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I am 32 weeks pregnant and driving myself crazy when it comes to what bottles to buy...should I buy glass or plastic by what company is best evenflo or playtex or avent and what formula to use for my baby, should it be enfamil or good start or something else, I know I could check with the baby doctors when he gets here but I think moms out there can assist me in making my decision a little easier if they tell me what they did for there little ones. Just need some examples and yes I know all babies are different but just looking for some ideas on milk and bottles. I can't breast feed because I have Multiple Sclerosis and I will be on medication and can't breast feed. Just giving you guys detail infomation. Thanks in advance for your answers. Typing fast if i mispell anything, i think you get my point

Answer 1

we used gerber plastic bottles. i prefer plastic myself b/c at 3am when you and the dad are both half asleep if you drop the bottle trying to fix it, it wont break :) we used similac with iron infant formula. seemed to work really well for us and my daughter who is now 2. it comes in powder and ready to pour.

Answer 2

I had a baby 6 weeks ago and breastfeeding, but when I pump and bottle feed him, I use regular plastic evenflo bottles. I prefer not to use the Playtex Vent Air ones (the ones that are curved to stop bubbles going into baby's belly) b/c I had a bad nite experience with them. Because the bottom screws off as well as the top, I woke up to pump and poured the expressed breast milk into the bottle, carried it to the fridge only to find out that when I poured the milk into the bottle the bottom wasnt screwed on tight and my "liquid gold" leaked all over the living room and kitchen floor. TOTALLY NOT FUN TO CLEAN WHEN EVERY DROP OF MILK COUNTS! ( I had a preemie)!

Just wanted to give you some personal experience so you dont make the same mistake I did! :)
Good luck!

Answer 3

I used plastic playtex bottles for my child and never had one problem, I boiled them before and after each use, they're cheap and safe. My sister-in-law used avent (not sure of the spelling) plastic bottles and they were fine as well. When it comes down to it I'd have to say a plastic bottle is better than a glass one any day, it's just safer in so many ways... look at the pro's and cons. For one plastic doesnt break, shatter and most important of all won't hurt baby or you :)

Answer 4

I used plastic Evenflo

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The straight design with my older 2 and the slanted with my youngest..

I likes the slanted design better because it enabled a more upright feeding with forcing me to hold the bottle at an uncomfortable angle..

Washing the bottles is a bit more difficult and requires a flexible plastic handled bottle brush rather than a standard bettle handles one.. But well worth the extra 30sec to a minute in cleaning time for the abillity to feed more upright and avoid wrist cramps.. (Wish the slanted bottles had been available for the older two)

As for formula I used Similac... I started out with Emfamil but all three of my children had a bad reaction and Similac worked best for them...

You may have to switch formulas at first until you find one that works for your baby.. Ask your ob/gyn they may have samples you can use during the first few days/weeks until you find the right formula for your baby...

Nipples actually come in different stages you want to start out with newborn nipples baby will not be really good at the rythmn of suck swallow breath at first and newborn nipples allow less liquid to pass at a time allowing baby to learn the rhythmn... Then you can move on to the other stages... If you look at the packaging there is usually an age range of them to help you... The age range is an average as you get to know your baby you will know if he/she needs the 6-9 month nipple at 5 months and such...

With my youngest she would not take the tan colored nipples

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She had to have the clear ones

http://littlefolks.stores.yahoo.net/avmedflownip.html

I am still not sure why exactly but she greatly prefered the clear nipple to the tan one for some reason... We know it was the color and nothing else because if she was fed in the dark where she couldnt see the color there was no problem with the tan color but in the light she would turn away from the nipple if it wasnt clear colored ... Odd I know LOL...

Answer 5

I use and preffer plastic bottles. Im using Avent, but I've also heard good feedback from Dr. Brown's. I also use Avent's esterilization system... you put the bottles inside, put it in the microwave for 5 minutes and you are done !

About formula, I gave at home the same they were giving him in the Hospital. He vomited a lot so his doctor switched him to Nutramigen Lipil and it has been a blessing! About formula, I would talk to the doctor before going home from the hospital.

Good Luck and God Bless you and your baby!

Answer 6

I dont use formula but if I did it would be Enfamil with LIPIL, but it really depends on what your baby can handle in the formula department. As for bottles when I pump I always transfer the milk to the Playtex Ventair bottles, they do an awsome job with helping him not get gas, there are 2 kinds out there the natural shape ones with a wider bottle and nipple area and the normal ones, we have both and use both. My son perfers the Playtex VentAir natural ones because he can suck harder and get more of the nipple into his mouth

Answer 7

I think you should start with small bottles and try different ones, you should be able to tell which one the baby likes best. I think it has a lot to do with the nipple. The hospital will start your baby on formula brand, if it works for the baby stay with it. If their is any trouble the doctor will help you with that. This has been my experience, I have 3 children and 1 grand baby.

Answer 8

I just used the basic Gerber plastic bottles, and Enfamil formula. Powdered, cuz it's convenient when you are not at home, and I was told WIC used Enfamil, so that's what I went with since I knew I was going to be getting WIC. The only problem I had was my baby was gassy with the formula, so we switched to a lactose free or the soy version of Enfamil.

Answer 9

We had to bottle feed our second due to him being in SCBU etc so with the problems he had we used the MAMA range which worked really well to make sure he didn't get any more wind than usual and made it easier for him to feed all round. These were plastic and came in 6 different pieces so it took a while to fit it all together (and if you didn't do it properly it ended up pouring out the bottom), but they were great and helped a lot. Good luck. We also had to use SMA Soyamilk but I think SMA seems to be quite good.

Answer 10

I found glass bottles worked better for me until the baby was able to hold for himself. Then I switched to plastic.
The glass bottles I felt I could keep more sanitary, clean from bacteria build up.
Now w/ formulas, I don't know those brands bc I'm in Europe and those sound American brands.

Have fun with your baby.

God Bless!

Answer 11

For me the evenflo comfi works best (feeding with breast milk).

Before I bought that one, I've spent time and money researching and buying bottles that were designed for baby's comfort. Like the ones that specialize in no bubbles in baby's belly.

What I've discovered is that everyone does the same thing (buys a lot of different bottles) and hopes that the little individual they've brought into this world will like one of them.

You'll know when you have the right bottle (don't forget the right nipple) when your little one eats. You have the wrong ones when they cry, squirm, choke, and won't eat.

Good luck :)