How many bottles/sizes do I need to buy?

Re: How many bottles/sizes do I need to buy?

• Angela814 member

  May 2013

  My older girls never took more than 6oz in a bottle. I'd buy 5oz bottles for now. If you need a bigger size, you can always buy more later.

  ETA: I had 9 - 5oz bottles for DD2. They were these First Years bottles, and the 5oz bottle actually held 6oz of milk. Personally, I prefer the smaller bottles. I just think it's easier to feed with a smaller bottle, and they fit better in my cooler, fridge, daycare fridge, etc.
  
  Since I couldn't find new nipples for those bottles, I bought the 5oz Tommee Tippee bottles. They are a bit smaller, so I don't think they could fit much over 5oz.
  

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• MBush4 member

  May 2013

  I EP due to various reasons and looking back I bought too many bottles. If I were to do it all over again I would just get the larger sized bottles. Yes, they'll probably be larger than what you need at 3 months, but I hate clutter and wish I didn't have tons of smaller bottles to try and store. I'd buy about 7-8 (although in all honesty, you may want to start off with one or two to test him on when he's smaller than 3 months to figure out what he likes). I hope that helps!

  

  

   

   

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• kross605 member

  May 2013

  I have tons of bottles because I like leaving a backup one at daycare, in the diaper bag,  at my parents house etc but you really only NEED maybe 6 or 8 so you have enough for a full day of bottles even if one day-worth is dirty and in the dishwasher. Thats assuming you will only use bottles when you are not with the baby which is likely 3-4 bottles a day.

  Breastfed babies usually start out at 2oz and max out at 6oz (roughly). Its up to you whether you want to buy some smaller bottles (4-5oz) for the early months and some bigger bottles (8-9oz) for the later months or just start out with the larger bottles.  If youre looking to buy the least amount of bottles Id buy 6-8 larger bottles.
  

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• Melidee82 member

  May 2013

  I bought 4 oz bottles and wish I hadn't.  If I had it to do over, I would just buy the larger bottles and use them from the beginning.  I have 6 in the current size we are using.  Three stay at daycare and three stay home.  It is more than enough since she rarely needs a bottle at home. 

  We tried a few brands before settling on one so I wouldn't invest in a full supply of bottles until you have found one that works well for your LO.

   

  
  

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• blu-eyedwife member

  May 2013

  Melidee82:

  We tried a few brands before settling on one so I wouldn't invest in a full supply of bottles until you have found one that works well for your LO.

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   Don't stock up now.  You will have time to swing by a store before your child starts daycare and you can stock up on his/her favorite then.  And you'll have a better idea of how much your child is eating then.
  

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