Milk is an important source of nutrients that you and your family shouldn’t miss out on. If someone in your family has lactose intolerance and the rest of the family still want to enjoy the taste of real milk, try Lactofree - the UK’s first virtually lactose-free dairy drink.
I'm expecting twins in a few weeks and do plan to have a go at exclusively breastfeeding them. However, my midwife has, imho, wisely advised that given the fact I have two other children and an ill husband, I should be prepared incase I need to give the odd bottle. Spent a long time avoiding this like the plague with the others who I b'fed to 14 and 26 mths however think it would do no harm to be prepared.
So ... can anyone recommend bottles/formula which I can order. I'm looking on Mothercare at the moment but it's a minefield!
Thanks ... have got their Mothering Multiples book and it looks great. Am happy enough about tackling the b/feeding (did I really say that??!) but bottle feeding mystifies me !
Millie, I think you should go over to the Multiples and Twins thread and get advice there. They will be able to tell you more about what worked for them.
Oh and something else which has just popped into my head. Expressing - it would probably be a good idea to get bottles which would fit a good pump - just to complicate things!
I used these. I'd used Avent bottles with my first (as supplement to breast-feeding, but for some reason, the DTs didn't take to those as well and I got these instead when I gave up b/f (at 5 weeks).
Mars gives fantastic advice on breastfeeding DTs (as does Mommalove) - I'll link them in here for you.
You may want to consider a medela haberman feeder which is particularly good if you are supplementing breast with expressed milk or formula (and fits on medela expressing machine which have a fantastic reputation.. Haberman feeders are the only bottles that allow baby to control their feeding having a rest if they need to, also no air can get in so avoids any associated problems. Because the feed is more like breastfeeding then you are less likely to have a baby that then becomes lazy on the breast (as with bottle feeding the milk tends to come fast and furiously and baby does not need to suck so much, but also it can be too quick for baby, with the haberman you do not get these problems.
I know someone who is a WAHM, have 5 other kids and exclusively breast feeds her twins. I'd leave any thoughts on bottle feeding until you really need to think about it.
Other than that, Avent bottles are good and I liked Aptamil as it seemed the least constipating.
Thanks folks ... shall look into the Haberman feeder now in a few mins when kids are in bed. I hope not to bottle feed but can understand why it was suggested to be prepared due to current family circumstances.
Thanks folks ... shall look into the Haberman feeder now in a few mins when kids are in bed. I hope not to bottle feed but can understand why it was suggested to be prepared due to current family circumstances.
some baby bottles, including avent, are made from a type of plastic which has now been banned in canada as it contains chemicals which leach into the milk, particularly when the bottles are heated. personally, I would not buy any bottles made of that type of plastic more info on this thread
Milk is an important source of nutrients that you and your family shouldn’t miss out on. If someone in your family has lactose intolerance and the rest of the family still want to enjoy the taste of real milk, try Lactofree - the UK’s first virtually lactose-free dairy drink.
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