[blparent] bottle woes.

[Jo Elizabeth Pinto]

Hi, Shannon.  Gerald and I went through loads of bottles before we found 
some that didn't make Sarah's gas and colic worse.  Seriously, we had what I 
called the "bottle graveyard" on our kitchen counter for a while, all the 
ones that she rejected.

The two we finally settled on were the Dr. Brown's bottle, which has a 
system to keep air out, and the Playtex bottles with the bent necks and the 
rubber valve and vent in the bottom.  I would recommend only buying one or 
two of each type you want to try, because it could get expensive if
 the rejection rate is high.

Gerald and I bought a sterilizer for the microwave, but we just steamed the 
nipples and caps and things.  We washed the bottles and left it at that.  We 
also tried the sterilizing bags for the microwave, but I wasn't too happy 
with those.  I left one in too long, and the plastic melted, ruining several 
nipples and even melting one of the caps.  The sterilizer has worked a lot 
better for us, though we boiled nipples and caps in a pot on the stove 
before we got that.


Good luck,
Jo Elizabeth

It is easy--terribly easy--to shake a man's faith in himself. To take 
advantage of that to break a man's spirit is devil's work. Take care of what 
you are doing. Take care.--George Bernard Shaw in "Candide"
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Shannan Zinck" <shannanzinck at gmail.com>
To: <blparent at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Thursday, January 15, 2009 2:05 PM
Subject: [blparent] bottle woes.


> Ugh the confusion on which bottles to use. any ideas? We are adopting so
> breast feeding is obviously not an option. I was wondering if there was a
> particular type that could be recommended either for ease of use or best 
> for
> baby for gas and all that. I have several types to try but, still really
> divided in what I want. I know one thing is I really don't want to have to
> boil my bottles. That's annoying.
>
> -- 
> Shannan Zinck
> Survival is letting GOD take over!!!
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