Bottles while breastfeeding

controlledchaos617 · May 2012

I am a FTM and I plan on trying to breastfeed and hopefully it works out and I can do it for a long while. I am wondering which bottles are best to use while breastfeeding? I was planning on registering for the playtex drop ins if these are good ones. All opinions are welcome! Thanks!!

tjkdlhb · May 2012

I have some drop-ins and some vent-air... but I haven't used either yet... only the ones that came with my Medela swing pump... They are great, and I love that the nipple is very similar to BF...

GPickles · May 2012

I use Medela & Avent bottles. I tried Dr. Browns but LO didn't like the nipples on them & they leaked.

miniray · May 2012

DH gives DS a bottle about twice a week. We have the Playtex Drop-Ins with Premium Nurser and the Medela bottle with Calma nipple that came with my pump. He likes the medela Calma better but DS takes both just fine.

JammieJk · May 2012

My birth doula/lactation consultant recommended BornFree bottles with level 1 nipples. BornFree are wide mouth, she said that in her experience the Dr. Brown's, although wildly popular, caused latch problems for her clients who chose to use them. We've been using the BornFree, and so far have had no issues at all going between them and my breast. She also told me that breastfed babies should never have to go up a nipple size (some daycare providers will tell you they should), but the level 1 is close enough to the flow level of breast.

Hope that helps!

jlsimon56 · May 2012

We use Avent. Typically the wide mouth bottles mimic BFing more than the narrow neck bottles. I wanted a bottle that was easy to clean. The Avent bottles only have: bottle, nipple, screw-on cap, and an inner ring. I did not want the drop-in kind b/c that was too wasteful (IMO).