Post by paintdadanta on Mar 10, 2015 11:47:22 GMT -5
We bought a small set of glass Lifefactory bottles (2 4oz, 2 9oz). I like them because they are easy to change from baby bottle to sippy to water bottle. Plus they are freezable or boilable if I ever needed to use that feature. If baby doesn't like them I'll still be able to use them down the road so I won't be stuck with them. Our local consignment store is overflowing with Tommy Tippy which will probably be our back up plan.
DD used Avent, Dr Browns and Nuk bottles. She preferred Nuk or Avent. This time I got 1 mam bottle for free and plan to get Avent and go from there. I'm hoping to breastfeed more
I'm so glad we had this thread! You guys have convinced me to go with Avent (providing baby girl agrees). I was debating Dr. Brown's or Avent but now I'm sold.
We have the Playtex VentAire bottles from J and we'll use the same this time, as long as baby takes to them okay. we had both the narrow/regular and the wide ones - I personally preferred the wide, but she took both just fine.
We also had a few classic Avent bottles (one a gift, one we bought while out when we forgot bottles at home MOTY right here!) and she took those fine too.
I just hope baby #2 isn't picky, because I don't want to go on a hunt for new bottles.
michyme123 so this is a silly question for you and other repeat moms. I have Dr Brown bottles from DD that I used occasionally (I BF 90% of the time) that I will reuse. I know people say they need to get new nipples from old bottles, but why is that? Like, legitimate question.... why couldn't one just wash and sterilize and stuff? Do they go bad or something? I ask because I truly don't know, not because I'm judging.
michyme123 so this is a silly question for you and other repeat moms. I have Dr Brown bottles from DD that I used occasionally (I BF 90% of the time) that I will reuse. I know people say they need to get new nipples from old bottles, but why is that? Like, legitimate question.... why couldn't one just wash and sterilize and stuff? Do they go bad or something? I ask because I truly don't know, not because I'm judging.
The plastic breaks down over time, so even if they weren't used a whole lot, depending on how old they are, they could be breaking down. I am going to sterilize and reuse bottles, but buying new nipples.
Thank you michyme123 and alayne926! I need to go through all our baby stuff (it's on our list for next week after DDs birthday party stuff is done). I bet if I saw they were looking yellow Id want new ones too.
@jemomma, I tried to reply last night but tapatalk was being a bitch... Anyway, we got ours in 2012, so I'm not sure if it's a recent thing or not. However, I remember back then a lot of reviews saying they leaked too. The only time I ever had problems with leaking is if we tried to assemble them before they were dry (so the seal at the bottom had water in it = not sealed) or if we were extra-special and forgot the silicone base piece all together. Then you had water just dripping right out.
Overall though I really liked the bottles, and we never really had issues with them.
Post by laurenlou83 on Mar 12, 2015 19:56:38 GMT -5
STMs need opinions ----
I have Avent and Dr. Brown on my registry, just a 3 pack of each, to see what he likes best. Do you recommend 4oz or 9oz bottles?? I plan to BF, but will be introducing the bottle before I go back to work.
I have Avent and Dr. Brown on my registry, just a 3 pack of each, to see what he likes best. Do you recommend 4oz or 9oz bottles?? I plan to BF, but will be introducing the bottle before I go back to work.
Would love some feedback, thanks!
Go with the 9oz and also get stage 1 nipples because most 9oz bottles come with a later stage nipple. The 4oz bottles will only last you the first 2-3 months or so depending on how much your LO eats at a time.
I'm really curious about this because that's what I would have thought but I just read in another thread billyhorrible said you only need 4-oz if you're breastfeeding, so I would like to know pros and cons.
I, like many of you, got some free sample bottles while registering. One Avent and one Munchkin Latch. I registered for a gift set of each of those in case baby takes to them. I also got a sample Kiinde bag and that looks like a cool system so I registered for that as well, and one Tommee Tippee and a three pack. I know that's a lot of bottles to register for. It will probably look weird to the guests but my hope is that if someone liked one of those, they get that. I'm trying to be open. My plan is to start with the free samples and then get more of whatever baby likes.
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