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Baby Bottles Reviews - Choosing The Right OnesFinding the right brand of baby bottles can make a world of difference in your experience as a new parent. Some of the popular brands are: Playtex, Evenflo, Gerber, Munchkin and Avent. There are several factors to consider when looking for baby bottles for your little one. These items are available in glass or plastic and some are disposable while others are reusable. Whether you are going to feed your infant exclusively with baby bottles or whether you will toggle between breastfeeding and bottle feeding, you want to make some considerations. The number of times you will use baby bottles will change your criteria for which product will work for you. When my daughter was born, she was amazingly colicky. I was absolutely miserable for the first three months of her life. She refused to nurse and took to feeding out of baby bottles from one week old. I was disappointed about that for a while, but I had to just go with the flow. Since the moment we brought her home, she's never slept for an entire night. Her colic kept her from sleeping soundly for more than 2 hours at a time. As she grew, that didn't change too much. On her first birthday, her pediatrician told me that she needs to be weaned off of the baby bottles. Of course, she wasn't getting baby bottles all the time, just at night. It seemed to be the only way she'd sleep. If she didn't have a bottle when she laid down, forget it - she wasn't interested in falling asleep. Reusable baby bottles are typically made either of plastic or glass. These items be placed in the dishwasher and require sterilization for each feeding. With these types of baby bottles you may want to consider investing in a sterilizer. Sterilizers are very affordable but are an extra step that you may find yourself putting off during those late night feedings. Disposable baby bottles are basically like reusable types but they have disposable pouches that you place inside the unit. These are particularly convenient when you take baby out for awhile and it eliminates the sterilization process. The liners are refrigerator safe. The downside would be the additional cost of the liners. So, I began the mission of trying to get rid of the baby bottles. My husband worked crazy hours and was always grumpy. He was perfectly miserable when he didn't get any sleep so allowing her to have a bottle at night was a solution that was acceptable to him. He wasn't thrilled when I said that we needed to get the baby bottles out of the picture. For a few nights, I tried, I really did. She screamed for hours. And I do mean, screamed. She made herself so sick that she threw up. I always gave in, tears rolling down my own face, and handed her a bottle. She'd immediately fall asleep. I know it was the wrong thing to do, but it solved the issue temporarily. At the time, I was more interested in having a happy husband that getting my daughter to give up the baby bottles. Lots of people told me that there wasn't anything wrong with a one year old having a bottle at night. Then, there were the people who said that there were lots of things that could go wrong with it. I was torn. There is also the occasional mistake of not securing the liner on properly and having a very wet mess. This usually happens during those dreaded night feedings of when you are in a hurry. Toggling between reusable and disposable baby bottles is a possibility that may benefit you if you have occasions when liners are inconvenient. Baby bottles also come in different shapes. Some are available in the well-known straight container. Some have a narrow neck while some are angled at the bottom. The basic reason for the different shapes of baby bottles is gas. Some designs are excellent for reducing amount of air that the baby takes in during feeding. If the baby takes in less air during the feeding, the less likely they will have gas problems and hiccups. The wide baby bottles are basically for the moms who toggle between the breast and the bottle. Choosing a baby bottle ultimately becomes an individual choice. There are different factors to consider for your individual needs and I guarantee there are probably a number of baby bottles out there to meet your needs. Unfortunately, this continued until her second birthday. She would actually go into the cupboard and look through the baby bottles that still lived in our household and find the one that she wanted to take to bed. I had finally gotten her to allow me to just put water in the bottle, which didn't thrill her, but she had grown to accept. The pediatrician told me that I really needed to put an end to it. By this point, I figured it would be a terrible battle. One by one, the baby bottles started disappearing. Each night, I'd throw one out after she was asleep and told her that the "bottle fairy" was taking them to give to new babies. She seemed to accept this for some reason. Finally, only one of the baby bottles was left. To my amazement, she came to me one night before bed and handed me the bottle. She said that she wanted to give it to another baby and she didn't need it anymore. She proceeded to climb into her bed and fall asleep. If I had only invented the bottle fairy a few years earlier... Baby Bottles Reviews - cheap baby bottles - crafts using baby food bottles This Story continues
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