

yoyobelly blog: http://www.yoyobelly.ca

It's time to get OFF the bottle!

Remember the days when if you were thirsty, you would find the nearest fountain? They were everywhere, from schools to parks, to shopping malls. And although they are still there, somehow we have all bought into this concept that drinking from a plastic water bottle was somehow better. The facts that I found from the Sierra Club of Canada, are absolutely shocking (Source: http://www.sierraclub.ca)

Did you know that:
* 1.5 million tonnes of plastics are used globally each year for water bottles.
* 1.5 million tonnes of oil are required to manufacture the water bottles used in the US alone in one year.
* In Canada only 15% of plastic water bottles were recycled last year.
* The cost to drink Bottled Water is enormous! Bottled water costs the consumer $1.20 per gallon. Whereas filtered tap water is under $0.20 per gallon and tap water is virtually free.
* Canadians bought more than 700 million litres of bottled water last year.
* Canadians should not assume that bottled water is safer than tap water. The requirements set for municipal drinking water is far stricter then the bottled water industry.
* Plastic water bottles leach Bisphenol-A, a known hormone disruptor.

It's time to get OFF the bottle! Take action personally! Carry a Stainless Steel Water Bottle with you. Bring an extra empty bottle with you when you travel, to fill along the way. After all, it doesn't just make economical sense, it makes environmental sense!