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Most of the stuff I've bought for our baby I've been able to buy used - either from garage sales or craigslist. There's a few things though that I wouldn't buy used like our carseat and crib/crib mattress. I'm trying to get the rest of the things we need for our baby and saw someone selling a huge lot of the bottle and nipples I want on craiglist for a very good price. But I'm not sure how I feel about buying used bottles. On one hand, obviously I would wash and sterilize them so it doesn't seem much different then drinking from a glass at someone ele's house but I just get this weird cringe when I think of buying the bottles/nipples used. What would you do?
I also bought almost everything used... But some items just have to be new and for me, bottles was one.
Although, I would consider buying the used bottles, but with new nipples...
I'm kind of anal about cleanliness so there are A LOT of things I would not buy used. Bottles/nipples would certainly top the list!
I bought avent bottles off craigslist- but they did not come with nipples and I had planned on buying new nipples anyway. I also had a friend give us a ton of born free bottles with nipples and since I know them- I will feel comfortable using. (I imagine I will sterlize the ones from craigslist a few more times that I would the ones from my friend!)
@Tisty1982: CONGRATS!!!
To answer your question, me personally, I would not buy used bottles or pacifiers for that matter. There is definitely nothing wrong with buying used items but for sanitary reasons, those would not be an option to buy used... but if you HAVE to, then definitely buy new nipples and sanitize the bottles...
I pump into used bottles, but she eats from new ones, so the nipples are new. My thought though is we drink from other people's glasses at restuarants as long as they're washed well, it's fine.
I wouldn't because I would be afraid that the older they got the more the plastic would break down. I don't if there is any bit of truth to that, but it would worry me.
@TheFutureMcBride: That's kind of my thinking too. If I can sanitize the bottles it isn't much different than eating off of plates/cups at other places. I figure with the bottles those would be easy to sanitize since there aren't little parts but toss the nipples and get new ones.
I'm not big on buying used items, unless its a car, house, books or painting. I'm not buying any used products for my baby and definitely not bottles and nipples.
I would buy used bottles but definitely replace the nipples. You can sterilize the bottles, so they should be good as new, if they're in good condition.
If you've ever eaten off of a plate from a resturaunt, why would this be any different? In fact, its even safer, since you can sterilize them yourself and replace the nipples. Pretty much everything that touches you and your baby in a hospital is used and then sterliized and reused - the linens, the cribs, etc.
The BABYSTUFF!! industry is almost as bad, if not worse, than the wedding industry, when it comes to convincing women that in order to be a good bride/mom, they need to spend thousands and thousands of dollars on shiny brand new STUFF. Its not only wasteful financially, but environmentally as well. I will quite happily be buying everything used or borrowing from friends who are between babies.
I would buy used bottles, if they were in good condition.
It really doesn't seem any different than eating at a restaurant or friends house. I'd be MUCH more likely to use used bottles than a used pump, and there are plenty of people that buy used breast pumps (like the pump in style) that is not supposed to be used by more than one person.
Also, Olive Garden sets wine glasses at every table, but then puts them back with the clean ones if you don't use them. Imagine how many people drink out of glasses that have been touched by strangers and never washed?
It takes about 450 years for a plastic bottle to decompose. I don't think you'd have anything to worry about. :)
A restaurant is not a place that you go to every single day for every meal. So I dont get the comparison between restaurant tableware and baby bottles/nipples.
germs are germs. clean is clean. How often or not often you use something, especially if its cleaned properly, has 0 effect on what you're exposed to. If you're comfortable eating with a fork at Applebees, it doesn't follow that you'd worry about what could be on a bottle that you've sanitized yourself. Besides the fact that there are far more germs under the average person's fingernail than on anything made of plastic.
I'm not having a baby yet but when I do ... bottles is one of the few things i'd never buy used.
I get weirded out by used items in general. Pretty much the only thing I could consider buying used is a car, art, and furniture that people don't sit or sleep on, (like a bookcase or dresser). Anything else just grosses me out. So I definitely would not buy anything used for my (future) baby. To me buying used bottles is like buying used dishes for yourself. Would you do that?
I'd be more comfortable buying glass bottles than plastic ones, but I would definitely considering buying them used. New nipples for sure though.
@Lozza: then you would have no problem with used bottles. me on the other hand....never. i think it's just a personal comfort thing.
@mandypop: You seriously just made my day. Who knew it was so long?
I'm a crazy person who buys most things new for the baby. So bottles are def on my must be new list, but like I said, there aren't many things that are used for my baby girl, with the exception of furniture and clothes.
Why not? How are they any dirtier than new dishes if you've washed them?
Sorry, I just don't get the logic here. Obviously buying anything used and not cleaning it... gross... but with a tablespoon or 2 of bleach and hot water, dishes/bottles/what have you are just as clean, if not more clean, than when you take them out of a package.
@mandypop: what you said through and through.
I'd buy new nipples more to make sure that they don't start cracking rather than to make sure they were clean.
i feel like buying used bottles is like buying used pacifiers...and that's just bizzarre to me!
i am totally all for going used, I probably will get several things used...but I couldn't imagine getting anything used that went in my baby's mouth. even if it is sanitized, I just wouldn't do it. Bottles aren't really a big expensive...you can get some nice BPA free ones for under 5 dollars....
ETA: I just read all the previous posts. buying new nipples would work too!
I would probably buy new nipples but it also depends on the cost of the bottles new, you know?
I say go for the used bottle but get new nipples I sold bottles on craigslist that my set of bottles (18 in all) only 2 were used. Picky baby after BF... I would much rather buy used bottles and then just buy new nipples some bottles are not cheap...
I don't know if I would buy them from a stranger, but friends & family.. of course! I would just buy new nipples though!
I would definitely buy used bottles.
I think it is sort of odd to believe that anything coming from a factory is clean. Clearly if you open a package of new bottles, you are going to clean them prior to giving them to your baby. So what's the difference between cleaning bottles from a factory and bottles from another mom?
In addition (and not to sound preachy), I hate to think of all the used baby stuff going into landfills. I want to leave my child a better and cleaner world and reusing and recycling is part of that.
I don't think it's a horrible wasteful thing to want to buy some new stuff for baby. It's a new baby, you usually want some stuff that's fresh and brand new. Even though I know logically it's totally ok to buy used things (like bottles), sometimes it's just a mental thing and you want new stuff. Who cares?
I decided to go ahead and buy the bottles. I got 17 bottles in various sizes for the same amount it would cost me to get 6!! Got them home, washed and santized them so they are ready to go! I am going to buy new nipples though, that was the only thing I couldn't be ok with getting used. Still saved me a TON of money though!
You know, I'm cool with buying some stuff used. I've picked up a ton of used clothes so far. I wouldn't mind books, toys, and other stuff... but bottles is a no go for me. I can't really explain why, but the thought skeeves me out. No way would I get used bottles or pacifiers.
The packs of Gerber bottles are super cheap, so it's not a huge expense to buy new. (Plus, the cheap Gerber bottles fit the Medela pumps, for anyone that didn't know that.)
Awesome!! Not only did it save you money, which is great - but you are personally responsible for 17 fewer plastic bottles sitting in a landfill for 500 years. :D
I'm always really cautious when it comes to germs, but something that is a hard surface (like plastic) can easily be santized. If it were me, I would just boil them in water, then wash them.
This is why we have such a problem going green in this society. People worry about things that are completely benign. What would possibly live on the plastic of a bottle after being completely santized, and then sitting in a cabinet for a few months until baby arrives?
I am proud of you for making a savings-conscious and green decision!
@MissEdamame: THIS
also - has anyone seen what conditions are like in most factories??? Why anyone would assume something direct from a factory and shipped in a filthy truck is any cleaner than something that has been used by one baby for a few months and run through the dishwasher weekly - baffles me.
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