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| 703.1 | I've seen many Playtex nipples | JURAN::QAR_TEMP | I LIKE MIKE -- ABC | Wed Feb 13 1991 12:09 | 10 |
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I'm not sure where you are located, but, C.V.S. carries the single
package of nipples for the playtex nursers. I also saw them at grocery
stores where the jars of baby food etc. are. Good Luck, but I don't
think you should have "any" trouble finding them, for my son was on
playtex for 14mo.
/nadine
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| 703.2 | | CLOSUS::HOE | Happy New Year of the Ram, daddy! | Wed Feb 13 1991 14:14 | 8 |
| < Note 703.1 by JURAN::QAR_TEMP "I LIKE MIKE -- ABC" >
>>>I'm not sure where you are located,
/nadine
Kanata is located near Ottawa, Ontario (Canada)
calvin
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| 703.3 | May still have some... | CRONIC::ORTH | | Wed Feb 13 1991 14:37 | 12 |
| Am I correct that you are looking for the "old" style? The ones where
the nipples pull over the top of the bottle and then a plastic ring fits
over it to hold it tight? They are very different from what is
available in stores now (CVS included) which fit into a ring and then
the whole ring and nipple assembly screws onto the bottle. We used to
have some of the old style ones, which were passed down to us. We went
out and bought new ones anyway. I'll check at home and see if we still
have them, although we may not. As I recall, we bought new bacaue the
old style ones were pretty beat...stretched out and getting sticky. If
I do still have 'em, I'll let you know!
--dave--
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| 703.4 | | JURAN::QAR_TEMP | I LIKE MIKE -- ABC | Wed Feb 13 1991 14:42 | 10 |
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I'm located in Mass. The nipples that I'm describing has a ring that
you instert over the nipples till in place, then the ring (cover) screws
onto the bottle. If these should be the wront ones, couldn't you just
replace them with todays. Is the bottle any different then the new
playtex ones??
/nadine
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| 703.5 | | KAOFS::S_BROOK | Ask Not for whom the bell tolls, it tolls for ME! | Wed Feb 13 1991 15:26 | 23 |
| These are DEFINITELY different and incompatible with the new style.
The old nipples were shaped like this and actually pulled down over
the liner and bottle holder. :---
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They were VERY distinctive. NUK made some replacement nipples after Playtex
stopped this style .. I somehow doubt that they are still around. There were
numerous promotions on about the time the change was made and kits of the
new style could be had for just a few dollars. The old Playtex ones
disappeared from the shelves INCREDIBLY quickly ... almost as if they'd
been recalled.
I suspect they were trying to make their bottle compatible with the other
major brands.
Stuart
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| 703.6 | maybe break down and buy a new set?? | CNTROL::STOLICNY | | Wed Feb 13 1991 15:34 | 17 |
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Hmmmm....if Stuart's suspicion that the withdrawal was almost
like a recall, perhaps it's not in the best interest of the
*baby* to continue the search for these obsolete nipples.
The new nurser sets or the individual starter kits really aren't
that expensive. I think the companies give the consumer a "break"
on the bottle kit and make their money on the bottle liners and
replacement nipples. So, maybe the best thing to do in the
basenoter's case is to discontinue the search for the old-style
and buy outfit her sister with a new-style set.
For what its worth (and I think I've mentioned this elsewhere),
I personally have found the quality of the Gerber and Evenflo
disposable bottle liners to be better than the Playtex product.
Carol
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| 703.7 | | KAOFS::S_BROOK | Ask Not for whom the bell tolls, it tolls for ME! | Wed Feb 13 1991 17:02 | 9 |
| Not to drag this whole subject up again on the goodness or badness of
nuking (microwaving) formula (there's a note in V2 on this, and let's
please leave it there!), but we found that some makes of liners
regularly leak after being nuked ... (hmmmmmmmm) where Playtex didn't.
Generally though, we bought what was cheapest, or on sale ... usually
Playtex or a generic brand.
Stuart
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| 703.8 | Moderator Response | CSC32::DUBOIS | The early bird gets worms | Wed Feb 13 1991 17:10 | 9 |
| This base note was entered by mistake, and was intended to be
a reply to 4.*, where "Wanted" notes go (and where she has since entered
a reply). However, because of the additional helpful information contained in
these replies, I am changing the title to "Bottles, Nipples".
If you wish to reply to the basenoter's request for nipples, to tell her where
there are some, or offer her yours, etc, please send her mail.
Carol duBois, PARENTING co-mod
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| 703.9 | Microwaves did wonders for me! | DEMING::QAR_TEMP | I LIKE MIKE -- ABC | Wed Feb 13 1991 17:21 | 8 |
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I always microwaved my sons formula ("I never put the bottle in there
with the bag though")! I use to fill the bottle with the 8 ounces of
formula then pour it into a coffee mug and nuke it till it was warm
enough.
/nadine
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| 703.10 | I don't think it was a recall | CSSE32::RANDALL | Pray for peace | Fri Feb 15 1991 19:41 | 11 |
| To defend Platex's reputation -- the change in nipples was not a recall
in the safety sense. There was no danger to the baby in the old style.
It was a marketing decision. The old style tended to leak, I think (my
brother and sister-in-law used them), and they weren't even remotely
compatible with anybody else's system.
Part of the reason they disappeared so quickly was that current users
stocked up on them.
--bonnie
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