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Hearing the latest news on toxic products is enough to make a mom throw her hands up in despair! As loving parents, we are all trying to do our best to protect our children and create the healthiest environment possible for them to grow up in, but lately that seems to be getting more difficult.
Personally, I want to purchase safer products – especially when it comes to items that my baby has in her mouth – but I feel overwhelmed trying to figure out what products are safe and where to find them. So naturally I was relieved to find The Soft Landing, where mom and registered nurse Alicia Voorhies, has done the research and offers a fantastic selection of safer, non-toxic feeding products, like Bisphenol-a free bottles, sippy cups and lead free bibs.
Alicia says,
While searching for safe feeding gear, I realized how limited the information was and how few options were available. What started as a growing awareness of toxic plastics, became a mission to care for my own children and newborn nephews. A highly motivated search team grew out of my concerned family members and now we work together to find the highest quality non-toxic baby care products for our children and yours.
Our passion is to help concerned parents raise healthy children in the most natural way possible. We just know youʼll benefit from our research and personal experience! Whether youʼre looking for bisphenol-a free bottles and sippy cups or lead free bibs, weʼve got you covered from start to finish. Dive in and discover how making a few key changes in the products you use can give your baby the best health advantage possible.
We have been using the Born Free Baby Bottles with Olivia (my wonderful husband gives me a break in the night with a bottle of expressed breast milk) and we love the peace of mind we get knowing that the Born Free Baby Bottles and Sippy Cups are made from a safer alternative plastic called Polyamide (PA) that is free of Bisphenol-A. (Scientific studies show that even very low levels of Bisphenol-A can be harmful to babies – but incredibly many companies are still using it in their baby products! USA Today has an illuminating article on the subject.)
And not only are the Born Free Bottles safer, they have a special venting system that reduces the vacuum that happens with conventional bottles so the baby can gently suckle when feeding.
I was also intrigued by the Adiri Natural Nurser that was designed with the help of doctors, moms and lactation consultants and plan on trying it out too.
The Natural Nurser Ultimate Bottle is made from high quality 100% polycarbonate-free materials that warm to a child’s cheek, like a breast, when filled with warm milk. A patented nipple design helps alleviate nipple confusion for breastfeeding babies. Shaped like a breast, they encourage the same type of open-mouthed latching that is required for breastfeeding, making bottle and breastfeeding more easily interchangeable.
That sounds fantastic to me!
Alicia is offering one BornFree Gift Set worth $44.99 and one Multi Stage set of the Adiri Natural Nurser worth $35.50 in our Christmas Giveaway.
(These bottles are so popular that they are on backorder until mid-December.)
If you want to try out the Born Free or the Adiri Natural Nurser, leave a comment here to be entered. If you have a preference about which one you would like to try, mention it in your comment. (If you are having trouble choosing, Alicia has a great post comparing the bottles on her blog.)
For detailed instructions on our Giveaway, see the Christmas Giveaway 2007 post (including the code to put our Christmas Giveaway button on your site.)
But here is the quick run through:
- Leave a comment on this post to be entered.
- Either post a link to this contest OR post a button linking to our Christmas Giveaway post. (If you post the button and link to the Christmas Giveaway, you are qualified to enter in all the upcoming Christmas Giveaway contests. And we have many more contests to come!) Non-bloggers are welcome too – we understand you can’t link – but feel free to pass the word on to your friends.
(This giveaway is open to US shipping addresses only.)
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My neighbor is due in Jan. I think she’d like the born free.
I am getting ready to have my second child and hated what was available for my first child. I would just love to try these. They look and sound incredible.
Please enter me! I’m particularly interested in the Adiri Natural Nurser. A friend’s newborn son was diagnoxed with severe milk allergies. They haven’t been able to convince him a bottle is OK, so mom is limited almost totally to non-processed foods (most foods contain some milk whey, etc).
would love it have nothing yet
I’ve read SO many good things about both of these bottles. I would love to win them. Thanks for a great giveaway!
what a great product!!!!
count me in.
We recently switched to the Adiri Natural Nurser, and my son LOVES them.
They both sound great, but the natural nurser is preferred. But I’d love either. I need to introduce my daughter to a bottle at some point…these look like good ones!
Nice idea! I would love these, but we have sworn off buying anything for a year. I’ll do a link on my blog with a little video of the bebe drinking from her bottle.
Thanks for sharing this great site with us! What a great contest.
Please enter me! This will make a great shower gift for my sister.
These are fabulous! Please enter me:)
I would love to give either set to a pregnant friend.
I am so glad to find there are safer options available now! Count me in!
Enter me please!
These bottles look great! I wish they’d had them around when my girls were infants! But please count me in! I have a friend who’s due in January and she doesn’t really have the money for alot of stuff! Thanks
These would be great!
WOW! Those natural nurser bottles look amazing!!! Sign me up- due in March!
Count me in!
Count me in
I need new bottles for the baby I start watching in a few weeks.
great contest! i have not saw these before..i,like you,cringe about the toxin’s we are learning about in our baby products!This is very scary..i have 2 grands that will soon be here as well as a great neice.my kolby ,age 2 ,that i raise.I was horrified to realize sippy cups,toys etc. that are used daily can be poisionous to him!this is just unacceptable to me.i love the idea of The Natural Nurser Ultimate Bottle being made from 100% polycarbonate-free materials and also that it warm’s to a child’s cheek, just like a breast during feeding. also the open-mouthed latching ..
these products look great~maybe i can win one for my new grands~
Would love to win some for my friend!
These are great products…make me want to have another=)
Hello! Please put my name in the hat for this fantastic offer! Either one would make me a happy camper! Thanks, Cindi
neat, this would be good for new baby. thanks for the chance.
I am due in Feb and these would be great to have!
I would love to try these!
Good give-a-way! My SIL (a brand new mommy) woul dlove these products!
My cousin is due any day now. This would be great for her!
This is fantastically timely as my daughter, who will be nursing her baby due in Jan, is researching bottles. She would love to try the Adiri Natural Nurser sounds perfect! (in case she needs to pump and do the bottle thing… especially when baby gets teeth. lol. Ouch!)
Thanks!
Oh, I have been drooling over the Soft Landing’s site! I want to try the Andiri bottles, but I’m on the fence, we are close to not needing bottles, and I don’t know when I will have another child. I would love to win them and give them a try.
My breastfed babies have never been able to take to a bottle (not even the touted “Avent” bottles). I would love for #3 to be able to easily switch from breast to bottle and back again with the Natural Nurser!
I would love the Natural Nurser for my SIL due in June. Thanks!
what great items! i hope we win!
Both look great, I’d like to try the Andiri I think if I won!
I like the idea of giving daddy a chance to bottle feed during the night (if this darn baby ever decides to be born). I’m intrigued by the Adiri bottles.
I had no idea about Bisphenol-A. That’s so scary that so many companies are using it in baby products! I would love to have the BornFree Gift Set so I can better protect my children. Thanks for a great giveaway and for the valuable information!
THis looks so amazing! I love when moms get involved and make things better. Please enter me!
this would be perfect for my baby thats due anyday.
We would LOVE a set of the born free bottles. Connor is just transitioning from breast to bottle so those would be perfect!
Your button is on my contest blog
The Born Free bottles would make a wonderful gift for my SIL who is expecting in March.
Just wanted to say thank you for all the info! I would love to try the Adiri’s with my daughter – she’s mainly breastfed and will take a bottle but not without a fight. I wonder how she would take to those?
I would love these. I have been reading about all this and just recently saw an article about these bottles. We are due in March and would love to win!
I would love to be entered.
Count me in. this would make the perfect gift to one of the moms in my MOPS group.
Have a ton of baby showers coming up- seems everyone is preggie right now! The gift set would be great!
Enter me in. Thanks
Please enter me!
Ooh I have always wanted to try BornFree!! Awesome giveaway!
They both look great! Thanks for the opportunity.
I would love the Adiri bottles!
The Natural Nurse looks very interesting. I’d like to try it with my next one.
I havent used bottles on my last 2 kids, however, my sister is ttc and will need to pump so I’m going to tell her about this link/website! Thanks for sharing!
Thanks for letting us know about this company! I would love either one!
I would love either one.
I would love to try the Adiri set. I nursed my daughter past her second birthday and she never took a bottle but I am definitely needing my four month old son to give me some space already! I’d love to try such an innovative design.
what a great product. count me in!
I have been thinking about this a lot lately. I just got rid of all our melamine plates and bowls because they always make into the microwave. And now I want to replace my bottle collection to these.
I’m hoping that my baby will nurse when he/she arrives, but you never know. It would be wonderful to have a few bottles on hand just in case.
Parker uses the Born Free. They are amazing. Please enter us in this contest.
Another great giveaway, of soemthing I will need for the new baby. I hope I win….
Count me in.
Pretty awesome contest, I’ve been reading about these- can’t wait ’til I win!
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Please enter me for the Born Free giveaway. Thanks!
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Enter me in!!! Thanks for all the hard work.
Please enter me for both
As a foster mother (as well as having 7 birth children) I can get infants at a moments notice, so I like to keep several types of quality bottles on hand. I recently threw out most of the bottles in my collection because they contained BPA. I would love to have the Born Free set. Thanks!
I love the Adiri bottle. I’ve sent them as gifts, used them and advocated their use. I’ve even changed a NICU by turning their LC on to the Adiri bottle which she reccomends to all new NICU parents now!! It’s a gift and product that keeps on giving and it gave a NICU baby (33 weeker) the gift that can never be topped! A breastfeeding relationship that he may not have had the opportunity to have! Thank you for providing us with support for our breastfeeding relationship and giving me the opportunity to do something wonderful for my little guy!
Wow…As a mom who eats mostly organic and all natural food and feeds it to her family, I can’t believe I’ve never heard of BPA! How disturbing that so many things, including baby bottles contain it. Please sign me up!
count me in!
I’m interested in trying the Adiri bottles and would love those as part of the giveaway. I’ve been struggling with my fussy / refluxish baby since he was born and now at 6 months he is refusing the bottle (when he used to seem to prefer it which agonized me). So maybe the Adiri would work and are a safe choice for him, so that I can have a break and go do something for myself solo once in awhile!!
I would love the Born Free bottles. Thank you!
I have read so many good things about these bottles! I would love to win the Born Free for my sister who is due in Feb….And maybe she would hand them back down if and when I may need them again! I sure wish I would have known about them when my son was nursing…I had a really hard time with him and bottles! Thanks for the great info and the awesome chance to win!
I personally breastfeed but I know someone that due to illness, is unable to breastfeed. I think she would really appreciate this and it will put her mind at ease to know that she is doing the best she can do for her lil’ man.
Count me in
Both of these bottles look great. I think I would have a hard time choosing which ones. Maybe the Born Free but I am intriqued by the adiri bottles. hmmmmm. tough choices
Count me in please! I have a little one who will be introduced to a bottle soon.
Count me in please!
Putting my name in the hat. I know someone who’d love these =)
I love having great non-toxic feeding options and can’t wait to try the Adiri bottles with my next baby!
Either would be fine as I would use it as a baby shower gift for an expecting friend.
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would love the born free.
Count me in!
Count me in !!
Would love to win this. I’m expecting in Feb. Please count me in!
Count me in! I would love to win the Adiri Natural Nurser, to use for my next child.
I’ve been wanting to try the Born Free bottles!
Enter me!!!
Please enter me in your contest to win the Adiri set. I’ve been trying to order them for awhile, but they are backordered everywhere!
Thank you!
I REALLY want to try the Adiri bottles! They look so cool and I love how they a SAFE for my baby to use! I’m also breastfeeding/bottle feeding and a bottle that is like my breast is nice. I’m not opposed to trying the Born Free bottles either!
I’d really like to try the Adiri bottles. I use the Born Free bottles right now and they are great but my son is on a bottle strike and will only take a bottle from my husband. I’m looking for something that closely resembles me! I am not opposed to the Born Free set btw.
I would love to try the Adiri Natural Nurser,my daughter hasent accepted any bottles yet but I have herd great things about it.
Please enter me. I would love either type. Really informative post. Thanks.
I would be most interested in the natural nurser.
I like the fact that it charges very quickly and I can use it on stairs and in the car or garage for quick cleanups.
I am really crazy, I posted the wrong reply to this post. Please disregard previous.
thanks for the information! i’d love to try the adiri bottles.
My almost six-week-old and I would love to try the Natural Nursers.
Adiri Natural Nurser sounds like a great choice. I would love to win. Thanks for the contest!
This is really great, I would love to give it to my friend as a gift.
I think the Natural Nurser looks really cool.
Thanks so much for hosting all these contests!
Oh, nice one!
I would love this! Either one sounds great to me… my #2 is due in just a few weeks!
Another great giveaway!
Enter me please for the Adiri nurser. Thanks!
I would love the natural nurser!
Enter me for the Adiri nurser set!
This would be a great surprise for my friend who is having twins!
No blog, but would be nice to win. Thanks!
Bornfree! This is wonderful girls. Count me in for this contest.
cool!! my best friend would love this!
been using dr. brown’s–getting rid of them now. would love to try born free. have not been too happy with the gerber fashion tints as the nipples are too hard.
These look really cool! Thanks for the giveaway, I’d love to win!
These would be great.
I was debating whether or not to buy glass bottles for my daughter. The Born Free would be a great plastic alternative!
Our second child will be born in Fenrury…this looks like a great bottle! Please count me in!
Please enter me for the Born Free bottles.
I would love to try either of these with our next baby! Count me in!
natural nurser please enter me
Thanks for raising awareness on the plastics issue!
thanks for allowing us to keep our babies safe from plastic :O)
What a great website of non-toxic baby products, one stop shopping and no more long searches on the internet! I’m particularly interested in the Adiri Nurser and would love to hear the feedback from other moms who have used either of these bottles.
Anything that would be bette for my first baby I would love!! Count me in!
please enter me in this contest that one that is breast shaped sounds wonderful
Wow – this was an enlightening contest to read about. I had no idea about the issues involved with toxins in plastics, especially for baby bottles. Looks like I need to win, otherwise, I’ll be buying!
We threw out all of the other bottles we were using and purchased a Born Free set, and wow, I’m glad we made that purchase. I love them, and they are great bottles. It’s great you guys are getting the word out on BPA. I haven’t tried Adiri but would love to, so either bottle brand would work for me. No preference. Thank you for hosting a great giveaway.
I would love to try the Born free bottles!
Thanks for the giveaway!
These would be great for my six month old!
ooohhh… i wanna try one!
Please enter me in this contest. i am due in February with my second child and would love to try these out! Thanks…
I have to you linked!
Thanks for the chance and good luck to everyone participating!
Lib
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Although my little one is about to graduate to sippy cups, my sister (who only does all natural, organic EVERYTHING) is due early spring 2008 and this would be the *perfect* present for her.
Those nurser’s would come in handy one day, innovative!
I’m expecting in April! This would come in so handy
Count me in!
Please enter me. Thanks!
Please enter us=). We are expecting in APril- and this is definitely a great product. Thank you!
Please sign me up. My button is all set up on my blog!
expecting a new little one in May. would love to try these! please enter me! thank you!
I would love this. I am expecting in January and would like to use the Adiri Natural Nurser. Please enter me!
would love to be entered thank you
Great product! Thanks for the chance!
I would love to give these as a gift!
I would love to give these as a gift to my sister who is due in March and has her baby shower coming up in December! I think I would prefer the gift set, but honestly either would be great!
Hi there! Please enter me into the Christmas Giveaway Contest. I really want to try the Adiri bottles with my newborn. She is breastfeeding exclusively now and at four weeks, I would like to beginn introducing her to the bottle so the I can give my husband a feeding and get a little more sleep (like you mentioned in your post). I am nervous about nipple confusion and these bottles seem like such an excellent choice!!! Plus, it has the good plastic – Yay! Thank you!
Sarah
I would LOVE to try these!
Please enter me.
I would love an Adiri bottle!
please enter me into this contest
I would love to try the adiri bottles with my baby! They sound exactly what I have been looking for! But they are all on back order on their website! Please pick me and help me get my baby to take a bottle!!
I have a friend who is expecting on December 9th. This would make a great gift. Thanks for the contest.
Please enter me
~Amy
Count me in> I think I’d prefer the Adiri.
these look wonderful! we would love to try either
Glass bottles are a no-no at daycare, so I have begun looking for alternate, safe bottle choices. The Adiri look awesome, I am sure my 4-month-old, Arden, would love them, as she breastfeeds when not at daycare. But, I really like that the Born Free bottles transition into sippy cups, so I think I’d like to try those. Thank you!
Very cool. I have been wanting to try the born free bottles. Please sign me up for the giveaway.
Enter me too! Thanks!
i’d take either, but I’d choose the Adiri Natural Nurser
Please count me in.
The Adiri natural nurser bottles look great. Maybe then my son would take a bottle!
Please include me.
Another fantastic item, I would just be thrilled to either give my sis or save for the second child (eventually second, but I stock early!)! Enter me please!
would love to win
Thanks for the giveaway! My choice – either will do.
Great idea. Thanks!
Thanks for the giveaway! These would make a great gift for my sister-in-law expecting her firstborn!!
Saw these at a health store once, would love them!!
Please count me in! Thanks!
Hope I win
Please count me in also, thanks!
Pick me! Pick ME!!!
Thanks for all these contests!
I’d love to try the Adiri bottles with my 3 month old!
I have actually been searching for these bottles! I have been trying to ween my daughter from breastfeeding for quite a while now, but she is just not happy with anything other than mommy! I had seen the Natural Nurser Ultimate Bottle on a mom blog somewhere a few weeks ago, but couldn’t recall where exactly it was or what it was called. Now & know & how lucky I am to find this giveaway! Please count me in! :]
Oh those are so neat I have never seen them before!
Perfect for a new baby on the way!
Great Product would love to have this
creative
Great product
My wife is on a quest for these currently.
Me too!
My great-grandson is due in January and I believe my grand-daughter would love this product. Times have certainly changed since I had children. Yes, please enter me into this contest.
Thank you.
I am in!
What a great product, everyone needs to explore and be safer these days
enter me
I think the Adiri natural bottles are a wonderful way to go from breastfeeding to bottles during those few breaks mom gets. I would love to win them.
Due in February, so these would be perfect, I’m going to check out her website for all the information, glad to find this research done for me.
Awesome
I would love to win the BornFree Gift Set I would love to try their sippy cups and I would share the bottles with my best friend who is pregnant. Thanks so much.
what a creative idea
I am loving all this baby stuff
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Great for the baby
fab
Great prize!
We need Christmas gifts!
Linked back
This is a wonderful gift.
Thank you for this contest!!
I’m expecting my second in a few weeks and would love to try the Adiri bottle. It would have been a miracle find five years ago for my daughter who refused every bottle we tried.
please put my name in the hat! thank you and good luck to all!
Toooooooooooooooo Cool!
my friend is expecting any day!! she would love it.
love to win
Thanks for all the contests!
great gift!
these bottles are wonderful.
The natural nurser set looks great! Count me in please!
I’m loving the natural nurser set with this baby girl on the way! Thanks!
This look like a great alternative to the more popular bottles. I’d love to use them over any other bottle if i could. thanks for offering such a great giveaway!
jen
The natural nurser bottles are so cool! Thanks for the chance to win.
In case I forgot to enter already, please enter me in this one.
Looking for the best bottle to give to my friend. I know feeding must be high tech in 2007!
This will make a great baby gift
Anything safer is worth the money.
another great contest. thanks
I would love to try these!
Enter me, Please!
wonderful
This is SUCH a good idea!
We need these!
Thx for featuring these.
Please count me in!
My nephew is soon to be born, and would love these.
I’ll try whatever bottles will work! Those look great!
Great baby shower gift
add me to the lise
I’m in! Thanks
We would love to win!!!!!!!
I’d love this! Thanks!
Please enter me for either!
I’d love to win the Born Free set.
my baby would love these.
good luck 2 all
great invention
The Born Free would be great for the little girl I babysit. Thanks for the giveaway!
My daughter in law is pregnant with our first grandchild. We would love to win these bottles! Thank you!
OhHhh!! Bottles that are safe!!! count me in too please!!
this would be nice. thanks!
Sounds great. Please enter me. Thanks.
I’ve been wanting to try these bottles!
please include me! you can never have enough bottles!
definitely like to try out the natural nurser bottles!
I know a few people who could use these!
I am so happy to have found a website dedicated to the health and well-being of our children. I switched my daughter from Dr. Brown’s to the Born Free easily and she now uses the Born Free sippy cups! I had trouble breastfeeding and am very interested in the Adiri set to try with my next child! Looks wonderful AND I love that it was a struggling small business that thankfully has taken off!
-Megan
Adiri Natural Nurser sounds wonderful.