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KimberMama · 08-19-2005, 09:59 PM

I finally did it! First, I bought a set of 10 big and 10 small glasses and I have my boys drinking out of glass for meals. They are still clinging to their plastic cups for water between meals, so I need even more small glasses. DH and I had resorted to drinking out of plastic cups simply because so many of our glasses had broken. But he and I are not drinking out of glass exclusively.

Second, I bought 2 sets of glass storage containers at Kmart (MS brand). They have plastic lids, but it was the best I could afford. I kept my best plastic containers (Tupperware) for emergencies only. If emergencies do occur over the next month I will buy another set of glass containers and recycle the plastic.

Kimberly

mamabear · 08-20-2005, 01:03 PM

Good for you!

In our moving declutter I got rid of all the plastic containers, mostly collected by dh or from other people. I kept two newer ones that are sandwich sized for dh. He likes to take a sandwich in a small plastic container like that. They are the harder plastic that is safer.

I still have Jake drinking out of a plastic Munchkin straw cup or Tupperware straw cup. With disposable straws, as he was chewing through the Munchkin ones every single day (at school, which should've been a warning sign to me that he was stressed/anxious). I'm looking at those Thermos straw cups that they have at Target and hoping to find one today for him. They have a plastic lid but are stainless inside. One day I hope to have him drinking from a regular cup but we will need OT back for that, and right now he is not getting it.

This is the cup I'm looking at:

http://www.thermos.com/thermos/cfm/p...g=2&id=297&z=z

Or a SIGG...still have to check to see if they have straw cups that will work for us.

MiMi123 · 08-30-2005, 02:54 PM

Those Thermos cups -- I bought 3 of them at WM. I think I bought the last 3 in the store, they were lying around on shelves in different places when the school stuff was out. $10 a piece stainless inside and out.
My dd threw hers in a store and the top snap on plastic lid flew off and a portion broke off -- not toddler proof, still works though. My ds2 throws his, it's fine but man it hurts!!!
I do like them though.

I bought the stainless steel Thermos soup cup for my ds1 to take to school. It was $15. I first bought the regular plastic one for about $5, then found it didn't fit into his lunch box, so I bought him a larger lunch box. Then I found out it is glass inside the plastic outer layers -- so if he were to drop his lunch box... I should have just bought the stainless to begin with, as it was I spent nearly the $15 making the $5 plastic work!!!

I pulled our glasses back out of storage and put the Tupperware in storage. I sold Tupperware for a few years in the mid-90s. I have sooo much and spent sooo much on the stuff. I haven't been able to ditch any of it yet. But I don't use most of it either...

My mother has been convinced plastic is bad since the mid-80s. Thank you mom... I just didn't take what she was saying into consideration when I sold Tupperware

My mother isn't perfect though she is totally freaking out about our Raw Milk!!!

choleblack · 08-30-2005, 04:48 PM

OK quick Q for everyone that is plastic free or trying to be (nice rhyme)

what do you do about bring food with you places. We take food with us to the park 3 days a week or more. I always have to have something with us for DD if she gets hungry while we're out. I use several of the plastic containers for things like blueberries, chopped pineapple, salsa and rice and smaller ziplock bags for pretzles and things that aren't prone to mushing. What other options are there. I'm not careful enough to have glass with me at the park (not to mention my kid), are there other options? Does anyone use the Sigg metal boxes, any other ideas. I mean I reuse the containers endlessly (still on the same set I got when DD was born) but I'd like to use less plastic if possible.

Thanks

Chole

MotherMoon · 08-31-2005, 12:18 PM

I use plastic for the girls' lunches with anything not heated or acidic. Otherwise, I use the stainless thermoses. When not going to school (where glass can't be), I use glass containers like mason jelly jars, corning "custard" cups with the matching lids, etc. In a padded lunch sack (insulated too), they don't break when dropped. I do have knitted napkins between them.

mamabear · 08-31-2005, 01:27 PM

We do the same as Michelle. I will often bring lunch meat or sandwiches in a Rubbermaid "stain shield" plastic sandwich container. Or wrap sandwiches in wax paper.

An idea I just had - for acidic fruits, you could line the plastic container with wax paper first.