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bottles at home after NICU

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What kind of bottles did you use after coming home from the NICU?  I am breastfeeding and following up with a bottle of pumped milk, as instructed by the NICU, to ensure my little ones are full.  The bottles I am using now seem like they have a bigger nipple and my one DD that is home now doesn't seem to take them as well as she did the cheap disposable ones in the NICU. Thanks!
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  • UZ2BeeUZ2Bee

    We used the little gerber nurser ones.  I really had to modify the nipple we used when we brought DS home and ended up going back to the hospital and BEGGING for some nipples to help me transition him over. (they gave them to me!)

    Good luck!

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  • jtenebackjteneback member
    I used Tommee Tippee because I have big boobs and they have a wide base. The LC thought it would be good to mimic the breast.
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  • TriciaJoyTriciaJoy member
    We used the Dr. Browns with a preemie nipple.
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  • lisa&andylisa&andy
    We did the level 1 Avents and the bigger nipple Vent-aires and had no problems.
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  • Mrs.JBWMrs.JBW

    imageTriciaJoy:
    We used the Dr. Browns with a preemie nipple.

    ditto - highly recommend Dr. Browns!! 

     

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  • luvdv8luvdv8 member
    DD liked the Madela nipples on the Gerber bottles- just keep trying and you'll find a good fit.
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  • DelphianravenDelphianraven member
    We use Playtex Ventaire with the medium flow nipples. We haven't had no trouble.
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  • firsttogofirsttogo

    We used Gerber nipples and they attached to the nurssettes from the nicu. They are very similar to the disposable nipples from the hospital. They come in like a 3 or 9 pack from target, and are SUPER cheap!

    Once we got a little bigger, and better at feeding, She went on to MAM bottles. 

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  • MrsShrek1028MrsShrek1028 member
    we use playtex ventair and dr.browns
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  • ESM354ESM354
    we used the Dr. Browns with the preemie nipples like others have said.  We had a person from speech therapy work with us in the nicu because of DS's PDA surgery and his reflux.  This is what they found worked the best for us as he needed lots of pacing so the slow nipple was great.  They told us that these had the slowest nipples that they knew of. 
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  • apokatieapokatie
    imageMrs.JBW:

    imageTriciaJoy:
    We used the Dr. Browns with a preemie nipple.

    ditto - highly recommend Dr. Browns!! 

     

    This is what we used and still use, only now we use a number 1 nipple. 

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  • Lavender444Lavender444
    We had a bunch of Dr. Browns, but my DS was picky, picky. picky and wouldn't take them since there were slightly different from the NICU nipples he got accustome to. After a lot of searching we finally went to the Evenflo nipples, which were the most like the hospital nipples.
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  • theprincessPATtheprincessPAT

    We use Dr. Browns.  They are most like the nipples she got in the NICU and they are the only bottle she'll take.

    I don't know what nipples they used in the NICU but you can buy some of them online (see here)

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  • CirbyloverCirbylover member
    Our NICU gave us a bag full of those cheap nipples to use for awhile. Then we switched to Dr. Browns and he's doing really good with them. Those nipples are soft like the cheap ones.
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