Avent Bottles Recalled Kinda

Here's a post from my friend Angie's blog with a great tip if you bought those Avent bottle like she and I both did! I took mine back to Toys R' Us yesterday and got nearly $100 store credit for my 30+ bottles. The bottles are not "recalled" but they called it "parent's choice" - basically if you are uncomfortable with possible BPA in Avent's bottles you can get your money back. They don't even ask you if your bottles are from T 'R Us - most of mine were gifts so I didn't know.

Click here for the link to my post when I first heard about BPA.

"After a post made by one of my friends about this "mysterious" chemical, one might say I have become a bit obsessive about the swirling BPA information. I have read http://safemama.com/ & other websites, watched news stories on youtube and made my own conclusions that I would rather not risk whatever side affects BPA Avent might have and simply switch the types of bottles that I use for Reese. I also pretty much wanted to puke that I had 4 unopened boxes of Bottles, along with the 5 bottles I was already using.

I was resourceful enough to pull up my registry at Babies R Us and return the 2 boxes that were "purchased" on my registry to their store. But I sadly took all of the other bottles out of the cupboard and just put them in a bag in the pantry (why I don't know I just couldn't bring myself to throwing those away). I made the switch to Playtex Drop-ins and begged my big sis to send me her "supply" of bottles so I wouldn't have to buy another $20 worth of bottles.

Today my pack-rat tendencies have paid off! Browsing websites that I visit on a nearly daily basis I checked out http://babycheapskate.blogspot.com/ and saw the post about "rumors that Babies R Us is taking back opened & unopened BPA bottles" I nearly jumped out of my seat and read several comments about the fact that some stores are taking them back and some stores aren't. First I called the St. Louis Babies R Us to see if they were indeed taking them back - YES. Then I decided to be brave and call my pathetic excuse for a "babies r us corner" at our Toys R Us here in Springfield. YES YES YES They are taking them back!!"