I-silicone yebakala lokutya inokuba yindlela ekhuselekileyo nefanelekileyo kwiplastiki.Ngenxa yokuguquguquka kwayo, ubunzima obulula, ukucocwa ngokulula kunye neempawu zococeko kunye ne-hypoallergenic (ayinawo ama-pores avulekileyo okugcina ibhaktheriya), ilungele kakhulu izikhongozeli zesnack, iibhibhi, iimethi,iithoyi ze-silicone zokufundisa zabantwanakwayeiithoyi zokuhlambela ze-silicone.I-silicone, ukuba ingadideki kunye ne-silicon (into eyenzeka ngokwemvelo kunye neyesibini eyona nto ininzi emhlabeni emva kwe-oksijeni) yindoda eyenziwe i-polymer eyenziwe ngokongeza i-carbon kunye / okanye i-oksijini kwi-silicon. liya lisanda ngodumo.I-FDA iyamkele, "njengento ekhuselekileyo yokutya" kwaye ngoku inokufumaneka kwiipacifiers ezininzi zabantwana, iipleyiti, iikomityi ze-sippy, izitya zokubhaka, izinto zasekhitshini, iimethi kunye nezinto zokudlala zabantwana.