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S/O Baby bottles
There was a question in the PG check in about how many bottles to have and I was surprised to hear so many say they stuck with 4oz bottles!
This time around we are going straight to 8 oz bottles: You don't have to fill them up but we were using more than 4 oz bottles pretty much from his first day at day care and we used those 8 oz bottles way more than the 4 oz bottles.
Am I the only one with a chunker kid who liked his food?
BIG Brother born 10/19/07
little Brother born 1/31/12
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Re: S/O Baby bottles
Not knowing what I'll need, I asked for a mix of 4oz and 8oz bottles. I was told it's easier to keep track (for whatever reason) using the 4oz bottles when they're smaller. Also, using more 4oz bottles when pumping will (again, from what I was told) reduce the amount of breast milk waste as apparently it doesn't keep in the fridge for too long.
This whole FTM thing is confusing!
Cooper: 11/20/11
Julian: EDD 8/1/16
PCOS & Endo. w/ DOR
I've got 4 oz bottle that he eats out of (5oz bottles for pumping) but my light eater is only eating 2-2.5oz at a time. When I'm pumping, I store it all in 8oz bags and divvy it up in the morning for day.
supposedly the amount of breastmilk they drink in a sitting doesn't increase over time like it does with formula - breastmilk just changes to meet their needs
I disagree with this: I pumped/BF exclusively till 8 months and then supplimented with formul so we saw my son go from about 4 oz to at least 8 per bottle! So yes, they do increase the amount they eat with BM as well as with formula.
My personal opinion is not to buy too many 4 oz bottles because you might have a kid who eats a lot or you migh have a kid who will get by on 4 oz bottles. Just buy a few and see what your needs might be.
With both kids I only ever used 4 or 5 oz bottles. (Avent 4 oz with #1 and Born Free 5oz with #2) Audrey would go the entire day at daycare and only ever take 4oz and most of the time half that came home. I learned quickly to stop sending 3 -4oz bottles since they never got touched. (plus I had to have a huge freezer stash to allow for the extensive traveling I did when she was a baby)
It was a struggle for her to even take the bottle though..she wait for it on tap and just barely got by with bottles when I was gone.
Ryan was a CHUNK (16.5 # @8wks) and he too only ever took 4 oz all day at daycare.
Of course I didn't know these quirks until after they were born. Good thing I never opened the other bottles I had...I just took them back.
I did buy a few 11 oz super large bottles and bought those caps to go where the nipple was and soley used them for storage of pumped milk when I was traveling. Helped to keep my pump bottles free and I could divy up into bags every few days vs having to do it every day.
We had both sizes, but Lucy quickly outgrew the 4oz size bottles. I think by about 3-4 mos. But we got them before we knew that. We'll use them this time around if we need them just because we already have them.
But if I had to buy all new bottles, I'd just get the bigger ones too.
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We have the Dr. Brown's bottles but obviously have yet to use them. How do you like yours? Are the parts difficult to clean?
Cooper: 11/20/11
Julian: EDD 8/1/16
PCOS & Endo. w/ DOR
I loved them. I had a dishwasher basket for the parts and just popped them in there, but when I had to clean them by hand, it wasn't any big deal. I had Playtex Ventaire bottles at first and they leaked and also caused trapped air for my poor kid! DB were fantastic and my lactation consultant suggested we started with a preemie nipple to help with the flow, and they were great. I'll be buying more DB for No. 2 because I seem to have lost a few along the way.
This was us also. For #2 I am only getting 8oz ers
WOW, my kids were the only crazy ones to only ever take 4 oz all day. I even tried to switch to sippy's instead at 10-11 months to see if they'd take more with a spout vs a bottle nipple and nope. Crazy Kids!
Max never took huge bottles either, it was rare for him to do 5 or 6 oz, usually 4ish. And Miss Anna who so far takes zero oz doesn't seem like she'll be needing big bottles either.