Babies need a lot of stuff and that fact can make shopping for baby shower or newborn gifts seem all too easy, but parents sometimes get inundated with stuffed toys and soft blankets and end up without some of the more essential items. Like diapers. But if you want to give something that’s a touch more exciting than that, we recommend the Green to Grow Welcome Home Set, which features a full set of BPA-free baby bottles that will last from the first few months until solid food is on the menu.

The Green to Grow Welcome Home set features two five ounce baby bottles and two 10 ounce baby bottles, as well as beginner, intermediate and expert nipples that can be switched out as the little giftee grows up, and an organic cotton baby burp cloth for post-feeding moments. All the items are free of BPA, lead, PVC and nitrosamine (a carcinogenic substance sometimes found in latex products) making the Green to Grow Welcome Home set one of the safest baby bottle kits you can buy. Click here to read more

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Before you start thinking “another BPA post?” know that today the news is not only a big deal, but also good: Six of the largest manufacturers of baby bottles have agreed to voluntarily ban the use of BPA from their baby bottles. The decision was made in response to pressure from consumers and members of the scientific community who raised concern over the potential health issues in bisphenol A (BPA)–which are especially worrisome in infant-related products–and called for companies to seek out alternative plastics. The brands that are switching to safer plastics include Avent, Gerber and Playtex and make up the most popular baby bottle brands in the country.

Part of the credit for the shift is due to Conneticut Attorney General Richard Blumenthal, who wrote to the companies strongly urging them to eliminate BPA after seeing the studies that linked the chemical to health problems in the developing systems of infants and children and enlisted the help of fellow attorneys general in his quest. Click here to read more

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