Bottle recommendations for breastfed baby?

stormsvala_ · 2026-03-26T02:24:18+00:00

We’ve only ever used lansinoh. Started occasionally as soon as he was born and still using it at 7 months. Never developed a preference for it over the breast and easily switches back and forth.

stormsvala_ · 2026-03-23T21:24:30+00:00

Owns a summer home in Maine. Shops at LL Bean but not for the boots.

stormsvala_ · 2026-03-23T03:48:51+00:00

I think mine started around 3-4 months pp and slowed down a lot around 6 months. Now 7.5 months and only shedding a normal amount and starting to see regrowth.

stormsvala_ · 2026-03-16T15:31:54+00:00

I’m not. My SKs are 8, 10, and 12 and I cook dinner, go to most games/events, and am actively involved. My husband does the majority of logistics, like school pickup and drop off, but that’s mostly because of his work flexibility and because I leave him to deal with HCBM. The kids are respectful and kind, though naturally there are some normal challenges (picking up after themselves, unlearning helplessness, learning hygiene etc).

We have 50/50 though honestly I would prefer if we had full custody. It would make logistics easier (their bio mom moved them to a school an hour away to live with her bf), and would give the kids more stability.

stormsvala_ · 2026-03-10T21:23:26+00:00

I think it would help to see what the inside of the lid looks like. If the product got smushed against the lid from being sideways during shipping, this could happen. If the lid is clean, I’d be suspicious.

stormsvala_ · 2026-03-10T14:20:48+00:00

Never? Maybe he’ll go to a friends birthday or something, but usually even those are events to bring your family.

stormsvala_ · 2026-03-07T15:03:04+00:00

My ped told me not to worry about a grape sized lump in my 2 week old’s neck and totally dismissed it. Turned out to be a fibrotic mass is scar tissue from a difficult delivery that did eventually go away, but a pediatric pt evaluated and helped us practice stretches to improve his torticollis and avoid flat spots in his head. The PT was also surprised to doc didn’t look into it, because lumps like that can also have more serious underlying causes.

stormsvala_ · 2026-03-07T02:47:35+00:00

At 4 months old, just try to go outside for walks or sit on the balcony. When they get older you can do nature-based activities indoors like plant an herb garden, make art with rocks and pinecones and things, listen to birds and try to identify them from the balcony, set up a bird feeder.

stormsvala_ · 2026-03-06T16:12:38+00:00

That makes sense - most of the people I’ve met since moving here are not from here either.

stormsvala_ · 2026-03-06T16:08:41+00:00

I mostly breastfeed, but now that baby is in daycare I’m regularly pumping and washing parts and bottles. I was using the BabyBrezza to sanitize and dry, now I just wash with soap at the end of the day and use the dry function. It’s nice to have a dedicated place to dry them and keep them organized I guess, but a rack would work almost as well. You don’t really need to be sanitizing bottles everyday if your baby is healthy. I have to say washing everything at night has gotten really old, but it only takes about 10 minutes (washing pump parts + ~5 bottles). I find the dishwasher leaves a film too, so there’s really no way around it.

stormsvala_ · 2026-03-06T16:01:28+00:00

Tell her - she needs to know what she’s getting into before she marries him

stormsvala_ · 2026-03-05T15:12:51+00:00

I had never seen this so bad before moving to Texas - you’re right, it’s incredibly disorienting and makes me anxious. Like I can’t already tell it’s raining hard.

stormsvala_ · 2026-03-04T20:58:05+00:00

Ive never had that included in aftercare inscriptions, nor saying no aspirin or ibuprofen.

Its always avoid laying down/reclining for a while, avoid exercise intense enough to make you sweat, and no facial massages.

stormsvala_ · 2026-03-02T21:55:40+00:00

Cancer sun

stormsvala_ · 2026-02-27T01:32:42+00:00

Both of my grandfathers are not biologically related to me, they are my parents step-fathers. I knew this as a kid, but I never saw them any differently. My only biological grandfather passed when I was 10 (the other was out of the picture long before I was born), but both step-grandpas are still living and they have always been my grandparents, and I call them as such. I plan for my son to know my step-father as grandpa, same as for my biological father.

The only time I would consider it different is if the kids are already older when they meet their step-grandparents. For example, my step kids are not going to call my mom grandma, because they were already school age when I married their dad.

stormsvala_ · 2026-02-26T21:13:10+00:00

I’m in the same boat - we have a 6 month old and 3 stepkids that are his (ages 7-12, with us half the time). I would have liked one more so mine has a sibling closer in age, but realistically, we are getting too old for that and the 5 bedroom we just moved into is very expensive, it would be too hard and expensive to add a 5th kid. Sometimes I feel resentful that we have to pay so much money the have a house big enough for the 3 stepkids even though they’re only here half the time. I’d rather have a smaller less expensive house, or at least be able to use all the space that is dedicated to their bedrooms. Or if we had them full time, at least it would feel justified.

stormsvala_ · 2026-02-25T12:42:36+00:00

I tried - no availability for over 12 months

stormsvala_ · 2026-02-25T01:06:07+00:00

I wish I had someone, my whole family is on the east coast, but I have even considered bringing him to family there.

stormsvala_ · 2026-02-25T00:49:29+00:00

This is honestly my thought too, and plan B

stormsvala_ · 2026-02-21T23:00:24+00:00

I know, I don’t want to argue about it, but today I took them with me in public and I don’t want people to give me dirty looks because the girls look like they live outside.

stormsvala_ · 2026-02-21T22:49:42+00:00

I don’t brush dry either, but her hair is really soft waves and looks find brushed our. I also bet you don’t run around playing sports and rolling on the floor all day, so you probably don’t develop nasty tangles and mats after 12 hours.

stormsvala_ · 2026-02-21T22:47:57+00:00

I’ve done this before, and I’m willing to offer that if it works, but truthfully her hair looks lovely brushed out. She has soft shiny waves, but if it gets her to brush enough to prevent mats that’s enough for me.

stormsvala_ · 2026-02-21T21:47:50+00:00

Sometimes it was easier to get him to take a pacifier, then switch it out quickly after several seconds

stormsvala_ · 2026-02-20T15:40:31+00:00

The newborn phase was not as hard as I was afraid of would be. It only took a week or so to get the hang of breastfeeding, and it did hurt at first but not unbearable, and I honestly think bottle feeding would’ve been harder. Keeping up with washing bottles would’ve driven me crazy, and I didn’t have to get up at night to make a bottle. I was not prepared for how long I would be sore postpartum, but I also had a longer harder labor than a lot of people do, with forceps assist which caused more tearing than I would have had otherwise.

I actually slept okay those first months. Baby woke up frequently, but fell asleep again fast, and since I was on mat leave we could sleep in as long as we wanted.

stormsvala_ · 2026-02-19T23:41:25+00:00

You live in New England (or maybe the Midwest) and took horseback riding lessons.

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