A Toast to Good News in Children's Drinkware

An important aspect of being a responsible children’s retailer is educating customers about modern safety concerns and the related improvements that have been made to products. Bisphenol-A (BPA), a once widely-used plasticizer in baby bottles, plastic bottles, food can linings and microwavable dishes, has recently been linked to serious health problems. Reassure your customers that there are innovative, BPA-free products available, like these from Silikids, Vapur and Base Brands, that they can feel secure about using for their children and themselves. Here’s a toast to good news!

Silikids Helps Prevent Slipping While Sipping

Launched in 2006 by two friends and mothers, Stacey Feeley and Giuliana Schwab, Silikids manufactures safe, hygienic silicone children’s accessories that are BPA-free and environmentally friendly. Silicone, which is non-porous, prevents the growth of bacteria and fungi, and can be boiled for sterilization.

Silikids’ silicone must-haves for kids include Siliskins: easy-to-use sleeves that easily slide on and off glass baby bottles and drinking cups – a safe alternative to plastic drinkware! The Siliskins line includes several stylish drinking glass sets for the entire family comprised of glasses with silicone covers. Drinking glass sets are available in 6, 11 and 12oz. sizes and retail from $25.95 to $32.95 for a set of four. Also available is an 8oz glass baby bottle with Siliskin cover, the Siliskin To Go Glass with a screw-on cap for kids’ lunchboxes, and Universal Siliskins covers that are made to fit over most styles of glassware.

The fun and colorful Siliskins facilitate using clean glass rather than potentially harmful plastic, and their translucency enables parents to see the amount of liquid that fills bottles and glasses. The textured sure-grip covers help to prevent glass drinkware from slipping out of parents’ and children’s hands, and also protect glasses from shattering if they do accidentally fall.

Silikids also offers Silibibs, colorful bibs that can be easily wiped as infants learn to eat solid foods ($12.95 retail) and Silipads that protect little ones’ knees from scrapes and bruises as they crawl and explore ($14.95 retail).

Start making every kid a sillier and safer one at www.silikids.com

Vapur Bottles are Innovators in an Expanding Market

Described as “the most portable refillable water bottle on the planet,” the Vapur bottle uniquely fits into small, tight spaces because of its completely collapsible design. It can be folded, rolled and flattened for easy storage in pockets, purses and briefcases when empty, but it inflates and stands tall when filled with up to 16 ounces of water or one’s beverage of choice.

Sold in an wide array of colors for only $8.95 retail, the ultra-durable, dishwasher safe and FDA-approved Vapur bottle is BPA-free with a lining that is odor, taste and stain resistant. It is the ultimate solution for any on-the-go activity; adults can use it at work, at the gym and during travel, and children can use it at school and at play. Vapur bottles can also be placed in the freezer before long trips so that drinks stay cold throughout the day.

In addition, the Vapur bottle is an eco-friendly product whose packaging is printed on 100% post-consumer paper using wind power, and whose portable design means that just one truck can transport as many Vapur bottles as nine trucks of bottled water!

To see the newest “good thing in a small package,” drink in the possibilities at www.vapur.us.

WaterWeek Offers a 24/7 Solution

Through its WaterWeek reusable bottles, Base Brands does its part to cut back on the more than 25 million plastic bottles discarded daily. Called “water bottle recycling at its best,” WaterWeek allows users to enjoy either refreshing water or their beverage of choice in green-friendly bottles that help to reduce the number of bottles thrown away and the resulting impact on environment.

Sold in sets of five for both adults (16 oz., $19.95 retail) and kids (10 oz., $17.99 retail), the dishwasher and freezer-safe, BPA-free containers can be filled at the start of the week, refrigerated and easily grabbed each morning on the way out of the door. The bottles fit into their own tray that slides neatly in and out of the fridge. Not only does WaterWeek enable consumers to reduce their carbon footprint, but the product also saves them an estimated $500 per year with its “fill, chill and go” convenience that eliminates the need to buy bottled water.

For a refreshing change, tap into www.ireducebottles.com