Thrifty Thursday: Making The Most Of Sippy Cups

So my son goes through sippy cup lids like crazy. We use several types, but the ones he seems to lose or break are the take-n-toss ones. I hated throwing out all the cups we had accumulated when the cups were in great condition and just needed new lids.

I looked everywhere and couldn't buy just the lids until I went to the company Web site. The Learning Curve sells a 6-pack of the lids for $3.99. The shipping and handling is about $5, so we teamed up with a friend and bought several packs of lids at once. It was great though because we could still use our cups, not waste them, and spend the money on what we really needed, which was just the lids.

It was not the best deal in the world, but I feel so much better about not wastign perfectly good cups. Plus the cups are BPA-free, so I'm not worried about my kids using them.

Updates On Bottles With BPA

So I took mine back yesterday and they are accepting the bottles, not the extra nipples or pacifiers or anything like that. I got almost a $60 credit and bought two new kinds to try.

The first one was the Born-Free bottles, which we have yet to try, but looked pretty good.

The second one was the Adiri Natural Nurser, which looks weird, but we're hoping may work for our baby to take a bottle sometimes.

I didn't have a receipt and I didn't have the boxes. I took back the Avent bottles and the Playtex VentAire ones as well.

I also got a few sippies for my older one that are supposed to be BPA free.

Looks like Playtex is offering a free bottle (BPA-free) with the drop-ins at their web site.

Babies R Us Accepting Bottles With BPA

So I have been thinking a lot about the BPA-Free bottles and cups and had taken all the questionable ones out of our cupboards. I wasn't sure what to do with them, but then I found out Babies R Us is offering to replace them with BPA-free bottles and cups and pacifiers I think. I called the one by us this afternoon about the bottles and they confirmed it

Apparently they have not been advertising it, but I found out by word of mouth. I am taking mine this afternoon to get new ones. I hated to throw ours out, but didn't want to donate them in case there are major issues with them.

Also the Parent's choice bottles at Wal-Mart and several new styles of bottles are coming out that are BPA-free.

The Take and Toss sippies are also considered safe. I don't tend to worry about this stuff too much, but there is more and more concerning information by the studies that are being done and I have an alternative, so I choosing it.

Also the Gerber soft spoons do not have BPAs.

Just thought you would like to know there is an alternative to losing all your bottles and having to buy new ones.

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BPA Free Items at Babies R Us