How man bottles do you have?

[ursula]

hey bottle feeders, how many bottles do you have. I lost one this week, bringing our total down to 6 (3 ventaire, 3 drop ins) and I'm trying to decide if I should spend the money and buy another. 

Also, I'm terrified of where this missing bottle is hiding. 

[Lola]

We have 9 glass dr. Browns. The washing process is annoying so we wait until the end of the day to wash everything.

[holidayarmadillo]

I have 9 avent natural bottles. I still have to wash every day, but it gives me a little wiggle room.

[lucanjo14]

I think we have 12! I know it seems like a lot, but I like to have daycare bottles packed the night before, and we usually go through two bottles overnight so this makes it so I'm not scrambling to wash bottles in the mornings. We use avent bottles as well and have a mix of the 4 oz and the bigger bottles (I think they are 8 oz).

[littlemissmarla]

We have 6 - 9oz Avent bottles and 6 - 4oz (which we hardly use anymore).. I have another 3 pack in the closet. I guess it depends on how many feedings your at. We do 5 feedings a day, so we have the extra bottle in case of anything or to keep in the diaper bag. Months ago, I found a bottle at the bottom of the diaper bag after DH had taken her out one day.. it was SO gross and had to be tossed.

[dawnfire]

I feel like a freak. I think we have 18 or 19. 6 go to work with me for pumping, 3 go to daycare, and then there's usually one or two hanging out in the fridge with milk in them. This gives me enough to only have to do dishes every other day instead of every. single. day. I use the Medela 5 oz bottles, though, which is maybe why I need more.

[mary1217]

We have 10 - 9oz bottles. Three go to daycare (even though she normally only has 2 unless she refuses to eat in the morning.) She usually only uses 4 bottles a day but like lucanjo14 I like to pack the daycare bottles the night before.

[honeybee434]

We only have like 5, but when in gone it's between DH and SIL to watch her so they will just wash a bottle between feedings. I don't pre-make bottles, I just send my Medela storage bottles full with two tommee tippee bottle and they heat up what she is hungry for.

If she was only bottle fed and not just while I was at work, I would probably have enough for 2 days worth in case I didn't want to do dishes one day.

[jnnfrrose6]

We have at least a dozen, but that's because I hate washing them daily so there's always some waiting to be cleaned while others are being used. It's awful because she really only gets 1 a day and I use 2 to pump, unless I get an extra session in and need 2 more. We use the cheapo gerber bottles ($5 for 3) so that makes it easier to justify (and they're all saved from kid #1).

[oldwheeze]

I use plastic Dr. Browns: four 4oz (2 for daycare, 2 for home), three 8oz at home. DS has still never eaten more than 4oz in a single feeding. I would rather wash more often than have clutter. If he started eating 4-5oz in a sitting I would probably buy another 3pack of the 8oz bottles and store away the small ones.

[bigrock74]

We had 6 9oz bottles but lost one. I'm not going to bother buying more bottles at this point. We just wash them as we go so there is always a clean bottle or 2 ready.

[luckynumbers81]

6 total, 3 6-oz and and 3 9-oz. We wash as we go. Hope you find the missing one!

[1982babies]

I have 19 in rotation, 4 of those being pumping bottles. I usually have 8ish bottles in the fridge (I had something like 14 of them in there the other day). I would get more.

I have 2 glass Dr. Brown, 3 plastic Dr. Brown, 4 Medela 5 oz, 1 Avent, 6 Walmart brand, and 3 Nuk. Husband hates the Nuk. I think the Walmart ones (Parents' Choice?) are pretty nice and for $1 a piece you can't go wrong.

[stellabunny]

9 plastic Dr Browns that I use now. When I was still pumping I probably had 20 bottles or so going.

[mamanorris]

I have 5 glass avent naturals. I would get more but I'm too cheap for that business.

[rhinestonegirl81]

We started out with 5, now we are down to two. The change of less has been better. In case something happens like misplacing one I still have my back up, but for now it's so much better in the kitchen without a ton of bottle parts everywhere taking up space and having to clean them all.

[rlb]

A lot from the looks of everyone else's list. I think 9-10 five ouncers for pumping, then three 5 ouncers that she drinks out of while I'm gone. I have 4-5 large glass Doc Browns that I don't use, and one large Nuk that's moving into rotation now that we have formula in the mix. Then a couple of randos that I also use to store.

[bitchtits]

Jan 20, 2015 14:57:44 GMT -5 dawnfire said:

I feel like a freak. I think we have 18 or 19. 6 go to work with me for pumping, 3 go to daycare, and then there's usually one or two hanging out in the fridge with milk in them. This gives me enough to only have to do dishes every other day instead of every. single. day. I use the Medela 5 oz bottles, though, which is maybe why I need more.

I'm in the same boat.  We have 20, 6 come to work every day, and 3 go to daycare.  I have vastly fewer nipples since apparently when you buy a 12 pack of Medelas, they do not come with nipples.  And when you buy nipples, they don't come with collars.  It's a whole fuckin' racket they've got going on.

[ursula]

Jan 26, 2015 13:30:51 GMT -5 bitchtits said:

Jan 20, 2015 14:57:44 GMT -5 dawnfire said:

I feel like a freak. I think we have 18 or 19. 6 go to work with me for pumping, 3 go to daycare, and then there's usually one or two hanging out in the fridge with milk in them. This gives me enough to only have to do dishes every other day instead of every. single. day. I use the Medela 5 oz bottles, though, which is maybe why I need more.

I'm in the same boat.  We have 20, 6 come to work every day, and 3 go to daycare.  I have vastly fewer nipples since apparently when you buy a 12 pack of Medelas, they do not come with nipples.  And when you buy nipples, they don't come with collars.  It's a whole fuckin' racket they've got going on.

Want medala nipples? I have like 4 billion that I don't use. We use playtex with J

[liziz]

We use about 4 regularly, but have way more than that, because we keep getting hand-me-down ones from friends. Daycare keeps 1-2 that she washes as she goes, and then we often have 1-2 in rotation at home (this does not count my pumping mason jars, and the medela bottles that screw on to the pump)

[bigrock74]

We lost 2 more the other day and operated on 3 bottles for a few days. I have no idea where they went but I hope they are clean. Dirty bottles stink!
I've since bought another 3 pack of bottles at Target.

[dawnfire]

I think I may have to buy more bottles. Daycare is asking for 4 bottles a day, and we're now pre-filling them with milk (used to send the frozen bags) since we discovered that their milk warmer was breaking our bags and losing milk. I should probably just open a dairy at this rate.

[bitchtits]

ursula I'm stupid late to this but would LOVE to have your nipples!!!

..is that weird, ha

[ursula]

Feb 3, 2015 15:56:58 GMT -5 bitchtits said:

ursula I'm stupid late to this but would LOVE to have your nipples!!!

..is that weird, ha

Not weird. I'll pack em up and ship them to you. I'm running out to herd my cattle at the moment but I've gotta go to the post office tomorrow anyway.