Global guidelines, set by UNICEF, say that women trying to breastfeed shouldn't
use occasional bottles of formula, even in the first few days after birth when they might not be making much milk.
Not exact matches
But if you need to
use bottles because your baby needs supplements, for
occasional outings, or when returning to work, you may need to focus a little on amounts.
Tori went from almost 100 %
bottle feeding her expressed milk with
occasional formula top - ups for almost two months to now exclusively breastfeeding her baby without the
use of formula or
bottles.
Unless you don't have a dishwasher and really find warming up a pot of water to be INCREDIBLY TAXING, these might not be worth giving up your precious counter space for, particularly if you're only
using bottles as an
occasional supplement.
Your baby's
bottles should be sterilized before they're first
used, but after that, the
occasional sterilization with boiling water is usually sufficient to keep things clean.
Once your breastfeeding routine is well established
occasional bottles and pacifier
use is fine.
It is so often
used (heating baby
bottles and the
occasional re-heat meal), that there was no way I was having it in my kitchen.