Please help. Which bottles have...?

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breast-like nipples so my baby will be less confused. I plan on pumping and letting his daddy feed him sometimes. But also I want to establish a bond and I know that even if I have to pump, I can store the milk in the freezer for a certain amount of time. So I guess I have two questions. One about the bottles with those kind of nipples and how long should I feed directly from the breast before I let others feed him with a bottle (with breastmilk in it of course :-) Thanks for your advice!

25 wks pregnant with Alex (my first baby)

Answer 1

I'd say wait as long as you can before letting anyone offer a bottle. I wasn't able to wait the minimum of 6 weeks because of some appointments I had to go to, thankfully my daughter didn't have an issue, don't know what I would have done if she would have though.

We started with the Soothie bottles. She took them just fine, but had difficulty relatching onto me after having them. Then I tried the playtex drop ins with latex (brown) nipple. She had no problems at all switching back and forth with those. Then a doctor said "Playtex is okay, but I prefer Avent" So, we tried Avent - my daughter hated them. We've since found that as long as the nipple on the bottle is newborn size, and is latex, she'll take it without any issues. And she's able to switch back and forth without any problems.

Also, another way to ensure there's less problems - never feed your baby a bottle yourself, especially in the beginning. Let other's do it, but not yourself. Your baby knows you have the good stuff attached to you, and might not like the idea of a fake nipple being given from you. You may even have to leave the room so your baby doesn't see you at all while eating from the bottle.

And, Good for you! Planning in advance to breastfeed, and finding out information before birth is wonderful! You can check out http://forums.llli.org for more help (when the website is back up, it's down for some reason right now) the LLLadies have been a wonderful resource to myself and many other moms (and a few dads too)!

Answer 2

Pigeon makes something called a peristaltic nipple, which is the closest you can get to a mother's nipple. I had to take my son of my breast when he was a week old, and used Pigeon's bottles and nipples to feed him the expressed milk. He's 6 weeks old this week and last week his little problem was sorted out and I was able to latch him to my breast again with no problem what-so-ever.

My advice is to give it at least 2 - 3 weeks before you introduce your baby to a bottle, mainly because it can take that long for your milk supply to establish itself. After that, just put your baby to your breast regularly to keep the supply up.

Also remember, breastmilk is thinner than formula, so you will need a nipple that won't let the milk out too fast. I still find Pigeon to be the best, even the NUK and AVENT ones let breastmilk out too fast and makes my son choke

Congratulations!

Answer 3

aaw, well congrats to you and hubby! You have no idea how blessed you will be when you get to meet him! I did the same thing. I pumped because daddy wanted to feed, and older siblings wanted to feed too, so I kinda had no choice. I used the playtex bottles with the inserts. I tried many others, but my babies were really gassy and fussy. They weren't this way at all the first few weeks I strictly nursed. So I switched to the playtex nursers with inserts and every bit of the gas and fussy times stopped. Trust me, I wasted so much money on other bottles. These are the BEST ones to use. Good luck and God Bless your family.

Answer 4

Its best to wait a month before introducing a bottle. The longer you wait the better. Never use anything but a newborn nipple, you want it to be just as much work to nurse as to drink from a bottle.

I found that really any rubber, not silicon nipple was the most breast like to my son. Playtex makes some nice nipples.

Answer 5

We have had great success with using peristaltic teats manufactured by pigeon. They help the baby replicate the sucking motion they use when they suckle at the breasts. I work with newborn and premmie babies, and have found that these babies do not get nipple confusion even when learning to suck using a bottle. Your wanting to share you babies feeding is something your partner should be very honoured to share.
Good luck

Answer 6

I had to supplement my son at birth because he was born three weeks early. I breastfeed first and then gave him a bottle, I used the soothie bottles as well as the soothie paci. He never had a problem switching.
Good luck and congrats!

Answer 7

Tommie tippie do bottles and the teat is the closest that you will get to a nipple you can get them in most stores boots mothercare etc

Answer 8

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