For those who formula feed twins....

sbg

How many bottles did you buy?  Did you use bottles that you saved from your first child (with a new nipple)?

 

Thanks!

denitab

I use the same bottles that we used the first time around with new nipples. I did purchase Dr. Brown's bottles to add to what I had because the twins seem to like those nipples better than the Avent nipples. 

I also use the Medela breastfeeding "bottles" since I'm breastfeeding and supplementing with Similac Neosure formula. 

Jen0204

We went through quite a few different brands before sticking with Tommee Tippee.  We have 2 at my ILs, 2 at my parent's house, 2 at daycare and 4 at home that we go through.

Breezy8407

We have 10 Tomee Tippee bottles. Right now we have enough to only wash once a day with bringing them to daycare and two feedings at home.

I really like the simplicity of the TT's. They are small and have minimal parts. 

Jen0204

Breezy8407:

We have 10 Tomee Tippee bottles. Right now we have enough to only wash once a day with bringing them to daycare and two feedings at home.

I really like the simplicity of the TT's. They are small and have minimal parts. 

We LOVE the TT bottles.  The small amount of parts makes it so that it takes 2 seconds to clean them, which is why we only have 4 at home.  It's no big deal at all to clean them often.  For the first 3 months when I was on maternity leave We rotated 8 of them.

angelfire02

We use Born Free bottles that we got from a friend. We used their nipples we just had to buy a few more.  We have a total of 10 bottles now, when they were first born we had 16 so we could make it through an entire day without washing bottles.  That was really helpful!

kelandspence2012

I started with playtex nursers but it got too expensive so i bought tommee tippe and avent classic and the new style and they work great! I tried the cheap evenflo but my boys didnt like them ... the nipple is too small i guess!
I started out with around 15 or sp bottles and now use 10 per day!

pinkangelmoon

We have the playtex ventaire and bought 12. We only need to wash bottles once a day. I like to fill the bottles up with water so they're ready for MOTN & early morning feedings.

pea-kay

we had 24 8 oz bottles. enough to get through one entire day of feedings (at 8/day). for twins, i'd make it more like 16.

HeyLadyloo

We started with the Playtex drop ins when I formula fed one of the twins and really liked them, but found that it was way too expensive when I switched both to formula. We now use Avent classic and really like them. I have a total of 10 Avent bottles (9 oz size) but switched when the babes were each taking 5 bottles a day.

I used Avent with my older daughter as well, but the design changed a bit in the years since she was bottle fed so I don't use those. It's a total high-maintenance thing, but is slightly easier not to have to remember which bottles use the extra ring and which don't. I wanted all the bottles in the same design!

BDK807

We have 12 Dr. Brown bottles. I wash twice a day, in the morning and at night.
We would have used the bottles from my first if they would have taken them. We went though four bottle types before going with the Dr. Browns.

myheromyworld89

When our twins were first born we fed them every 3 hours so we had 8 4oz bottles each and would wash them and fill them with the formula before we went to bed and then all we had to do in the middle of the night was mix in the water and shake it up.  Now they eat every 4 hours and sleep about 11ish hours a night so we only end up feeding them between 6 and 7oz, 4 times a day. 

 

Ourfamilyof5

We have 18 Dr. Brown's bottles... 9 for each baby. I'm sure we could easily get away with 6 each and washing once a day, but I received an extra box of each at my shower and didn't bother returning them. We have pink bottles for Z and blue bottles for O and I like that we can easily differentiate by color because they're drinking different amounts right now and it could be easy to mix up their bottles when we stop to burp them. 

AmyJoy728

In the beginning we used some Playtex dropins and 4oz avent. I think we had 18 total. Now we are using 9oz avent and have 18. I make 2 pitchers worth of formula each time, so I wanted enough btl that I can run the dishwasher and still have enough btl to make a days worth of btl.

tarajayne

We use tommee tippee and have 18 of them.  I still had to run the dishwasher more than once a day when they were little because they ate every 2 hours.  Now once a day is sufficient.

notallisonmarie22

My twins were my first babies, but I bought 12 bottles total (Tommee Tippee).  They came with level 1 nipples.  In the beginning they ate 6-8 times a day, so sometimes I had to wash bottles midday and that was annoying, but we made do.  Now they eat 5x a day, so 12 bottles is plenty as long as I make sure to do dishes every day (which isn't an issue). 

At 3 months I bought level 2 nipples and just a couple of weeks ago we went to level 3 nipples.