tell me about bottles

Nukke · April 2013

I'm planning on breast feeding 90% of the time, but should I have some troubles, or cannot for whatever reason (date night?) I'd like to have some bottle around. I've already decided I'm going to register for the manual Medela breast pump, since we cannot afford an expensive electric one.

So I went searching for bottles. I like that the Dr. Brown's are glass, but ultimately was going to register for The Philips Avent Natural 4oz bottles (3 pack) and the Vital baby Natural 5oz bottles (3 pack).

My mom thinks I should find some bottles that convert into those baby sippy cup things.

Any bottle recs given our situation? (maybe some that fit well with the medela, or convert into these different drinking stages for baby/toddler?)

akbrown64 · April 2013

The best advice I ever received about bottles was to start with cheap bottles and work your way up from there if they don't work for your baby. We started with Gerber bottles, which are like $4 for a 3 pack. They worked great for DS and they screwed right

achadwick19 · April 2013

My favorite are BornFree bottles. They don't turn into sippy cups though. But they don't leak and Avent leaks pretty bad. I have a toddler in my class who has the sippy cups who leak (not awful, but still leaky) and then some babies have them and the bott

happybride 276 · April 2013

I am a FTM too, and I have started thinking about bottles as well (I will Bf but I'm going back to work so I am hoping to get my little boy adjusted to bottles as well the breast). I talked to a lot of my friends and each child has different bottle

kdv77 · April 2013

We only used bottles occasionally. I opted for Dr. Browns because I wanted glass and they screwed onto my pump. I hear people get annoyed with cleaning all the parts, but we had to do it so little that it was a non issue.

Shanmarie1083 · April 2013

I will hopefully be BF'ing this baby but will pump occasionally for DH or DS to be able to feed the baby. I also bought the Avent Natural (2 pack) and the Tommee Tippee (3 pack) bottles, all in 9 oz. I looked at a lot of the bottles one day at BRU and

OpheliaChem · April 2013

We used the simple Evenflo glass bottles. I was all about glass and I loved them! I'm thinking Dr. Brown makes a better bottle than Evenflo but they worked for us. Its hard to say which type of bottle is best so my advice is buy a few and if they seem to

Nukke · April 2013

Shanmarie1083:
I will hopefully be BF'ing this baby but will pump occasionally for DH or DS to be able to feed the baby. I als

Nukke · April 2013

OpheliaChem:
We used the simple Evenflo glass bottles. I was all about glass and I loved them! I'm thinking Dr. Brown makes a

mommys87 · April 2013

My first end up on Dr Browns after trying 3 other ones, my second son ended up using the cheap Gerber ones, I think there is a 3 pack or 3 something. We started him on Dr Browns thinking we were saving a step, but nope!

With this baby we wil

Nukke · April 2013

akbrown64:
The best advice I ever received about bottles was to start with cheap bottles and work your way up from there if th

Shanmarie1083 · April 2013

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TristaD81 · April 2013

I had an Avent pump so I used Avent bottles that screwed right onto the pump. DDmostly nursed but took a bottle from my aunt twice a week and a bottle as Her bedtime feeding from DH. They worked awesome and are inexpensive. I had also bought Dr Browns ju

Nukke · April 2013

Thanks for the input so far ladies. My cousin who just had a baby swears by her Medela swing, and suggested I look for one on kijiji (which is like a Canadian Craig's list). she says there are a LOT on there for like $60 with accessories.</

TristaD81 · April 2013

Nukke:
Thanks for the input so far ladies.nbsp; My cousin who just had a baby swears by her Medela swing, and suggested I look for

EOB584 · April 2013

I mostly breastfeed but we needed bottles for daycare. I used the Playtex Ventair Wide bottles. DD did great with them. As we switched to formula we needed bigger bottles so I liked the NUK brand because they had extra room. When it came time for sippy cu

OpheliaChem · April 2013

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EOB584 · April 2013

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SweetPeaK26 · April 2013

I just posted in the pumping post above, but I'll post it here too! My medela hand pump was my favorite pumping method! I got the most milk, it was more comfortable than my electric, it was convenient....

We had the vente air bottles. Really

jeb2013 · April 2013

As a babysitter for a very long time the moms I have worked with never had luck with advent bottles very leaky. And the ones I have used most were born free and tomee tippe. Born free also makes glass bottles. But are heavy. Medela makes bottles to pump i

zoieglow · April 2013

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coraggiosa · April 2013

I'm planning on using glass bottles, but that's all I've decided so far.

TristaD81 · April 2013

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kristaeris · April 2013

I never got the hang of pumping and nursing with my first LO. So, I ended up only BFing for the first 4 months before having to go back to work full time.

So, not much advice on pumps. But, before my first LO was born I purchased SEVERAL Dr. Brown bott

CalMum_Momma · April 2013

Bottles, like pacis, will depend on your LO, so I wouldn't spend a ton out of the gate. For DS, Playtext Ventaire Wide bottles were perfect. He went from slow to fast flow, never needing medium. DD did not take the Playtex, and preferred the much smaller

RunningGal900 · April 2013

Don't open and wash a bunch. Get a couple, make sure you and baby like them and then stock up. I hated all the parts of the Dr Browns so we may e going with different ones next time

Ecstatic83 · April 2013

I dont have any actual "mom" advice being a FTM but I have found this thread very informative! I worked in a daycare in college and always loved Avent bottles. I have had it in my head that I would have those for my first LO ever since. But then last year

zoieglow · April 2013

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sprocketsmom · April 2013

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staceyleanne · April 2013

I had to supplement with formula and my LO did great with the tommee tippee bottles. I loved them. You can get inserts to hold breast milk or measured formula. Never had a problem with leaking and super easy to clean.

EmmaNut · April 2013

A lot is going to depend on your baby and his/her preference. I would start with dr browns and Avent.

StephDK · April 2013

I don't post much and need to change my siggy since I am September 2013 and February 2011 mama

I'm also a speech/ feeding therapist and we always recommend trying bottles with the slowest flow....these are typically dr. Brown and Playtex drop ins. &nbs

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