Gorgeous blog!

-Amelia

Thank you for the sippy showdown link! SO HELPFUL!

Below are some examples of bpa-free alternatives we use and where to get them.
This is part info-bite, part shameless plug for my store, that I opened specifically to offer people safe options.

1 - We used mason jars to store all of our food. (garage sales, a local grocery)

2 - Now we use glass refrigerator dishes too.
http://www.freemarketorganics.com/glfost.html

3 -I froze all of my daughter's breast milk and homemade baby food in 4 oz glass
jelly jars and was careful to leave room at the top so the glass wouldn't break.

4 - glass baby bottles
http://www.freemarketorganics.com/weekitchen.html

5 - My daughter's sippy cups are the safest form of stainless steel and made by Klean Kanteen
http://www.freemarketorganics.com/togo.html

6 - Our water bottles are also Klean Kanteen
http://www.freemarketorganics.com/togo.html

7 - We source cosmetics stored in glass and non-BPA plastics.
http://www.freemarketorganics.com/shopbody.html
http://www.afterglowcosmetics.com/

8 - All of my daughters toys are eco-painted wood, organic cotton or wool
http://www.freemarketorganics.com/shoptoys.html
http://www.blueberryforest.com/

9 - we avoid plastic wrappers and get much of our food from a local organic farm. It is clean, super high quality food and easy to do. Kids LOVE it! Many farms near all of us have programs called CSA's where you can get a box of in-season veggies w/great recipes once a week by paying a set fee, or making payments through out the year. Insurance companies such as Unity, Physicians Plus, GHC and many others will offer a rebate for folks joining CSAs. Find your local CSA:
http://www.localharvest.org/

10 - we use stainless coffee mugs instead of disposeable paper and plastic - can be found at any coffee chop

11 - avoid wearing polycarbonate glasses and lenses on your face and get hip glasses made of metal or... sustainable WOOD with glass lenses.
http://www.iwoodecodesign.com/iWood_content.html

12 - buy canned goods from companies that do not line their cans with BPA like Eden Foods and Trader Joes.

13 - avoid supporting the making of Polycarbonate( Bisphenol-A) Compact Discs by purchasing songs digitally and downloading them onto your computer or IPOD.

14 - If you smoke cigarettes - smoke the ones without the filters that contain plastic. If not - you double the harm done!

TO READ THE ORIGINAL PBS INTERVIEW WITH THE SCIENTIST WHO BROKE THE NEWS ABOUT THE DANGERS OF BPA GO HERE:

http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/shows/nature/interviews/vomsaal.html

Amelia Royko Maurer
http://www.freemarketorganics.com