I EBF my DD but had to pump and bottle feed breast milk for daycare. I was planning on replacing all the nipples for those bottles but keeping the bottles. A friend of mine just went out and bought all new bottles. Thoughts?
I think I'm going to buy new. I only BF'd DD for 2 months so her bottles look pretty worn out. They are kind of cloudy and discolored. But I plan on getting the Dr. Brown's again, loved them!
Apparently I'm clueless on this, but do you need to replace the nipples? I ebf, so I bet we only used his bottles 10 or 20 times. Does the silicone just need replaced periodically?
Yeah, the silcone/latex will break down, so should be replaced. As far as reusing the bottles, I don't see any problem with it as long as 1.) They are still in good shape. 2.) They don't contain BPA. I know a lot of the newer bottles don't but the ones we used for DS 7 years ago did, so I won't be using those again.
We will probably use the same bottles but buy a few more and buy new nipples. We started using Tommee Tippees with DS when he was about 7 months old and we love them! But because we bought them so late (we were using another brand before) we didn't buy a lot. I would like to add a few more.
I would be reusing the bottles, but I gave them all to my sister when she got pregnant. So we'll be buying new ones. I know one of my friends went out and bought all new bottles as well. I think it's just personal preference.
If we have another girl - we will reuse the same bottles and just replace the silicone parts. The only bottle DD would take was the NUK bottles and they didn't really have neutral ones - we have mostly pink bottles - I think a couple green. Assuming LO2 will drink from that type of bottle, we will reuse them. If we have a boy I would probably get a couple blue ones to send to daycare for him.
Reusing the Ventaire ones but buying new silicone pieces. Also going to buy a few new ones. Threw out the Dr. Browns they were great in the beginning, then started leaking.
Re: 2+ Moms...reusing bottles?
Currently going through our second deployment. Can't wait for Zoe to meet her daddy!
I have glass bottles so I def. plan on reusing them (i bought glass because they last longer) and just replace all nipples