Bottles???

chelly2389 · March 2014

I'm planning on breastfeeding but I was wonder how many bottles do you think I should have.
6- 8 oz and 4 3oz

Or

9- 8oz. And 6- 3oz

Thanks for the help girls!

35 weeks and 4 days for me

ksulli · March 2014

Babies that have all BM rarely take more than 4-5 oz at a time, so stick with the smaller bottles. If you're a SAHM you don't need many. If baby will be cared for elsewhere while you pump, I'd suggest having 8-10 so that you don't have to wash them every day and can just run the dishwasher every other.

chelly2389 · March 2014

Yes I will be a SAHM... So maybe I don't need that many... Good point. Thanks

thomas930 · March 2014

I'm BF and my other two never took more than 4-5 oz at a time. I have three 4oz bottles (I can actually fit 5oz in them) and I'm also a SAHM. If for whatever reason baby needs more from a bottle I can always purchase larger bottles later.

Relish1025 · March 2014

I got the avent starter kit. I figure it's good to have a few bottles around JIC even though I plan on EBF.
https://www.toysrus.com/buy/feeding/philips-avent-natural-infant-starter-set-scd296/01-12934543

nursewinnie · March 2014

jellysparkles said:

Ooopsbaby14 said:
I plan on BFing but I bought a starter set of Playtex Drop Ins bottles that has a couple 40z bottles and couple of 8oz to have just in case.

I totally read that as 40 oz bottle too.

MrsZ0811 · March 2014

Im a FTM and a SAHM so take this fwiw, but I have 7 bottles. 6 - 5oz (bought a pack of 3, and was given a pack of 3) and then one 8oz (was on the diaper cake at my shower. I dont plan on buying more as of right now.

LittleLady77 · March 2014

We got one each of four different kinds of bottles. You never know what your baby will like. I was also given a crap load of Madela bottles.

Teresa1896 · March 2014

My Bf dd never took more than 4oz. I started with those and figured I'd get bigger bottles if I needed to, but I never did.

haziedaze · March 2014

We just used the Medela ones I could directly pump into. I think they hold 5oz. They worked fine all the way through. I would pump into the bottles directly Monday-Thursday then pump into storage bags on Friday and send frozen milk on Monday to rotate my stash. I think that's a pretty typical pattern.

AcaAwkward · March 2014

I EBF and SAH and Dd also never took more than 4 or 5 oz at a time. I think we currently have 6 bottles.

Eta: but we could easily make due with 2-4. The only reason we have more is bc DD started refusing bottles at 3 mo so we were on a mission to TRY ALL THE BOTTLEZ.

chelly2389 · March 2014

Thanks everyone

NicoleAnne416 · March 2014

I started with 3 bottles (dr browns but can pump into them) 4oz. I have a box with 2 more 4oz and 3 8oz, and a box of 8oz my SIL gave me, but those two boxes won't be opened until needed and hope I can exchange if not needed. I think to start, 3-6 4oz bottles (or 5oz) is fine if you plan on bfing and being home, you can go to the store later if needed!

Sisimama10 · March 2014

I have like 15 I think. It's a mix of the small and the larger ones. I plan to switch to formula at 4-5 months after nursing for the first 4-5 months so, I will probably need more than if you're just nursing.

J&NL · March 2014

I bought 6 bottles. I plan to EBF so anymore than that seems like overkill.

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