Best bottles for breastfed babies?

kchaves815 · January 2014

I am a FTM and about to start my registry list. I plan to breastfeed while on maternity leave, and pump/ bottle feed during the day once I go back to work full time.

I went to BRU last night to browse around and was so overwhelmed by all the bottle choices. I know every baby is different, but I'd like to at least narrow it down to a few different ones to register for. What bottles worked the best for your breastfed baby??

Thanks!

tbmadeamistake · January 2014

There are a few that are modeled after the breast, supposedly so there is less nipple confusion. They tend to have a wider nipple base than most. Tommee Tippee is one of them. I will say that they must be fairly similar because C has the same problem latching onto those that she had latching onto me, go figure. If I were you, I'd pick a wide nipple and a regular nipple bottle and register for a couple of each. That way you can see what your LO works best with. We ended up using Doctor Brown's and loved them. C was able to latch and we got into a good system for washing all the parts as needed.

lynnblack · January 2014

We ended up using Dr Browns wide necked bottles. We tried a ton but those were the only ones DD would actually use consistently.

ElTrain5 · January 2014

I'm getting the medela pump....any good nipples to fit on to those bottles? The medela nipples look huge...

flerlgirl · January 2014

@eltrain5 - the playtex nipples fit those, and medela makes nipples, too.

mikenjess113 · January 2014

We used Tommee Tippee and he transitioned great from breast to bottle!

robbinrl · January 2014

DD used Dr. Browns in the NICU so we just kept using those. One suggestion is to continue using the newborn nipples on any bottles. They have a slower flow closer to the breast. We didn't switch to faster nipples until she started collapsing the newborn ones and getting frustrated around 9 months I think.

coffee-saur · January 2014

With DD I used mOmma by Lansinoh. She nursed and wouldn't take any others.

emandjp · January 2014

As some PP said, we used Dr. Brown's and DD never had a problem. She very rarely got a bottle but it never confused her while BF. We stayed with the NB nipple the entire time.

owlcup · January 2014

We used Advent or Nuk bottles and never had any issues with nipple confusion.

Mrs_D_in_KY · January 2014

ElTrain5 said:
I'm getting the medela pump....any good nipples to fit on to those bottles? The medela nipples look huge...

Any standard neck bottle will screw on to the Medela pump parts. I did this frequently with DS, we used Dr Browns and often I would pump directly into them to save a Medela bottle to wash. Or in a pinch I would pump into the Gerber cheap-o bottles if my other ones were dirty.

StinaLeigh · January 2014

Another vote for Tommy Tippee. They are wide-ish like the breast AND they are easy to clean. We also had some Dr. Browns and DS liked those fine too, but I much preferred the fewer pieces and ease of cleaning the Tommy Tippee ones.

KeyLime81 · January 2014

Another vote for the Playtex drop-ins. Since I was washing pump parts every night, I was glad not to have to wash a bunch of bottle parts, too!

Cherylwang · January 2014

My daughter would only use tommee tippee. If I wasnt home to nurse that's all she would take with my husband.

MegRN2008 · January 2014

With DS1 I started off with the Tommee Tippee bottles and I do think that part of the issues we started having breastfeeding stemmed from a bottle preference. We eventually used Playtex Ventair bottles because he seemed to do best with those. Since then, Medela has come out with a bottle that is supposed to be zero flow unless baby is sucking. I think it is called Medela Calma. It sounds like the closest you can get to replicating how they nurse from the breast. I plan to try these first this go round.

cMichelle0423 · January 2014

Tommee Tippee! We tried all different kinds of bottles with DS (I fed off the boob for a few weeks but had trouble latching and it was too painful so I started to exclusively pump). TT worked the best. We tried the Comotomo, Similac, and Avent, and even though DS wasn't picky, the TT was his and our favorite. I'll definitely be using them again with this baby whenever we transition to bottle.