All our bottles are 4 or 5 oz sizes. I just assumed we'd need bigger bottles later on, but just read that baby's intake doesn't change much between 1 and 6 months, and that they start drinking LESS, not more at this age because of solids. Am I missing something, or does that mean our smaller bottles should be all we need? Does that mean the larger sizes are primarily for formula fed babies?
BFP #1 10/6/11 | EDD 6/15/12 | MMC 11/7/11 @ 8w3d | D&C 11/14/11
BFP #2 8/22/12 | EDD 5/5/13 | DS1 born 5/9/13
BFP #3 4/25/15 | EDD 1/7/16 | MMC 7/2/15 @ 13w1d | D&E 7/8/15
BFP #4 12/9/15 | EDD 8/22/16 | DS2 born 5/18/16 at 26w2d
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Re: Do I need bigger bottles ever?
To add to this (because it really covers everything) as a consideration - we did use the bigger (I think 9oz?) Tommee Tippee bottles, but still only filled them to 4oz. The larger size of the bottles was convenient for defrosting my frozen milk. I froze all my milk in 1 ounce sticks, so depending on age, I could just put 1-4 sticks in the bottle and let it defrost right there. No leaking bags and easy to transport.
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Every baby is different-- you definitely won't need bigger bottles for a while. So I wouldn't worry about it now!
If your baby turns out to prefer larger meals, you can get bigger bottles when the time comes. As PPs said, a lot of BF babies don't need bigger bottles.
I ended up getting some around 6 months, but we mix and match between the 5oz and 9oz bottles-- my LO takes 6oz in the morning and 4oz in the afternoon.