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Suggestions for Bottles for Feeding Twins
Asked by T.C. from Detroit
on July 12, 2009
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I've been checking out bottles to register for and i've heard Dr. Brown bottles are great but are a pain to clean. Since I'm having twins I'm trying to keep things co...
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- I loved using the drop ins. I thought they were perfect because I didn't have to worry about lots of pieces to take apart and clean. It was great. I put the bottles in...
- I used the regular avent bottles with my daughter and opted for an "easy to use" brand with my son. We chose the Playtex dropins, and they are wonderful! You only ha...
- MAM bottles all the way! We had the Dr. Browns for the first two and went to MAM this time around. I love them!!! SO easy to clean and have a good air vent system a...
Dr. Brown's Bottles
Asked by A.B. from Dallas
on February 6, 2008
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I am bottle feeding my 3 month old. After she was first born we used Avent bottles because that's what worked for my first child. However, this daughter developed to...
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- I used the Dr. Browns bottles for several months before doing some research on the whole B.P.A. debate. If you haven't read up on it yet, I suggest you do, especially ...
- I breastfed my daughter and afterwards she only took the weird tall skinny dr browns i tried everything else just becuz of the look but she refused after awhile you ge...
- I think it's just your imagination, LOL. I breastfed all my babies first, then transitioned to formula/bottles and though the 15 years I've had kids I've used all kind...
Baby Gas
Asked by P. from Dallas
on November 21, 2006
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My Grandson is 6 weeks old and on breastmilk, however he takes a bottle due to problems nursing, using Dr. Brown bottles. He was fine up until two or more weeks ago an...
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- Sounds just like my son when he was about that age. He was a NICU baby and learned to eat form a bottle so I gave him breast milk thru a bottle but also had to suppl...
- My son was about that age when he had colic/gas, so I used gas drops (little tummies) and put it in each bottle every time I fed him. Mylicon did not help at all. I us...
- If he's squirming at an ounce, burp him then. Try burping every ounce for a while. Maybe he's gulping air often. If that doesn't work, try a different bottle. We u...
BPA In Baby Bottles
Asked by T.T. from Chicago
on March 13, 2008
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What are everyone's thoughts on BPA? If you haven't heard of it, it's been in the news recently. BPA is a chemical used in plastics. Most baby bottles contain BPA. ...
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- There is alot of great info on BPA's and pthalates in plastics available at www.safemama.com. I love this site- it gives all the latest information, and safe choices....
- I think it's worth it to switch if your daughter gets more than two bottles a day. I even let my preschoolers use small drinking glasses. My mom is horrified that I ...
- I found out about this issue when my second child was an infant and thought "better safe than sorry." I tried switching to the Born Free brand, but they only made wid...
Bottles
Asked by A.M. from El Paso
on June 29, 2009
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Hi Girls and John! :). Hope you all are doing well today. We have the Dr. Brown's bottles and really like them except they have all started leaking. We make sure i...
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- I have a friend who wanted those same bottles for her kids because they were touted to be "the absolute best thing" for a kid who was not breast feeding and she had hu...
- I agree with Karen. For a breast fed baby the playtex bottles with the large nipples and the inserts are the best. Hand washing is the best way to keep your bottles in...
- We used the avent bottles with all 3 of our children (for occasional feedings we well) with no problems. In fact, I just passed the bottles down to my SIL for her new ...
How to Get a Breastfed Baby to Take a Bottle
Asked by K.M. from Boise
on September 29, 2008
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Hi Moms,
I have a 2 month old daughter and we have been trying to get her to take a bottle occasionally. It lets me get out of the house for more than 2 hours at a...
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- My baby took the Advent bottle immediately, even though I nurse most of the time. But, I didn't try until after 3 months because I didn't want him to get nipple confus...
- When I was a daycare worker we had a baby come in that would refuse a bottle no matter how hungery she was so I tried syringe feeding her and it worked! Later when my...
- you might want to try an Adiri (adiri.com) bottle. its shaped like a breast and soft like one too.
Dr. Brown's Bottles
Asked by D.E. from Indianapolis
on May 7, 2009
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I'm not sure if anyone else had tried this or not but I thought I would throw it out there. Has anyone successfully used just a nipple and ring on the glass Dr. Brown'...
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- You should be able to just buy some other nipples. I am not 100% sure though. Since he is collapsing the nipple that is generally a sign that the flow is not great e...
- Back when my babies 17,16,12 were using the occasional bottle, if the flow wasn't great enough, you just heated a pin and poked the end of the nipple, that simple to g...
- i don't know about dr.brown's bottles. but we had a set of glass bottles with regular nipples and i think it was made by evenflo. it came in a 3 pack from babies r us.
Residue in Glass Bottles
Asked by M.S. from Boston
on March 8, 2009
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Hi Moms,
I'm having a problem getting our glass Dr. Brown's bottles clean. I empty and rinse them right away, and if I can't get them into the diswasher immediatel...
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- M.- We also have the problem with Dr. Brown bottles and we have tried everything you have mentioned. The only thing that works for us is to pour in boiling hot wat...
- I have that happen to our regular glasses sometimes. There's this stuff out on the market that cleans the dishwasher. You put it into an empty dishwasher in the silv...
- we had issues with our dishwasher & had to replace it. Our glasses were always dirty & our dishwasher was only 4 years old as well. It's worth replacing rather than ha...
Leaky Dr. Brown's Bottles
Asked by M.H. from Kansas City
on March 2, 2009
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I am using the standard Dr. Brown's bottles and have a problem with them being leaky. Has anyone else had this problem? Any way to fix it?
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- Hi! We have the newer bpa free ones. I find when I shake them a lot some formula leaks into the cap and when I take the cap off, it goes flying everywhere. I do it ...
- Hi M., We have had our Dr. Brown's bottles leak sometimes too. We found that making sure we didn't fill them past the line and making sure they were really tight h...
- Hi M., I was having the same problem with Dr. Brown's so we recently switched to the Born Free bottles and have not had any problems with leaks. I also appreciate tha...
Warming Botttles
Asked by C.C. from Dallas
on September 21, 2008
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Does anyone else warm their bottles in the microwave even though the instructions on the bottle says not to. I put my Dr. Brown bottles in the microwave for about 15 ...
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- I always did! The deal with the microwave is un-even warming of the milk. As long as you shake it up to distrubte the heat... My kids turned out just fine!
- Hi C.! I think plastic has some kind of reaction in the microwave, and possibly, nutrients are lost in the warming up process. What we do is measure in the bottles, ...
- Hi C., there is no problem with microwaving bottles as long as you shake them or stir them really well after you take them out. The microwave can make hot spots in the...
