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r/NewParentsu/Fish_fingers_for_tea· Oct 2023· ⬆ 13😐 Mixed
Thread: "Baby refusing bottle. Any tips?"
My totally formula fed baby became a bottle snob around the 3 month mark. Went right off the cheap store brand bottles and sometimes had a big protest about the expensive Mam and Medela ones too. Some of it might have been flow speed related - we could have bought new teats to test - but instead we bought more Mam bottles as they had the best success rate and demoted the cheap ones to the back of the cupboard. When she got really upset, she might only drink lying down, or after a walk outside. We just tried to keep calm and offer different variations until we found something she would tolerate. Luckily this turned out to be a phase and it's been months since I've had to give a dinnertime bottle in the nearest park. It scared us at the time because she had essentially refused to breastfeed within days of being born and we didn't know what we'd do if bottles stopped too. But we kept trying different things and the phase has passed, for now at least.
r/FormulaFeedersu/emilyr12· Nov 2025· ⬆ 13👍 Recommends
Thread: "Best bottles for newborns?"
Dr. Browns is good. I just had to buy premee nipples because the number 1 was too fast. If it says slow flow, you would expect it to be slow. It is not. Also, the small bottles the hospital gives you are pretty good to start with. My hospital had medela bottles. I have like 10 small bottles and 5 bigger ones. When they are just born, you probably won't feel like washing very often. That's why I have so many small ones.
r/NewParentsu/OkPhase7547· Aug 2022· ⬆ 2👍 Recommends
Thread: "Bottle for breastfed baby"
My friend swears by the Medela bottles. I have the boon nursh & my babes loves them. I love that they are easy to clean & will grow with baby.
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Every unique parent mention from our pipeline, sorted by upvotes. Quotes are lightly trimmed for length, never for meaning.
Thread: "Baby refusing bottle. Any tips?"
My totally formula fed baby became a bottle snob around the 3 month mark. Went right off the cheap store brand bottles and sometimes had a big protest about the expensive Mam and Medela ones too. Some of it might have been flow speed related - we could have bought new teats to test - but instead we bought more Mam bottles as they had the best success rate and demoted the cheap ones to the back of the cupboard. When she got really upset, she might only drink lying down, or after a walk outside. We just tried to keep calm and offer different variations until we found something she would tolerate. Luckily this turned out to be a phase and it's been months since I've had to give a dinnertime bottle in the nearest park. It scared us at the time because she had essentially refused to breastfeed within days of being born and we didn't know what we'd do if bottles stopped too. But we kept trying different things and the phase has passed, for now at least.
Thread: "Best bottles for newborns?"
Dr. Browns is good. I just had to buy premee nipples because the number 1 was too fast. If it says slow flow, you would expect it to be slow. It is not. Also, the small bottles the hospital gives you are pretty good to start with. My hospital had medela bottles. I have like 10 small bottles and 5 bigger ones. When they are just born, you probably won't feel like washing very often. That's why I have so many small ones.
Thread: "Bottle for breastfed baby"
My friend swears by the Medela bottles. I have the boon nursh & my babes loves them. I love that they are easy to clean & will grow with baby.