Question about bottles

alleyny

I plan on breast feeding for the first three months before I go back to work, but will pump so my husband can share in the feedings and *hopefully* the transition to a full-time bottle won't be terrible when the three months is up.  My question is, how many bottles and what sizes should I register for?  And I know BF babies are picky about bottles so should I register for a few different brands?  This is so confusing, please help!

LouRN09

I plan to also BF while at home and pump for when I return to work, and so DH can also help feed. I registered for 3 different kinds of bottles....Dr Browns, Avent, and Born Free (I think). I registered for a starter set for all 3 brands (2-3 bottles of each). None of these might work and I will have to try others, but based off the what I have read on here, and online consumer reviews, I felt these were a safe bet to start off with. HTH!

samk213

I really researched bottles. My baby isn't here yet, and I plan to EFF and I purchased all Dr. Browns bottles.  I have heard great things about the Breastflow bottles for those that are going to BF and bottle feed, so you might check those out as well as get baby one of the Born Free. 

It has also been recommended to me by several people including my sister who has 5 kiddos, not to bother with getting too many of the 4-5 oz sized bottles, because soon they will be in the 8-9 oz sized ones, so that's a way to save right there.  I purchased 9 of the 8oz sized and 2 of the 4oz sized since we're EFF, figured that would cover the span of a 24 hour feeding period.  And when LO goes to daycare eventually, I'll be taking at least 3-4 bottles for him there, so I want clean ones at home to use at night, etc.

wscofield

I registered for the Breastflow bottles based on the reviews online and a recommendation from a friend that has been breastfeeding for 10 mos.  I received them at my shower but am still waiting for LO to try them out. 

h3b

i plan to bf but have two 4 oz and two 8 oz glass dr. brown's with various nipples. we'll go from there if we need to.

vajen

I registered for Dr. Browns bottles based on recommendations from friends, but DS wasn't really thrilled with them (either that, or he was just getting used to transitioning to bottles and I didn't give it long enough).  I switched to the Avent bottles and he did better.  And a bonus....I could buy an attachment for the Avent bottles so that I could pump directly into these bottles.  Not sure what other brands have this, but I found it helpful.

BarbieNCSU

You may want to look at the Tommee Tippee bottles - they are supposed to be really great for the transition. I am thinking about registering for these, but my only issue is I have really small hands and have noticed that the wider bottles are not comfortable to hold for an extended amount of time. I would definitely register for a few types though because several friend of mine have had to experiment a little before finding a bottle their LO would like.

blondie42107

No thoughts on specific brands but I would highly recommend having a handful of bottles ready to go (aka sterilized and ready to use).

My sister and a good girlfriend both had babies in the past few months.  Both had planned to EBF but had their plans change suddenly.  One baby wasn't latching on well so they've been struggling with feedings and the other isn't producing enough milk to EBF and has had to supplement with formula. 

Both ladies have said they have about 4 bottles premade at a time (whether its formula or breastmilk or a couple bottles of each) - especially at night.

alleyny

Great- Thanks for the feedback!