Bottles

Re: Bottles

• katiejo1216 member

  January 2013

  I love the Avent Natural bottles.  I bought them when I had a coupon (look out for those- Target has them a lot).  They are much better than the old Avent bottles (shape and easier to put together) and my son had no problem going from bottle to breast.  We also tried Tommee Tippee bottles and like those as well.  I know several people love the Dr. Brown's bottles so you made a good choice. I just wouldn't start by buying a lot of any kind at first...  wait and see what your baby likes. With that in mind, I would register for the slow flow nipples first to see if you end up liking the bottle.

  IMO I would skip the bottle warmer...especially if you are primarily BF.  I just run bottles under warm water in the sink when I need one.  But once again, I know several people who love having one. 

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• aboynamedbarry member

  January 2013

  I also had Dr brown's to begin with but oddly they gave her even more gas bubbles I tried avent and then the Playtex nurser with the drop in and those although they were a pain were the very clear winner... no gas to speak of lol. Also, if you plan to breastfeed, don't ever give her a faster flow nipple. Keep her on slow flow until you are ready to be done breastfeeding. I bought mine a fast flow around 10 months and it almost ended nursing for us, I realized what I'd done, switched her back actually I switched to a sippy at that point and she went back to nursing... and she is still nursing great. But ya, its a lot of trial and error, I wouldn't worry about having too much on hand since you will be bf'ing, just trywhat tyou have and if u need something new you can always run out and get it

  

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• caden1206 member

  January 2013

  Thanks ladies.  You gave me some great information.  We did get the slow flow for the beginning so it looks like we made a good choice.  As for the warmer, it has been 10 years since I have had a baby in the house and I know I did not have one and my son survived.  Thanks again.

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• MrsBigTime member

  January 2013

  We just introduced bottles this week. I bought Tommie Tippies and DD seems to take them just fine. I think the thing with nipple flow is that you don't want it to be too easy for LO to get the milk, because baby will favor the easiest option to get milk.
  
  I also use my Keurig to get hot water, so a bottle warmer hasn't been a necessity for us.

  
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• mm&mm member

  January 2013

  We were fans of Dr. Browns for DS1 and plan to use them again for DS2. DS had noticeably less spitting up with the Dr. Browns. We used level 1 and level 2 nipples (never used the y cut or level 3). We did end up borrowing a bottle warmer because it was quicker than using warm water in a cup.

  

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• drpayne member

  January 2013

  Loved the drop ins. Also recommend staying with slow flow nipples. 

  

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• FabulousMrs.P member

  February 2013

  We honestly used the Evenflo  nursers. They were cheap, easy to clean, and we didn't have any issued with gas, etc. We used the glass ones, so they were definitely safe to heat up, but I believe their plastic ones are also fine.

   

  The bottle warmer is totally up to you. My daughter didn't like cold milk, so we did have to warm it up. You can just use a cup of hot water to warm bottles up if you want.
  

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