Soon after the delivery young mom should decide what small bottle she will use when feeding the newborn baby. Even if mother has no need to feed the child with the decanted milk or the adapted dairy mix, the small bottle will be all the same necessary to dopoit the baby water.
Manufacturing firms of small bottles for feeding
The choice of small bottles for babies is quite broad. Children's shops or pharmacies are on sale simple plastic, usually with a capacity up to 200 ml. Their plus is that they are rather cheap, are suitable for standard sterilizers. They are completed with silicone or latex nipples which will approach any classical small bottles. However it is frequent in the instruction attached to a small bottle, the producer warns that a pacifier expiration date on condition of its active operation no more than a month.
Also there is a set of more expensive and quality children's small bottles for feeding, small bottles of Medela and Avent are very popular. They are on sale separately and also are applied to milk pumps of the relevant firm.
For the child, being on artificial feeding, it is necessary to get at least one small and two big small bottles.
Types of children's small bottles
Upon purchase of a children's small bottle for feeding it is necessary to consider several factors. First, age of the child. For feeding of the newborn baby it is the best of all to get a small small bottle with a capacity of 150 ml, and for the kid 6 months are more senior it is possible to buy the size more, with convenient handles and a wide throat. Perhaps, the transforming feeder will please the matured baby. Advantage of such feeder is that it is possible to unscrew a pacifier and to use it as a cup feeder with a soft nose or without it. It is convenient for the kid who already learns to drink from a cup and begins to wean from a small bottle.
Quality of a small bottle
Choosing a children's small bottle for feeding, pay attention to durability of material of which it is made. Over time it can be deformed from boiling or for any other reasons. If damage is strong, there will be cracks, you should not continue to use it. There were in the course glass bottles earlier, however they it is heavier plastic and also can easily break.
Nipples for small bottles
One more important factor which should be considered when choosing a children's small bottle – the weight and health of the child. If the baby often and plentifully belches, and his weight approaches the upper bound of norm, it will suit a pacifier with one or two small openings. Then the child will need more time and efforts to exhaust the portion. The stream of milk will decrease, the feeling of saturation will arrive on time and the kid will cease to overeat. Besides, the small opening guarantees that the baby will often not choke during feeding. The grown-up child can offer a pacifier for small bottles with a big opening through which he will eat thin porridge or other dense food.
Do not forget to buy special brushes and to regularly wash children's small bottles.
Pay special attention to material and a form of a pacifier. Many mummies stop the choice on antikolikovy small bottles. A pacifier at them a special form, it interferes with swallowing air during feeding, and as a result the kid belches less and less often suffers from infantile kolik. Though small bottles have no expiration date per se, nipples need to be changed for new periodically.
If at your kid the allergic reaction to a pacifier from latex was shown, immediately replace it with silicone.
Some small bottles are completed with nipples which imitate a maternal breast. It is the good choice for the mothers hoping to restore or prolong breastfeeding.