BF moms... bottles?

thamesie · March 2012

If you are pumping.... What bottle are you using and who is giving LO the bottle? TIA!

hlc820 · March 2012

We use glass dr browns standard bottle and DH gives him one bottle each night at bedtime. MIL has give. Him bottles in the past when she watched him if I had somewhere to be. When he was 2 weeks old I had to EP for a week due to bleeding nipples. We tried a ton of bottles. We tried breast flow and found they leaked and we tried tommy tippee and he didn't like them. Dr. Browns even though the extra parts are annoying to clean have worked awesome for us. We did try the wide neck Dr. Browns with no success, so we stick with the standard in glass.

k3montel · March 2012

We use the wide neck Dr. Brown's bottles. We also used the breast flow bottles, but they gave DS lots of gas. We like the Dr. Brown's bottles.

I'm usually the one to give him the bottle, but if we're out somewhere with my mom, she will. DH hasn't given him a bottle many times bc we figure when DS is with DH, he'll know he's not getting any food, and when he's fussing, we'll know if he's actually hungry or just wants to soothe. When he just wants to soothe, he cries for me, but of DH takes him, he stops.

karleegirl · March 2012

We used breast flow but stopped b/c milk would be in-between the two nipples and dd couldn't get it out. It was wasting about .5 oz. I bought a playtex drop in but didn't like it b/c I cant tell how much is left in the bag. So yesterday I bought a tomee tipee. Well see how that goes tonight. Dh gives a bottle every couple days, if I run an errand or so I can take a nap.

etoussa · March 2012

We use Born Free bottles. DH and I are always the ones who give him the bottle. When my mom comes to visit us on Sunday she does sometimes.

michelle_1221 · March 2012

Dr Brown or Born Free work well for us. Also hated the waste from Breastflow. Either DH or myself give it, but pretty sure she'd take it from a homeless guy, she loves to eat!

alysalouton · March 2012

Mt son love the tommee tippee. My dh gives him a bottle every night when he gets home from work. My mom will watch him soon so we can go somewhere so she will give him the bottle.

aglenn · March 2012

We tried a million bottles with DD and she hated them all equally, so we just used the Medela ones that came with my pump. That worked well, so I plan to just use those with DS.

TiffJ21 · March 2012

We use the Tommee Tippee bottles, they have been great for us.

DH has given him the bottle a couple of times, MIL does when she watches him, and my niece also gives it to him when she is with MIL. I've done it about two times when he was being really fussy and wouldn't nurse from me.

tigerlily46 · March 2012

We use the tommee tippee bottles, and my husband and I both give them to him. He does well switching back and forth from breast to bottle.

Jlobebe2012 · March 2012

As many others have stated, breastflow bottles annoy me, the milk gets trapped between the two nipples, I too hate to waste that precious breast milk!

Medela bottles have worked ok, easy bc attach to PISA and less transfering and washing, however I feel as the nipples wear out quickly.

I have 2 Avent bottles, and I really like those, and DD sucks great out of them with no gas, a little pricey IMO, around 8 bucks a bottle, but I feel that has been the best so far.

llc730 · March 2012

Tried a few types with DD1. Born Free, Breastflow, Playtex Drop-in, and Playtex Ventaire. HATED Breastflow. Drop-ins were okay. Ventaire worked well and Born Free were my favorite. Since the Ventaire worked well we stuck with those because the Born Free were so expensive. Tommy Tippee wasn't available when DD1 was a newborn and I had heard too many stories about the extra parts with Dr. Browns so we have never tried those. DD2 has been taking the Ventaires fine as well although she seems to be more gassy then DD1 was so we might try a different kind if it doesn't resolve soon. I know a lot of moms on the boards liked the Avent bottles, but I do remember quite a few complaints about leaking if the tops weren't on just right. HTH

JKB1986 · March 2012

With DS1 we used the Playtex Drop ins. He hated the medela ones. With DS2 he hated the playtex drop ins and the tommee tippee equally so we just stuck with the playtex and through repetition he finally takes them. He still takes a while to latch but he eventually does drink. He hates pacis as well so I think he will generally dislike anything that isn't the boob.

JLG95 · March 2012

Mostly BFing, but I am pumping to build up a stash for when I go back to work. We've only given baby a bottle a few times so far.

Anyway, for this baby and my son, we used Medela bottles/nipples and Daddy and the day care provider will be the primary bottle givers.

elektra1835 · March 2012

We also mostly BF, but when I do pump, either myself or DH is giving the bottle. I love the evenflo glass bottles as they are simple and incredibly economical. LO's gas isn't any worse w/ these bottles than it is when I BFing.

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