[blparent] bottles, bags and nipples

[Jo Elizabeth Pinto]

My baby got miserable gas from most bottles, until we found Dr. Brown's when 
she was five months old, and she did a hundred times better with those.  She 
started to eat more and gain weight, so Dr. Brown's were our miracle 
bottles.  But like Melissa said, it depends on the baby.  I would advise her 
to buy one or two bottles of different kinds and see what works for her and 
the baby.  Otherwise, she's going to have a bottle graveyard on her counter 
or in a cupboard of all the ones that gave too much air or the baby wouldn't 
take.

Jo Elizabeth


"How far you go in life depends on you being tender with the young, 
compassionate with the aged, sympathetic with the striving, and tolerant of 
the weak and the strong.  Because someday in life you will have been all of 
these."--George Washington Carver, 1864-1943, American scientist

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From: "Melissa Ann Riccobono" <melissa at riccobono.us>
Sent: Wednesday, May 02, 2012 8:47 AM
To: "'Blind Parents Mailing List'" <blparent at nfbnet.org>
Subject: Re: [blparent] bottles, bags and nipples

> Like so many other things, this all depends on the particular baby 
> involved.
> Since this baby will be exclusively bottle fed though, it probably won't
> matter quite as much because the baby won't be used to the breast and then
> have to get used to a bottle.  My son was fine with any type of bottle. 
> My
> daughter HATED most bottles, and we had to do a lot of searching before we
> foundone she liked and would drink from.  (Luckily she was only in day 
> care
> 1 day a week for part of a day, and breast fed the rest of the time.)  I
> used the Playtex with the bags for my son.  I can't remember the brand we
> finally found that Oriana would drink from.  I've heard good things about
> Dr. Brown's bottles--again, this is all up to personal choice and what a
> baby prefers.  It will also depend on how gasy the baby is, how much of a
> sucker the baby is, and lots of other factors.
> Sorry I can't be more help.
> Melissa
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: blparent-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:blparent-bounces at nfbnet.org] On
> Behalf Of Jan Wright
> Sent: Wednesday, May 02, 2012 11:07 AM
> To: blparent at nfbnet.org
> Subject: [blparent] bottles, bags and nipples
>
>
> A friend of mine is going to have a baby and she has already decided that
> she will be pumping exclusively  (For the six weeks)  and then  maybe even
> supplementing with formula, but she does not want to actually breastfeed
> from the breast.... ... it is complicated and she is a bit strange. But,
> anyway, .
> She asked me about bottles.
> I usually  get the playtex bottles with the bags b/c I thought that the 
> baby
> would  get less air from  them.
> but, all of the breastpumps come with plastic bottles --- all, except the
> playtex pump and I did not find that one very effective.
> Is there something good that I don't know about the plastic bottles????
> And, I get the playtex slow flow (most like breast nipples) nipples. [at
> least that is what the package says].
> Has there been any reviews/studies on nipples and which ones work best. 
> One
> of my friends got the nipples that are round nubs and flat on top. the
> nipples that I buy are kind of rounded, like the nipple shields.
> the little formula packets that the hospital gives you have these round
> nipples, but they are small and my lactation consultant said that they 
> were
> also not good to help baby's suck.... Any suggestions. she asked me which
> bottles and nipples were best and while I had my own opinion, I just 
> wanted
> to see if the facts matched my opinion.
> Thanks.
>
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