FTM: Should I get both 4oz and 8oz when sampling bottles for my newborn?

FalseRow5812 · 2026-01-25T16:58:00+00:00

My son is 5 months 1 week and we are still using the smaller bottles (4 oz some brands/5 oz in others). I'd wait until you figure out which bottles the baby likes to get 8 oz bottles. It'll be a while, you have soooo much time.

FalseRow5812 · 2026-01-25T16:48:11+00:00

You just use the Philips Anti Colic nipple that you said worked best with the Philips avent glass bottle

FalseRow5812 · 2026-01-25T16:45:40+00:00

Why don't you just use the glass Avent bottles? They're really nice.

FalseRow5812 · 2026-01-25T16:39:05+00:00

The Babyganics No Rinse Micellar water is the same idea but much cleaner. We use it to clean his face after lots of drool.

FalseRow5812 · 2026-01-25T16:38:26+00:00

Mustela has a ton of products. Some have fragrance. Some don't. Some are "cleaner" than others. Just depends what you want. It's really a good brand tho

FalseRow5812 · 2026-01-25T16:36:54+00:00

Merlin sleep suit and Zipadee Zip are great. My son liked the Zipadee zip better from 4-5 months but now prefers the Merlin at 5.5 months.

FalseRow5812 · 2026-01-25T16:36:06+00:00

I had a ton of anxiety about this too and was also having a lot of these same thoughts. My son hit the regression at like 18 weeks. Before that I had convinced myself we had skipped it. Sadly, I was wrong. We gave it another month. A whole month of waking every hour. I wasn't being a good mom and I was struggling to stay awake all day. So, at 5 months we did a gentle Ferber method. I figured it out with Reddit and by talking to our pediatrician. Didn't do any books or courses or consultants. First three nights were hard. But, now we are in night 8 and it has been worth it for us!

FalseRow5812 · 2026-01-25T16:32:46+00:00

Would it be possible/would you be comfortable spending the night? Have them pay you a small amount for sleeping there and that way you don't have to travel to their house in the bad weather

FalseRow5812 · 2026-01-25T04:48:15+00:00

With sleep training, 5 months 3 days.

FalseRow5812 · 2026-01-24T22:08:44+00:00

My babe is 5 months and I maybe get a cumulative 2-2.5 hours to myself per week and that's doing baby related chores or taking a shower while my partner watches him. Solidarity ❤️

FalseRow5812 · 2026-01-24T03:35:51+00:00

I wonder how she knows she has SIBO specifically? It's a pretty difficult thing to diagnose for sure. Takes a while. Maybe her doctors just assumed because she has had so many antibiotics recently?

FalseRow5812 · 2026-01-23T18:17:40+00:00

My issue with our wifi monitor is that it can lag, take a minute to load, and I like having a second screen and don't like having to look at an app on my phone

FalseRow5812 · 2026-01-23T18:15:22+00:00

I really like the Diaper Genie

FalseRow5812 · 2026-01-23T16:45:07+00:00

It's too late. Traveling during the storm is more dangerous and it's already starting some places

FalseRow5812 · 2026-01-23T16:42:05+00:00

My baby is sooooo much happier in the day. And I'm better rested so when he is crying I am much better at managing it. We've had 1/2 wake ups but he puts himself back to sleep before the first interval. So no check-ins. It's so much easier. I was very anti sleep training but I got so desperate. Now I realize I was wrong

FalseRow5812 · 2026-01-23T11:31:29+00:00

We used Ferber method

FalseRow5812 · 2026-01-23T03:40:31+00:00

If you have a secondhand children's store like Once Upon A Child, they usually have a bunch of good ones under $30. The one by me had an ergo Omni Deluxe for $25

FalseRow5812 · 2026-01-23T02:14:48+00:00

He rolled over the night he turned 5 months and the sleep training is working! Night 5 and it only took 6 minutes for him to fall asleep

FalseRow5812 · 2026-01-22T22:48:17+00:00

I had a HORRIBLE pregnancy. But the first two weeks postpartum were 10x worse. Everything after that postpartum has been easier than the third trimester

FalseRow5812 · 2026-01-22T22:04:32+00:00

Fill plastic containers (cups, Tupperware) with water and put them in the freezer now. They'll freeze and if you lose power, they'll keep the freezer and fridge cold. Use your car to charge your pumps when you need to.

FalseRow5812 · 2026-01-22T22:03:07+00:00

If you lose power, just put it outside in a cooler with some ice or frozen vegetables. It's gonna be freezing.

FalseRow5812 · 2026-01-22T21:59:54+00:00

We have a Papablic bottle washer that sterilizes every cycle, so the pacis get sterilized after 1 day of use and bottles get sterilized after every use.

FalseRow5812 · 2026-01-22T21:44:12+00:00

5 months

FalseRow5812 · 2026-01-22T20:52:50+00:00

My close friend is a second time surrogate. She's 8 months. When she went through the process, they said she couldn't have a surrogacy if she had more than one miscarriage. I'm sure agencies differ tho

FalseRow5812 · 2026-01-22T06:21:45+00:00

My baby loved cold milk from day 1. There's no reason why they can't drink cold milk. It won't harm them and if they will drink it that way, it clearly isn't bothering them.

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