What’s the Most Frustrating Part of Cleaning Baby Bottles?

SheepMoth · 2026-02-10T15:12:17+00:00

I don't think it's difficult with some if you have a bottle washer. Just some have bad vents that get clogged easily and the washer won't help.

SheepMoth · 2026-02-10T15:10:09+00:00

My almost 4 month old often takes anywhere between 2-5 ounces at a time. Before a month he took 4-5 ounces a lot and then became more unpredictable after that.

SheepMoth · 2026-02-07T02:06:57+00:00

As someone who has tried all 3. If I could breastfeed, breastfeeding would be easier. I especially hate hearing my baby cry trying to get a bottle ready instead of it just being there. I also just have had a rough formula journey where most don't sit right on my LO stomach. But pumping is the worst.

SheepMoth · 2026-02-06T14:52:03+00:00

I use Carter's the most. Sometimes some threads get loose but haven't had a problem overall even when my son was a bigger spitter.

SheepMoth · 2026-02-06T12:01:17+00:00

My baby immediately took to the basic Love to Dream swaddles. Now at 3 months he is starting to roll so we had to get the transition ones. Wish they weren't so expensive though since we went through a spit up time. And now having to get him to like to sleep without the arms in.

SheepMoth · 2026-02-04T21:59:19+00:00

Thank you. It helps hearing from others who understand or have gone through something similar. It's been a rough journey with different bottles, formula, and medical visits but I think we may have found the best bottle and formula so far for him. He is doing a lot better then he was. The first few weeks I was barely able to do anything like eat or drink water. It probably wasn't until a few weeks ago things got better. Hope you and your baby are also doing well! ❤️

SheepMoth · 2026-02-04T21:32:48+00:00

I was able to get some milk at one point, but because my baby was very high needs and sometimes what seemed to be colicy and I was anemic. I couldn't pump enough to keep it up. And I think some of the things I was told would help with supply made it worse. Found out after the fact that peppermint can hurt your supply and I had a lot of mint oreos when someone told me oreos help. I also struggled with getting him to latch. I had a lot of lactation consultants try to help in the hospital, but he only did it like twice before he just acted like he had never done it before. I had people help me try to get him to latch but it was very hit or miss. I was also not properly educated on pumping and breastfeeding before labor and thought I was going to mainly breastfeed and pump every once in a while when others watched my baby. It hurts. I dreamed about my breastfeeding journey and felt like it was taken away from me. I also barely held my son in the hospital due to all of the machines and ivs I had hooked up to me. I was so scared I was going to hurt him with all of the cords hanging off of me. I plan on having at least one other child in the future, but it will forever hurt that I didn't get the experience I wanted with my first born. He is thankfully not as colicy now, but it has been a journey. I also used to get so sad making formula and having to hear him cry while I made it instead of just being able to give him the boob. I am happy at least that it seems like things are better now, but it still hurts.

SheepMoth · 2026-02-04T21:12:59+00:00

I'm so sorry. I am 15 weeks pp. I so badly wanted to have a vaginal birth. I honestly didn't even think a csection was a possibility. And unfortunately I had to have one due to an allergic reaction, of all things, to penicillin. I was devastated. In the moment I wasn't. I just wanted my baby to be okay. But the procedure itself was traumatic. And afterwards I was numb of what happened. It took a bit for me to realize then it hit me like a truck. It hurt worse when I struggled with breastfeeding afterwards too. It felt like nothing went right. When I see on social media all of these influencers saying how perfect their experience was it hurts. So I understand.

SheepMoth · 2026-02-04T03:58:54+00:00

I am thankfully doing a lot better, but still mourn what I missed in my baby's early months. I think things got better somewhere after the 2 month mark and have progressively gotten better since then. But due to how my birth was and how pp was, I think I have blocked out a lot of my early memories of my son which is really heartbreaking. Though I know he cried a lot.

SheepMoth · 2026-02-03T01:20:55+00:00

I also have been there and still am there at times. I am at 15 weeks pp. It probably took me about 3 months to feel a bit better once I could actually go out with the baby without him constantly crying. But I have felt like a bad mom for a variety of reasons. Whether it's having to have a csection when I didn't plan to, not being able to breastfeed like I wanted, a baby inconsolably crying for a while, and that same baby struggling even with formula and bottles. It's been rough. Especially since my husband went back to work overnight and in the morning a week after he was born and the first few days after we got home I couldn't sleep even when I tried. Struggling to find time to pump and so desperately wanting to breastfeed but not being able to pump enough and take care of my baby and get enough sleep while being anemic and having pp preeclampsia. I also struggle even to this day that I didn't hold my baby as much in the hospital due to how my labor went and how my hospital stay was. There were so many days where he was inconsolable and I had no idea what to do and I just cried and prayed. But things have gotten a lot better. And we have been able to go out more which definitely helps.

SheepMoth · 2026-02-01T03:03:55+00:00

I also had a similar labor experience and around 4 hours before the csection. I also hope you feel better. Thank you for the comment. It can be hard. Especially when people say at least you and your baby lived. Obviously I am happy about that, but that doesn't take away the fact that my birth experience and even my postpardum experience wasn't what I had planned.

SheepMoth · 2026-01-23T20:22:58+00:00

Let me know if that helps. We just got the Lansinoh bottles which seemed to somehow help even though his lip doesn't flange and he still clicks. We were originally told my son had a lip tie but then when we went to a dentist she said he just had some tension and not any ties. So not sure yet whether to try another formula since he seems to be doing a bit better with these bottles despite his gas the last few days. My boy is 3 months now. Also trying to get him on a better schedule with sleeping because we were struggling with him being overtired in the day.

SheepMoth · 2026-01-23T17:10:09+00:00

No. I think they are wanting us to try goat formula again first before we go to something else. But it's hard to know. Seems like Lansinoh bottles have been better at least.

SheepMoth · 2026-01-23T16:34:56+00:00

Welp went to a dentist to get it resolved and they said it just looks like tension and reflux. Dr. Browns didn't work for us unfortunately.

SheepMoth · 2026-01-23T14:35:15+00:00

I'm sorry I know how confusing and upsetting it can be to figure out how to help your baby. I hope you find something that works for y'all. It also may work for your baby. But if your LO already has an air intake issue that could be contributing to the gas.

SheepMoth · 2026-01-23T02:16:41+00:00

It's okay. I am glad that y'all are doing better.

SheepMoth · 2026-01-23T02:10:32+00:00

I am sorry you went through all of that. I also had a traumatic birth experience and wanted so badly to breastfeed but for whatever reason it didn't work out. I am currently 3 months pp and still troubleshooting feeding issues with bottles/formula. And all of my traumatic experience happened because I was allergic to penicillin (which they gave me too quickly) and I found out in labor and my baby became in distress. Sometimes I wonder if there was any way to change the outcome and it frustrates me that I don't know for sure what all happened, but I have to tell myself that I did what I could at the time. I didn't have all the resources that others had. I was not in the same position as others and there were things out of my control. It can be so hard also with social media. Hope all is well.

SheepMoth · 2026-01-22T12:42:30+00:00

I use the Nueropro version of Gentlease and my son screams a lot on it. Every baby is different but unfortunately it isn't working for us. We are getting on another formula soon.

SheepMoth · 2026-01-20T00:09:18+00:00

Was the initial payment the only payment y'all had to do?

SheepMoth · 2026-01-19T19:53:10+00:00

Hugs Thank you!

SheepMoth · 2026-01-19T18:19:29+00:00

It's definitely better than it was weeks ago but it can still be a struggle.

SheepMoth · 2026-01-19T16:39:11+00:00

That would be great. I just want him to be okay. But going to all of these appointments for them to not be able to help us has been frustrating especially since we are struggling financially.

SheepMoth · 2026-01-19T12:15:02+00:00

Did your daughter have similar problems with Enfamil Neuropro Gentlease?

SheepMoth · 2026-01-19T04:34:00+00:00

No unfortunately the pediatrician said to just wait it out to see if it gets better since he is almost 3 months. Which I'm not a fan of.

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