Newborns and large bottles

ladylisalt

I decided to try Dr. Browns bottles and bought the 8 oz. size. They look so big to give to my 1 mos. old but I was hesitant to buy the 4 oz as I would only be able to use them for a limited time. Did you give your LO the larger size? I am guessing its all about the nipple not how large the bottle is.

ladylisalt

tricia560 said:

We used the large and small Gerber bottles, pretty much interchangeably because IME you're right, it's the nipple that matters.  I did find that we liked the small 5 oz bottles better for a brief period when he was starting to want to hold the bottle himself but wasn't strong enough to hold the 8oz bottle.  For my son, there was only a period of about 3 months when he needed more than 5 oz in a bottle before we started switching to sippy cups for most liquids.  Also now that we're night weaning, I use the small bottles again for portion control. 

Anyhow, you don't really need the small bottles, but they aren't useless either :-)

thats a good point about using the smaller ones when they're able to hold it. Do you know if Dr. Browns makes 5 oz?

ladylisalt

mom2boxers said:

@ladylisalt - No 5 oz. versions in the Dr. Brown's line. Only 4 or 8.

ok thanks

katess84

We got a bunch of the 4 oz. Dr. Brown's and DS was eating 5 oz by the time he was 2 months old, so I felt like it was a waste to have as many 4 oz bottles that we did.  They also leaked a lot when we made 4 oz bottles, so looking back I would have preferred to just use the 8 oz bottles from the start.  DS is starting to try to hold the bottle and I don't think he'll have any problem with it.

coffee89

I have a handful of 6oz bottles, but most are 9oz. I'd rather buy one set then need to switch them out after a few months.

jaime52005

mom2boxers said:

If anyone has the Dr. Brown's bottles, be careful to keep any liquid below the line on the bottles. I think the instructions say this can cause them to leak.

They leak even with 2 oz in them

redtoes13

I find my newborn struggles with the 8 oz bottle. As in, it takes her longer to drink. Mind you, I'm pretty tired. I could be delusional.

AggieMom0809

I never liked our 4oz bottles. They don't use them for long enough for me to think it was worth it. My babies had enough other opportunities to hold/grasp items that I wasn't concerned about them holding their bottle that early