Is there something specific you're looking for in a baby bottle?

I really like the Dr Brown's for air flow, and if you want to avoid plastic they do make them in glass.

Dr Browns + the silicone covers. I’d be absolutely shocked if that broke. The only time we ever broke one was when my husband dropped one out of his truck onto the pavement, and it was not in the silicone sleeve. I’m now using them again for baby two, also with zero breakage

In case your issue with glass is the breakability, they do make silicone sleeves that can go over the glass bottles. We use those for daycare and they work great! We also have yet to break a glass bottle, amazingly.

Why no glass? Glass is definitely the cleanest. They don’t break. I have Avent and my 1 year olds throws his to the ground and They haven’t broken. They are heavy though.

We use Comotomo which are silicone.

Just a couple words of caution:

1. Trying may take longer than you think. My husband and I ended up needing help to conceive, so our timeline from starting to try on our own and our son was 3 years. I can’t imagine how much harder that time would have been if I’d been deep into baby item research or had acquired things yet. (But everyone’s path is different so it may happen quickly for you and daydreaming about baby bottles might bring you peace, not trying to yuck your yum!)

2. Babies don’t always like the things we want them to like. We tried like 6 or 7 different bottles before we found the ones he would take well. We tried allll the popular and recommended ones (Avent, Dr browns, Lansinoh, Mam, etc) and worked with a lactation consultant on bottle feeding (along with breast feeding). So, I’d suggest not investing in a large amount of any bottle before establishing that baby will drink from that one.

And no soapy taste for the baby like silicone has!

If you’re open to stainless steel instead of silicone, I think the Walmart Parent’s Choice bottles would fit the Dr. Brown lids.

You could also try the Chicco Duo Hybrid bottle. I’ve heard most daycares accept them. They’re glass inside and plastic outside so they’re shatterproof but the only thing touching the actual milk is glass.

I don’t, but keep trying silicone bottles there are lots of options now! My baby tolerates the Nanobebe and Boon Nursh. Many I hear like comotomo.

Will daycare accept the glass bottles if you get silicon sleeves to put around them? That's what we do.

I believe the Evenflo bottles do!

We have success with our Dr. Brown’s wide-mouth glass bottles (with preemie nipple for slow flow to help with breastfeeding relationship!) The only bummer about glass is then I can’t pump directly into the bottles we feed in. I still pump into the plastic bottles my Spectra pump came with and then transfer to my metal Ceres Chiller immediately at work, and then into glass bottles for feeding. So not in plastic for long term. Unless I have extra that I’m freezing then I do use plastic storage baggies for storage space efficiency!

Evenflo Balance+ in glass wide neck.

I’ve met with several IBCLCs and each has loved this bottle. It‘s great for breastfed babies because it promotes a good latch. I also like that it comes in a glass option. Evenflo’s customer service confirmed to me that their glass bottles and ink are lead free and are tested and verified by a 3rd party NRTL (Nationally Recognized Testing Laboratory) to confirm safety.

I bought mine from Target but it’s not always in stock.

We're currently using the Momcozy bottles, and they come with a portable warmer, which makes things super convenient. i've alse used a Medela one before, which was great for younger babies.

Pigeon bottles and nipples were recommended by our lactation consultant and we love them so far. 4 weeks in and she gets only 1-2 bottles a day (when I’m asleep). They help maintain a good breastfeeding latch.

We used life factory bottles! I haven't seen those recommended on here yet. They have a silicone sleeve so they're less breakable. We're using them for baby 2 as well, though haven't tried them with her yet.

The best bottles are the ones that your baby take a liking to.

We use Phillips Avent Natural. Dr. Brown’s gave my baby more gas, ironically. Comotomo nipples are too fast. Nano Bebe was not easy to read remaining volume.

Started with dr brown but honestly the amount of parts and washing … our baby was very colicky too so I felt like I had no choice. Until I found Avent. At first I tried the anti-colic which worked great until I found the Avent Natural bottles. The nipples have a built in air vent for colic and the shape resemble much like a real nipple so it’s very ergonomic. My baby loves it!!

We've been using Doctor Brown bottles with no issue!

My baby only takes Mam. We tried everything from tommee tippee to Nuk to nano bebe and she only takes Mam. No issues with colic and super easy to assemble. You can even sterilize them in the microwave if you’re in a hurry.

Comotomo are the only ones that worked for us, make sure you check which nipple you have if getting these they come in 3 flows. I didn’t realize I was using a medium flow when first using them so I thought the bottle was making her gag but it just was too fast of a flow. Dr brown kept making my baby gag and was too fast of a flow. We loved the playtex ones… bought so many just to realize they lost suction at the bottom very quick and we’re always dripping so that was a huge waste of money. Lastly we tried the avent one I can’t remember why but my baby didn’t like it.

Love comotomo. Easy to wash, lightweight. I like the big ones. The small ones tend to wobble off the table

Woah cool thank you!! Honestly I was pretty ok with assembling the parts but washing everything individually killed me lol! I did it for 5 months, only discovered the Avent bottles this month😂😂

Phillips Avent natural flow glass. Only wanted glass this time so options were limited. I’m also extremely lazy and refuse to buy a bottle with tons of parts that’s hard to clean.

Phillips Avent glass bottles with natural flow nipples. Never had any issues! Only wanted glass so this was really the only option.

My big advice is to buy one of a couple of different brands to try out as my first baby would not take to the first brand I bought (Tommee Tippee) and I had gotten multiple sizes etc! My first baby loved Nuk but my second refused that and preferred Mam

Evenflo wide nick bottles if you’re planning to breastfeed as well

Tommee tippee makes some extra large ones I think - 11 or 12 ounces

I feed 2 bottles occasionally because I'm not going out of my way to buy new shit when the old works just fine. Can you just send 2 6oz bottles?

Do you need the nipple part, or can straws/ sippy tops work?

Pura stainless has variety of sizes and even if they don’t have a “baby bottle” that size the parts are all interchangeable

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Honestly, every baby is different and you’re probably going to get all kinds of different suggestions, but for our EBF 4 month old, the only kind she would take-of all the different ones we got-was a Mam bottle we got as a free sample. All the nice glass bottles, Dr Brown, Avent etc. nothing worked except the Mam.

I see this question posted a lot. I think it depends on baby’s natural latch and what mimics closet to that. For us Comotomo was the best. It’s shaped like a boob and it’s the only one bub can have when I’m at work.

You gotta go at it Cinderella style, sorry :/ We're huge fans of tommee tippee!

ETA- the pump bottles are also a huge hit lol, specifically Spectra and Baby Buddha. He hated Nuk and tolerated MAM.

We started bottles just one a day to get him use to it before I went back to work. After two weeks of success he started fighting the bottle hard. So I started the routine of boob then bottle as an immediate nipple swap. He got better about taking bottles the more I did this. Now I’ve been back to work for a week and he’s taking bottles for dad no issues.

We used Philips avent bottles.

I second the other comment in saying you’ll have to trial and error a bunch. My boy loved tommee tippee’s and now all of a sudden has a much better latch on to the dr.browns

My wife bought Rabitat bottles recently.

Philips Avent is the only one that works for us. I like that no milk comes out unless baby is actively sucking on the nipple. Makes paced feeding easier. Also, we're still on size 1 at nearly 6 months. We tried to size up but our baby didn't like it at all.

whatever works for your baby. Problem is you just don’t know. We bought both Doctor Brown and Phillips Avent. We tried the Avent ones first she liked them and we stuck with them.

i like phillips avent!

We got a ton of Philips Avent ones but the nipples were impossible for our son to get any milk out of. Ended up using Nuk Perfect Match & we love them.

We tried several kinds but ended up sticking with Lansinoh. My lactation consultant suggested the pigeon nipples and they were awesome for my breastfed newborn. We sized up to 2 (slow) at 3 months, and that's probably where we'll stay. She HATES the medium flow nipples.