Best Bottle for Combo Feeding Newborn

mommytwobee · April 2012

What's the best bottle if you plan to Breast & Bottle Feed?

scarlette+noir · April 2012

Dr. Browns wide neck bottles with venting. We used those and never had an issue.

mrs.kapow · April 2012

We used Tommy Tippee cause they seemed the most boob-like to me. Worked like a charm.

damabo80 · April 2012

My LC highly recommends the dr browns nipple. It encourages the tongue to glide to draw out the milk (the same movement that is required during bfing), rather than chomping/sucking.

The bottle doesn't really matter much. Whatever is easiest for you.

The dr brown bottles are way too complicated for me, so I just use a medela bottle, a similac collar (our nicu gave us bags and bags of them), and the dr brown nipples.

Jennifer Ruth · April 2012

scarlette+noir:
Dr. Browns wide neck bottles with venting. We used those and never had an issue.

Us too!

teacherjess · April 2012

Every baby is different. We had to try 8 or 9 different bottles before we found one DD would latch on to. I ended up returning the whole bottle stash of Avents I had registered for. I'd just get a few of each kind before committing and see how the baby does.

Holly_1007 · April 2012

just wanted to throw my 2 cents in. I'm not meaning to come off snarky or mean, but in my experience your best bet at being a 'successful' breastfeeding mother you are going to want to exclusively nurse for atleast the first month if not the first 2 months. It will help regulate your supply and establish a good breastfeeding bond and latch so that baby doesn't develop a preference for the faster flow of a bottle.

that being said, there are a few good bottles to use, the 'breastflow', tommiee tipppee and dr. browns bottles are all good to use, it will depend on your baby. make sure you are using the slowest flow nipple possible as wel.

mommytwobee · April 2012

holly71087:

just wanted to throw my 2 cents in. I'm not meaning to come off snarky or mean, but in my experience your best bet at being a 'successful' breastfeeding mother you are going to want to exclusively nurse for atleast the first month if not the first 2 months. It will help regulate your supply and establish a good breastfeeding bond and latch so that baby doesn't develop a preference for the faster flow of a bottle.

that being said, there are a few good bottles to use, the 'breastflow', tommiee tipppee and dr. browns bottles are all good to use, it will depend on your baby. make sure you are using the slowest flow nipple possible as wel.

I understand your point, however the reason I asked is because with my DS 8 years ago we did not introduce a bottle in time and he refused to take a bottle whatsoever. It was a nightmare. I want to avoid this. Granted I will still pump I just want to alternate between the two.

mrsjenni · April 2012

LOVE Dr. Brown's.

JJsMom211 · April 2012

mrs.kapow:
We used Tommy Tippee cause they seemed the most boob-like to me. Worked like a charm.

I used the same and my son has never had any issues going back and forth.

skyejo · April 2012

We used Dr. Brown's and they worked great. I didn't give LO a bottle until 12w and she wouldnt' take it--gah! It took about two weeks for her to drink from it. I don't knock the bottle though, she was just so used to nursing. I will definitely be introducing it a bit earlier this time since I don't need that extra stress before returning to work!

mrs.kapow · April 2012

holly71087:
just wanted to throw my 2 cents in. I'm not meaning to come off snarky or mean, but in my experience your best bet at being a 'successful' breastfeeding mother you are going to want to exclusively nurse for atleast the first month if not the first 2 months. It will help regulate your supply and establish a good breastfeeding bond and latch so that baby doesn't develop a preference for the faster flow of a bottle.

It's nice that you give your opinion, but this is not true for every baby. My daughter needed supplementation from day 1 due to jaundice and never had issues BFing. In fact, I ended up with oversupply and needed to move up in nipple size quickly so the bottles could keep up with my boobs.

JJsMom211 · April 2012

mrs.kapow:
holly71087:

just wanted to throw my 2 cents in. I'm not meaning to come off snarky or mean, but in my experience your best bet at being a 'successful' breastfeeding mother you are going to want to exclusively nurse for atleast the first month if not the first 2 months. It will help regulate your supply and establish a good breastfeeding bond and latch so that baby doesn't develop a preference for the faster flow of a bottle.

It's nice that you give your opinion, but this is not true for every baby. My daughter needed supplementation from day 1 due to jaundice and never had issues BFing. In fact, I ended up with oversupply and needed to move up in nipple size quickly so the bottles could keep up with my boobs.

Agreed. I had to pump after 2wks because I had to leave my son for about 2 hours with my mom. He took the bottle just fine while I was gone and went back to the breast like a champ. Your opinion is true for some babies, but not all babies.

jbtobe · April 2012

mrs.kapow:
We used Tommy Tippee cause they seemed the most boob-like to me. Worked like a charm.

This makes me laugh - because I was looking at bottles last weekend and thought the exact same thing! Good to know they worked!

damabo80 · April 2012

holly71087:
just wanted to throw my 2 cents in. I'm not meaning to come off snarky or mean, but in my experience your best bet at being a 'successful' breastfeeding mother you are going to want to exclusively nurse for atleast the first month if not the first 2 months. It will help regulate your supply and establish a good breastfeeding bond and latch so that baby doesn't develop a preference for the faster flow of a bottle.

that being said, there are a few good bottles to use, the 'breastflow', tommiee tipppee and dr. browns bottles are all good to use, it will depend on your baby. make sure you are using the slowest flow nipple possible as wel.

This depends on the baby and the perseverance of the caregiver.

DD was on a feeding tube for the first month, then on bottles for the next two months. It took about a good solid three weeks of hell (and many appts with an LC), but we transitioned her from bottles to breast (via the nipple shield). About two months later, we transitioned her from nipple shield to breast (once again, took about three weeks of hell and multiple appts with a LC).

Nowdays, she easily transitions between breast and bottle. A bottle feeds her, but a breast provides comfort (instant cry stopper, sleep inducer).

KarBear · April 2012

We started at day one due to difficulty latching (which was later resolved and DD BF and took a bottle for a year). We used Avent last time, but will use Born Free this time.

The only thing I don't like about Dr. Browns are all the parts. I don't have time to assemble and disassemble bottle parts everyday.

kbradshaw9 · April 2012

Avent worked for us.

katieguth · April 2012

damabo80:
holly71087:

just wanted to throw my 2 cents in. I'm not meaning to come off snarky or mean, but in my experience your best bet at being a 'successful' breastfeeding mother you are going to want to exclusively nurse for atleast the first month if not the first 2 months. It will help regulate your supply and establish a good breastfeeding bond and latch so that baby doesn't develop a preference for the faster flow of a bottle.

that being said, there are a few good bottles to use, the 'breastflow', tommiee tipppee and dr. browns bottles are all good to use, it will depend on your baby. make sure you are using the slowest flow nipple possible as wel.

This depends on the baby and the perseverance of the caregiver.

DD was on a feeding tube for the first month, then on bottles for the next two months. It took about a good solid three weeks of hell (and many appts with an LC), but we transitioned her from bottles to breast (via the nipple shield). About two months later, we transitioned her from nipple shield to breast (once again, took about three weeks of hell and multiple appts with a LC).

Nowdays, she easily transitions between breast and bottle. A bottle feeds her, but a breast provides comfort (instant cry stopper, sleep inducer).

Sorry nothing to do with OP.

Just wanted to say Congrats to you!!! It's awesome that you got LO over to BF. We had a very similar situation. We tried and tried and I ended up EPing. I know how hard it is. Props to you!!!!!

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