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Honestly I wouldn't buy too many different types just yet. I would wait and see what LO thinks of the Medela and go from there. We used Avent because they were gifted to us and the medela ones and she wasn't picky, of course until 5 months old when she went on a bottle strike But in my opinion, don't go overboard buying a bunch of different brands, they are expensive!

No personally experience yet, but my hairdresser was telling me that her baby hated a lot of bottles so she would buy one at a time and if she liked it she bought more of that kind.

We only got a couple of bottles. The first time we gave er a bottle only the tommy tippee were cleaned and sterilized so we used them. It worked. I'd start with what you have and then buy more if you have to.

I hear the playtex drop ins are really good for breast fed babies. I have a starter kit still wrapped in plastic since the TT ones worked out! But the drop ins are really convenient when you do a lot of bottles.

i received 3 kinds to begin with, and after LO arrived, bought at least 3 more. looking back, i would have just started with one and bought more if i felt it necessary.

p.s. i tried so many bottles because i was looking for the "magic" one that would get rid of LO's gas and fussiness--hahahahaha. no bottle was going to fix those issues.

I was gifted 12 Evenflo glass bottles and H hated them. So I bought a lot of different bottles from the HB classifieds to test them out. In the end, she likes the Playtex nurser bottles with the drop-in liners. Her mouth makes the same shape it does when she's on the breast.

I like the ease of medelas, but the nipples do tend to collapse. My LO went on a nursing strike after I was away for a wedding, so next time I want to try the new Calma nipple for the medaela bottles to see if it really would help and it also looks like it would be impossible to collapse! We also use Dr Browns and had great luck with those.

When we first introduced bottle we used medela since it came with the pump but the flow was way too fast. Then I tried avent natural but he wouldn't take it (I actually think I prob didn't try hard enough). He now uses tommee tippee and its working out great- no nipple confusion and slower flow. Maybe you can have 1 or 2 different options as back up for the medela?

I would definitely wait. If your LO likes the Medela bottles, you won't need to buy anything else. If not, I would buy single bottles of a couple differing styles and go from there. We wound up buying a lot of bottles that were never used. It was a waste of money (and cabinet space!)

I'd wait to. I lucked out and LO liked the Dr. browns bottles that I had registered for, and I was able to pump directly into them from my medala pump.

My LO isn't picky about bottles but I like the Dr Brown's because she swallows less air, and they have the preemie nipples which are super slow. Slow flow is really important for avoiding nipple preference.

Somewhere in my free samples was an Avent bottle, which I ended up loving since it was so easy to wash and use. I used MAM (SLOW FLOW!!) nipples though since they were much closer to being nipple shaped. I never had any problems switching between boob and bottle.

@googly-eyes: I use standard. Not sure if they make wide preemie nipples! If they do, they'd be on Amazon.

Lo used both medela and avent naturals and didn't have any nipple confusion. We got lucky though. I just like those bottles because they are easy to put together and have less parts to clean

i like the dr. brown bottles, and they were exclusively recommended by the fancy breastfeeding clinic here in vancouver. haha....

LO#1 used playtex drop ins, and LO#2 is using dr. browns. neither of them showed any nipple preference or bottle preference, but they started supplementing with formula young --- around 2 weeks old :).

if i could just pick one, i'd use my medela pump and pump into dr brown bottles (they fit the pump perfectly).

Don't buy sets of bottles until you know which one they will take, waste of money. I would start with what you have, maybe have one or two others as back up. You can always send someone to get more when you find one that works.

I have one or two if so many brands in my cupboard and DS has always refused to take a bottle.