https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Wed, 06 May 2026 00:05:33 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/breast-feeding-moms-how-many-bottles#post-530078 Sun, 27 Jan 2013 14:06:24 +0000 LittleGBee 530078@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We have just two born free glass bottles (smaller size) and they've worked really well for us! I'm only away from my daughter one night a week for class and we started her on them once per week around week 4 so that she could get used to them. For us, any more than 2 bottles would have driven me nuts, but we also live in a tiny one bedroom apartment. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/breast-feeding-moms-how-many-bottles#post-530066 Sun, 27 Jan 2013 13:55:59 +0000 shopaholic 530066@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@LaineysMom: That makes sense! That was my original thought about glass bottles too. I thought they would be so heavy. But I have these gifted ones, so I guess I'll have to give them a try someday. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/breast-feeding-moms-how-many-bottles#post-529764 Sun, 27 Jan 2013 03:05:42 +0000 LaineysMom 529764@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@shopaholic: The Born Free glass bottles are super heavy. I have the larger ones.. so with milk in them, they probably weigh over a pound. By time LO is able to hold it herself she wont be drinking from a bottle. They're also a pain to clean.. so many stupid parts. I originally bought them because I thought that glass was better than plastic, but it's just not practical. I love my silicone como tomos! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/breast-feeding-moms-how-many-bottles#post-529755 Sun, 27 Jan 2013 02:03:18 +0000 MsMini 529755@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We just have 1 that he will use, we bought a variety (6 types, 1 bottle of each) but he will only drink from the 1 type. He will barely drink out of a bottle anyways, so any more would have been a waste. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/breast-feeding-moms-how-many-bottles#post-529750 Sun, 27 Jan 2013 01:30:09 +0000 Penny Lane 529750@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>WOW that's a lot of bottles!! Lol!</p> <p>I have 2, one that came with my pump, which doesn't have a nipple and one tommee tippee "closer to nature" with a slow flow nipple.</p> <p>I bought both of those after LO was born. I'm a SAHM, and I rarely pump (like not even once a week) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/breast-feeding-moms-how-many-bottles#post-529697 Sat, 26 Jan 2013 23:46:57 +0000 bunnylove08 529697@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We use ventair only. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/breast-feeding-moms-how-many-bottles#post-529683 Sat, 26 Jan 2013 23:33:36 +0000 shopaholic 529683@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@mrsjyw: That was my main reason with going with TT too. 3 of my friends used TT's with their LOs and the shape seems closer to a real breast and the shape seems easy to hold. I also liked the Como Tomo's and mOmma bottles but no one bought them from the registry and I'll only try them if LO doesn't like what we have. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/breast-feeding-moms-how-many-bottles#post-529678 Sat, 26 Jan 2013 23:30:56 +0000 mrsjyw 529678@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@shopaholic: yep! we've lucked out that he hasn't had any issues with any of the bottles we've given him (similac, medela, TT). I'll let you know about the others. I'm keeping them because they were gifts and I don't have receipts, and just to have "extra" just in case... I'm sure when I go back to work, they'll come more into play. I love how TT is shaped, it fits better in our bottle warmer (avent one I think...) and A drinks well from it (slower paced, not overflowing, etc.) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/breast-feeding-moms-how-many-bottles#post-529654 Sat, 26 Jan 2013 23:16:43 +0000 mrskc 529654@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I didn't really like the TT. I thought they were funny shaped and didn't fit into the bottle pockets of my diaper bag. I like Dr Browns. I would definitely return some. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/breast-feeding-moms-how-many-bottles#post-529619 Sat, 26 Jan 2013 23:05:00 +0000 shopaholic 529619@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@LaineysMom: Why were the glass Born Free a mistake if I may ask? I would have been so tempted to buy 2 of the Como Tomo (or mOmma) bottles too if we didn't have SO many bottles now. Granted, more than 1/2 were the glass ones we were gifted. </p> <p>FWIW - I'm also planning on pumping and storing milk in the TT bottles directly. Since I won't be needing too much of a storage supply for daycare or anything, I'm not worried about the space and there's an adapter for the Medela pump. </p> <p>@mrsjyw: So A is taking well to the TT's then I suppose? Good to hear because I just found 2 more small TT's come with the sterilizer unit. So 2 more of the ones I bought will get returned. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/breast-feeding-moms-how-many-bottles#post-529600 Sat, 26 Jan 2013 22:44:44 +0000 mrsjyw 529600@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I have the 4 medela ones for pumping, 4 TT bottles that we use.<br /> I also have 2 similac, 3 larger medela, 3 dr brown's that we haven't even opened that we were gifted. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/breast-feeding-moms-how-many-bottles#post-529599 Sat, 26 Jan 2013 22:43:40 +0000 Weagle 529599@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I have 4 Medela bottles just for pumping and 2 Playtex Ventaire for feeding. Before the Playtex we used 2 mOmma bottles. I've never felt like we needed more. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/breast-feeding-moms-how-many-bottles#post-529574 Sat, 26 Jan 2013 22:16:48 +0000 Dandelion 529574@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Kemma: I think he was about 4 months when I first experimented with it. I gave it to him that way once in a while to get him used to it in case he had to drink it that way for some reason. The soft spout made it easy for him. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/breast-feeding-moms-how-many-bottles#post-529551 Sat, 26 Jan 2013 21:55:42 +0000 matador84 529551@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I have at least 8 medela bottles that i've only used to pump into. then i have 6 4 oz dr brown bottles and 6 8 oz bottles. i run the dishwasher every other night so it is just exactly the right amount for me. i would hate to wash bottles every night! i sent 3 bottles to daycare until about 3.5 months and now he only takes 2 bottles at daycare. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/breast-feeding-moms-how-many-bottles#post-529550 Sat, 26 Jan 2013 21:55:10 +0000 Kemma 529550@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@katiew92081: how old was your LO when he started drinking from a sippy cup? My LO is EBF and hasn't ever taken a bottle but my Mum mentioned feeding her from a cup. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/breast-feeding-moms-how-many-bottles#post-529543 Sat, 26 Jan 2013 21:43:02 +0000 LaineysMom 529543@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@shopaholic: I have a lot.. FYI you only get one nipple with the Medela pump. The rest are storage bottles. </p> <p>I have: 8 Como Tomo bottles (only ones I use), 3 glass born free bottles (what a mistake), 6 Aent bottles (free), 2 Medela bottles (came free with my 2 pumps).</p> <p>I originally only used 4 Como tomo bottles, but after I started exclusively pumping I bought 4 more. Now I only have to do dishes once a day, which is amazing! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/breast-feeding-moms-how-many-bottles#post-529467 Sat, 26 Jan 2013 20:40:28 +0000 Dandelion 529467@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>When my son was a baby he didn't want bottles. He was ebf and would refuse them. I ended up using nuby sippy cups if I had to pump for him. So this time around I'm gonna have 2 bottles and a bunch of the nuby cups. I'll be home to ebf her so I suspect the same will happen. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/breast-feeding-moms-how-many-bottles#post-529457 Sat, 26 Jan 2013 20:34:16 +0000 mrs. wagon 529457@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>It really depends on how often you want to wash bottles. </p> <p>With Wagon Jr. I pumped into medela bottles but fed him with playtex nursers with drop-ins. We had five actual bottles, and 8 nipples and rings (and of course plenty of disposable drop-ins). I think I had about 15 medela bottles. I'd pump into them and store in them as well. Since I was nursing and only giving one bottle a day, I only had to wash bottles/pump parts every three days or so. </p> <p>It's a whole different system with exclusive pumping, which is what I'm doing now! But we started out just using the medela bottles and nipples and it's SO much easier since you pump into, store, and feed all from the same container. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/breast-feeding-moms-how-many-bottles#post-529453 Sat, 26 Jan 2013 20:33:13 +0000 littlecasita1122 529453@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>When I was breastfeeding, we had 3 small Playtex ones. I was home with him all day so he nursed and then had one bottle of pumped milk in the evening my husband gave to him. We'd also use bottles when we were out and about on the weekends and I wasn't comfortable nursing wherever we were going. 3 was perfect for our situation then. We tried the Medela ones that came with my pump, but the nipple was way too fast for him and he spit up a lot. </p> <p>Now that he's just eating formula, we have 10 bottles...we only have to run the dishwasher every other day so it works out well. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/breast-feeding-moms-how-many-bottles#post-529407 Sat, 26 Jan 2013 19:54:57 +0000 T.H.O.U. 529407@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We had a ton but it was because I pumped and she was in daycare full time. Also she wasn't picky so she to the cheap $1 bottles so to have 20 of the. Wasn't a big cost </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/breast-feeding-moms-how-many-bottles#post-529385 Sat, 26 Jan 2013 19:35:24 +0000 Bao 529385@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I voted we have 6-10 because we have 10, but we use them VERY rarely. We used the Medela ones that came with the pump and she ended up liking them just fine. Well we had Avent ones too, and since I couldn't take them back, she used those a couple times. She used both bottles combined maybe 6 times. I wish I would have stuck with just a bottle or two for when she is away from me. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/breast-feeding-moms-how-many-bottles#post-529380 Sat, 26 Jan 2013 19:31:17 +0000 lovehoneybee 529380@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I have 3 I use (Mam, 8oz). </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/breast-feeding-moms-how-many-bottles#post-529371 Sat, 26 Jan 2013 19:23:36 +0000 chopsuey 529371@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I have 3 bottles. I'd go crazy if I had more. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/breast-feeding-moms-how-many-bottles#post-529365 Sat, 26 Jan 2013 19:20:33 +0000 Arden 529365@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I'm just planning on two. One Lansinoh mOmma and one Comotomo Natural Feel. I figure we'll make sure baby likes a particular style first, then we'll buy a couple more of that style. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/breast-feeding-moms-how-many-bottles#post-529354 Sat, 26 Jan 2013 19:10:00 +0000 shopaholic 529354@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@regberadaisy: Thanks, but the bottles I bought are from TJMaxx so I want to return them within the # of days allotted and baby's not here yet. I've decided that I DO have waaay too many. so the 4pk of Dr. Brown's and a 2pk of TT's will go back ASAP! I can always buy more later if I really need them. FX'd she likes the TT's since I've read and heard so much good stuff about them! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/breast-feeding-moms-how-many-bottles#post-529322 Sat, 26 Jan 2013 18:42:12 +0000 regberadaisy 529322@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>You def have wayyyy too many bottles. But I would hang on to them till LO arrives. You don't know which ones your baby will like. Save the receipts then return them afterwards. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/breast-feeding-moms-how-many-bottles#post-529309 Sat, 26 Jan 2013 18:22:59 +0000 mrskc 529309@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I've been on maternity leave for 15 weeks now, and I'm hardly away from my baby. I only have 3 Dr. Browns bottles + the bottles that came with my pump (which didn't come with nipples). It's been plenty. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/breast-feeding-moms-how-many-bottles#post-529301 Sat, 26 Jan 2013 18:05:33 +0000 shopaholic 529301@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@hilsy85: This is probably close to my ideal situation. So I will try to return most of the ones I bought since I can't return the gifts. </p> <p>@travelingbrit: I'm thinking if anything, I will supplement with pumped milk too - just after the first month so maybe Daddy can feed for some bonding and/or we can get her used to it if she's with Grandparents or something. I will have to look into the compatibility of pumps and bottles as I hadn't thought about that yet! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/breast-feeding-moms-how-many-bottles#post-529297 Sat, 26 Jan 2013 17:54:04 +0000 hilsy85 529297@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I have 5 avent bottles and that's plenty for me...I'm a SAHM and I rarely pump. If you're at home most of the time/with baby, there's not really a reason for you to have a ton of bottles as you'll probably only need to have one or two in the fridge if you're out for the day. It's definitely good to have a few, in case you need to pump in the beginning for various reasons, but I think you're fine with the # you have. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/breast-feeding-moms-how-many-bottles#post-529295 Sat, 26 Jan 2013 17:48:26 +0000 MrsBeachyBaby 529295@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I got two sweets of pump pieces in the hospital when I needed to pump bc LO was jaundice. I use the log skinny ones for my breast that never pumps more than 2.5oz and recently bought 3 more of the 5 oz Medela bottles. So in total I have 6 2.5oz bottles and 6 5 oz bottles as well as 4 dr brown bottles. I recently started pumping more and more so it is helpful to not need to wash everything all day long b </p>