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Registry ?: Bottles
Hey girls!
I am trying to finish up our registry and a friend of mine said to register for the Dr Browns and the Medela bottles. I am planning to breast feed and then pump when I go back to work. I think her thought was if the bf'ing doesnt go well I can use the Dr Browns. What do you think? Do I register for one or both? I am so confused, but dont want to get a stock of Dr Browns and then need the Medelas and not use the Dr Browns. The way she was explaining it the pumping bags have to go in the Medelas.
Advice for a crazy lady...please!
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Re: Registry ?: Bottles
The Dr. Browns bottle screw right onto my Medela PISA pump, or at least the smaller (4 oz) bottles do. I think the 8 oz ones are the same size on top. I usually pump into the Medela bottles that came with the pump and a few extra I got, though, because they have regular lids so they're better for transporting milk back and forth from work. Plus they're small, so you can put the milk from each pumping session into one and not worry about mixing hot and chilled milk. This is getting confusing, here's what I do:
Every day I pack 4 empty Medela bottles to take to work. They don't have nipples or anything, they are just 5 oz bottles with lids (only marked up to 5 oz but can hold more milk than that). I have a Medela pump at work with the two bottles that came with that pump. I pump into those, and then combine the milk from each session and pour it in a Medela bottle with a lid and put it in the mini-fridge in my office. I really only fill three bottles a day, but 4 fit in my cooler bag and every once in a while I pump more than will fit in one bottle, or pump 4 times during the day, so it's good to have 4. When I get home, as soon as I get home I pour the milk from the day's pumping into Dr. Brown bottles for daycare, making each bottle 6 oz. It's good to do this right away because otherwise the fat from the milk separates and sticks to the Medela bottle, and it's hard to get it off without completely warming the milk. I have 9 total Dr. Brown bottles. At any one point, three can be dirty from daycare the day before, three can be at daycare that day, and three can be in the fridge with "head start" milk I pump over the weekend to make up for the fact that I don't pump enough during the day to cover his feedings during the week.
I only use bags (the Lanisoh ones) to store milk for freezing, I don't pump into those. So I don't know what you mean by pumping bags.
The Dr. Brown bottles do have lots of parts which can be frustrating, but for our gassy baby I didn't mind the extra washing, so we never actually tried another type of bottle.
I am borrowing a friends Medela pump to use. So really is Sara likes both I can use both once I start pumping or just stick to the one she likes? Does it seems easiest to pump into a bag or bottle? Or do you jsut use the bags for freezing stored milk and the bottles for milk you plan on using pretty soon.
Good thing I started reading about this and have 19 weeks to figure it out...its soo confusing!
And I am the only one I know who is planning of bf'ing and pumping. Thank goodness for you ladies!
Yeah, I thought of something else. ;-) I have found it's useful to have a pump at work and another at home if you can, so that you can pump on evenings and weekends too when you have the chance. If you think you will be able to borrow another pump for home, the Medela accessory kit is four bottles, extra breast shields, and sanitizing bags for not much more than the bottles alone cost. Six bottles are $21 while the accessory pack with 4 bottles and the breast shields, etc., is only $23.
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I don't know how the bags attach. The bottles are super easy, you just screw them on.