Which bottle?
- Thread starter Sazzy
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I used Avent bottles with both of my babies. My sister passed a bunch of her old Avent bottles to me so I figured we would try them first. For my 1st I had a huge over supply so ended up pumping with the Avent hand-pump after each feeding. And then with my second I decided to pump everything out for my baby and was using the Avent duo-electric pump so it just all worked out at the end. They have BPA free bottles now.
Shenzhennifer
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I use Avent now, but when my baby was a newborn he didn`t take to it. I don`t know if it was the wide nipple area or what. I ended up getting the glass Pigeon bottle, but by then he refused all bottles until 8 months later when he preferred the Avent one. Go figure. The BPA ones are expensive here, over $100 each. If you`re planning to buy a pump, I think they come with some bottles(my Avent did) so you can just go from there.
southside852
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We started with Avent then switched to Born Free which are BPA free, but I think Avent are now too. I found the Avent ones to be a bit leaky too. My son had reflux and the Born Free ones worked well with him.
You might want to buy a bottle even if breastfeeding is successful in case you need to be away from the baby. I am using the First Years Breastflow BPA Free bottle because my LO is breastfed when I'm at home and bottlefed when I'm at work. It is a double nipple system requires both suction and compression and is therefore more similar to breastfeeding than a regular bottle.
Bf didn't work for us so I ended up using the Medela pump and got the Medela bottles which go with it. Honestly I wouldn't buy too much just have one or two in case you need them as sometimes babies don't get on with certain shapes of teat or you might end up wanting one to go with your pump etc...
For us, we bought an Avent prior to babies arrival but the milk came out of the teat too fast and he was a bit gaggy on it. The Medela are good for breast milk but not great for formula (to be fair, they're not sold as formula bottles) as you need to use a different cap to shake them and then put the teat on which is a bit of a faff.
For us, we bought an Avent prior to babies arrival but the milk came out of the teat too fast and he was a bit gaggy on it. The Medela are good for breast milk but not great for formula (to be fair, they're not sold as formula bottles) as you need to use a different cap to shake them and then put the teat on which is a bit of a faff.
I use NUK with the soft teat (yellow ones) as it is easier to suck ( it is softer) than the regular white plastic ones. One thing to bear in mind is that the yellow ones are much harder to buy so you might want to stick with the regular white plastic teats instead. The only reason I have the yellow ones is that my 1st did not suck the regular white ones (no matter WHAT brand I bought) and she sucked the yellow ones and I just stuck with that. I think the bottles don't make the difference but the teat- you will probably have to try around to find the one your baby likes.
We used the breastflow at the very beginning just when she was also just learning to breastfeed, then switched to medela that came with our pump. Now we are using Nuk at 6 months old because she needed a bigger teat. Also the wideneck is easier to clean. Just buy a couple at first because baby may prefer one to other.