super sipping

Filed Under Going Green, Stuff | January 11, 2010

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We’re always on the lookout for safer sipping options for our kids and we’re particularly fond of stainless steel bottles from OrganicKidz. Not only are they a Canadian company but their bottles are made from food-grade stainless steel which is naturally bacterial resistant and they’re lead, BPA and PVC-free.

And we like them even better now they’ve added a sippy cup conversion kit to their offerings. Why is the kit the best part? Well once your tot outgrows the silicon nipple that each bottle originally comes with you can use the kit to make the bottle last from infanthood right through toddlerhood. As the bottles cost from $18 to $20 each – not the cheapest around, although we suspect they might be the most durable – this substantially decreases your cost per use and items in the landfill. The kits are designed to work with their narrow necked bottles that come in four, seven and nine oz sizes and lots of fun designs. The nine oz bottle is also vacuum insulated to keep liquids hot or cold for up to six hours.

Because the bottles aren’t wide our pint-sized tester who was just transitioning from bottle to cup found it really easy to hold by herself compared to other sippy cups. Which delighted both she and her mother. Her mum also appreciated how easy it was to tote the bottle about in her diaper bag – they’re quite lightweight – and the fact that it’s dishwasher (and sterilizer) safe as well. The only thing she wasn’t so keen on was the difficulty in telling how much her little sipper had consumed. The single hulled four and seven oz bottles do have a scale on their sides to allow you to gauge how much is in the bottle but it’s definitely not as easy as quick and easy as with an opaque bottle.

We noticed that next up they’re adding a sports spout which means one bottle (plus a few accessories) could last you from infanthood to elementary school. Go Canada!

OrganicKidz: www.organickidz.ca

 

One Response to “super sipping”

  1. Kristy on September 23rd, 2010 10:58 pm

    We carry the entire line of OrganicKidz bottles and accessories online at: http://www.rockymountainkid.com (Canadian retailer)
    We love that OrganicKidz is Canadian and produces such a great product.

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