C has pretty much made the transition to sippies and I'm probably done pumping (hip hip hooray!), so I've been packing away his bottles and nipples. We are years off from another kid - should these "keep" well until then? We have a few nicer Avent bottles, but they're mostly cheap Evenflo/BRU brand. I'm wondering if the plastic degrades or something.
So, did you save bottles for the next kid or toss?
Re: s/o do you keep bottles for future kids?
I saved absolutely everything, even diapers DD grew out of, for #2
Amen sister!
How is everyone storing them? I have all the smaller bottles in a big ziplock bag, but am not sure what to do with the bigger bottles.
Also, I'm glad you posted this because I had no idea about nipples eroding and had been planning to reuse them!
Yes, because we had bottle rejection issues with both kids, so I don't feel like potentially having to fork over more $$$ to figure out what Hypothetical #3 likes. I bought all new nipples for DS, though, and will throw these out after he's done with them.
I don't *think* the bottle plastic degrades that quickly (assuming your #2 comes in the next few years) - I remember reading up on the BPA leaching issues before DS. But I could totally be wrong.
TTC #1 Cycle 14 - IUI#1=BFN, IUI#2=BFP | TTC #2 Cycle 8=BFP!!
We saved the bottles but replaced the nipples...we use the Playtex drop-ins.
Since I am having no luck talking DH into #3, I guess I'll be tossing them after DD (sniff sniff)
I plan on doing the same...I do have a stash of diapers already that DS outgrew before I finished the package
Exactly this.