[blparent] bottle woes.

Mon Jan 19 21:43:56 UTC 2009

When Gab was just learning to crawl, she tried to eat a bug.  My hubby got 
there just in time to kick it under the nearest soda machine. V
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Pickrell, Rebecca M (IT)" <REBECCA.PICKRELL at ngc.com>
To: "NFBnet Blind Parents Mailing List" <blparent at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Monday, January 19, 2009 6:50 AM
Subject: Re: [blparent] bottle woes.

> Gerber makes nice bottles.
> Something else to keep in mind is nipple sizing and the speed of the
> flow.
> You have newborn which goes from 0-3 months, medium which goes from 3 to
> 6 months, and then a size bigger which goes from 6 months on up.
> As with all things, your baby will let you know when they're not happy,
> it's their job to tell you, and yours to listen.
> Pour over the sink.
> I always wash and dry bottles in the dishwasher, drying with the heat
> on. It's a dishwasher setting.
> I've also hand washed and dried bottles when our dishwasher broke.
> I never boiled them, I was told the dishwasher would be fine, and when I
> couldn't use ours, it didn't occurr to me to boil them
> I also think babies are more robust then we realize. Look at what they
> put into their mouths or try to.
> Best advice I have is to go to a store, ask to get your hands on bottles
> and go from there.
> Aside from that, love and enjoy your baby. The rest will sort itself
> out.
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: blparent-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:blparent-bounces at nfbnet.org]
> On Behalf Of Shannon Wells
> Sent: Thursday, January 15, 2009 10:29 PM
> To: NFBnet Blind Parents Mailing List
> Subject: Re: [blparent] bottle woes.
>
> It's interesting how we all are so very different. My 2 used different
> bottles and those Doctor Brown ones always leaked on me. But I'm not
> sure I was getting them sealed right, either. Had no trouble out of the
> nursers like I thought I would. Have more trouble pouring formula into
> the even floe's tiny tops.
> Shannon Nicole Wells
> author of WILD HEART
> Staff Writer for POETIC MONTHLY MAGAZINE
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> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Jo Elizabeth Pinto" <jopinto at pcdesk.net>
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> Sent: Thursday, January 15, 2009 8:02 PM
> Subject: Re: [blparent] bottle woes.
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>
>> As you can see, it really depends on the baby.  The bottles that
>> worked best for my Sarah were terrible for Dena's Elise.  The Playtex
>> ones do leak if you don't get them just right, but it's not hard to
>> figure them out.
>>
>> As for Savannah not spitting, knock on wood!  Sarah wasn't a spitter
>> right away, but she went through a stage later on where--well, I had a
>
>> lot of laundry to do.  It's better now, so I guess you never know.
>>
>> 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: "Pipi" <blahblahblah0822 at gmail.com>
>> To: "NFBnet Blind Parents Mailing List" <blparent at nfbnet.org>
>> Sent: Thursday, January 15, 2009 4:29 PM
>> Subject: Re: [blparent] bottle woes.
>>
>>
>>>i personally like the gerber bottles. i don't know all the actual
>>>information on them dealing with spitting up and all. but savannah
>>>either isn't a spitter or does very well with them.
>>>
>>> ----- Original Message -----
>>> From: "Shannan Zinck" <shannanzinck at gmail.com>
>>> To: <blparent at nfbnet.org>
>>> Sent: Thursday, January 15, 2009 3:05 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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