Hybrid bottles using plastic on the outside and glass inside have also been developed. Glass bottles have been recommended as being easier to clean, less likely to retain formula residues, and relatively chemically inert. Hard plastic is the most common material used, being transparent, light-weight, and resistant to breakage. It can also be used to feed non-human mammals.
It is typically used by infants and young children, or if someone cannot (without difficulty) drink from a cup, for feeding oneself or being fed. A modern, decorated, transparent plastic feeding bottle with blue cap and silicone teat, anti-leakage plate and screw mountingĪ baby bottle, nursing bottle, or feeding bottle is a bottle with a teat (also called a nipple in the US) attached to it, which creates the ability to drink via suckling.
