Need Bottle Recommendation, I Will Be Primarily Breast Feeding

Avent makes a starter set that includes two 4 oz bottles, three 8 oz bottles, a bottle brush, and two pacifiers. The avent bottles have different "speed" nipples, the speed on this set is 1 for newborns.

We used Avent bottles for feeding - we did NO research - just had some because I had an Isis hand pump. They worked great until my son started refusing bottles at 7 months (but that was all bottles, not just Avent).

I got an Ameda Purly Yours pump when I went back to work and the bottle top size is different on these bottles, but that really wasn't an issue for me. I just took a bigger Avent bottle (sometimes 2, depending on how much I pumped) to work and collected my day's worth of milk in it. So I would always pump into the Ameda bottles but I just poured the milk into my collection bottle and washed the Ameda bottles along with the other pump parts each time I pumped. It wasn't a hassle at all and we really quite liked the Avent bottles.

Whichever you choose, try one or two until you know your little one will respond to them.

We had Avent and he didn't like them so switched to Dr. Brown. We also use Playtex FloVent which are nice because you don't have the tiny holes to clean as you do with the Dr. B.

I exclusively breastfed my almost 8 month old daughter and did the same with my now 2 1/2 year old daughter. With my first daughter, she only took a bottle 2 or 3 times...as I'm now a stay at home mom and my husband was deployed (so really no need to do the bottle thing with her). With my youngest daughter I'm able to have occasion breaks from here and there to have "me" time, so on those days she gets breastmilk in a bottle. Okay...to the point :) We use Medela...they work great...she's never had a problem taken from them. Of course she prefers the breast, but when she knows that's not available she has no problems taken from these bottles.

Good Luck!

the Avent system is wonderful! The bottles are great and so it the pump (I have the manual and use it at work for pumping and it is more effective than the electric I had before). I actually picked it up as a back-up. She goes back and forth between bottle and breast beautifully with no nipple confusion.

We also used the Medela ones for pumping and feeding. I got the Gerber Nuk nipples to use with the bottles and, though my daughter wasn't much of a bottle feeder (she would rather not eat for 5-6 hours), those were the only ones she would take when she did take a bottle.

I tried Avent and Dr. Brown's and LOVED Dr. Brown's. My son had reflux really bad and these bottles totally helped. Good luck.

I had registered for Avent and Dr. Browns because they were highly recommended. I found since I mainly nursed too that my twinkies took to the Avent bottles better. I believe because they had a bigger base (like a breast). Although it was nice that the Dr. Brown's screwed into the pump so that was nice. I didn't really notice a difference either way with gas/less gas using either bottle.

Congrats!

My daughter is now 20 months, but really did best with the Playtex Aire bottles. We tried several, including the Avent system, but it seemed to fill her with more gas.
all the best on your pregnancy!
--E.

We used Avent and Dr. Browns and loved them both. My only suggestion is to choose a wideneck bottle. Unfortunately, this means it doesn't fit on your pump; however, I just pumped into the bottle they gave and poured everything into the bottle I fed with. I found my daughter really struggle going from breast to a small bottle because of the size of the nipple. When we switched to the wideneck, everything was SOOO much better. good luck.

The best bottles ever are DR. BROWN'S. I have had the greatest success with these bottles. They are just unbelievable. Congrats and good luck!

We used the medala bottles that came with the pump for the first six months. They worked great. At six months we switched to the 9oz Avent bottles and they are still working fine. Congrats on the upcoming baby!

M.