Why dont the similac ready to feed formula bottles come with nipples??
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The hospital will give you formula and nipples so you dont need to bring any. It would be cumbersome to bring extra because you can ask for whatever formula you need for the baby. If you want nipples similar to the hospital nipples, the doctor browns transitional nipples are the closest. My son was born with feeding issues and needed to be pace fed so when we left they told us which bottles and nipples to get for him.
@Leslie heard from other moms that wanted to formula feed at the specific hospital im delivering at to bring some of my own as it can be a long process to have the nurses bring formula sometimes. Im hoping to mostly lean on the hospital supplies. Thank you! I deliver the day after tomorrow so worried amazon wont make it in time lol
Oh gotcha. Good luck! The baby won't be hungry right away also if that makes you feel better. Lol. They mostly give them a bottle at birth to assess their ability to suck on a nipple. I didn't know that with my first kid so I thought he needed to eat immediately 😅
Yes, you can use ready to feed in normal bottles. I assume you'll have sterilized beforehand, just make sure it was done close enough to the date that they're clean. Maybe the hospital will do it for you, possibly. We used ready to feed right up until 7 months and only ever poured it in our own bottles. You won't use an entire container in one sitting, anyway - a brand newborn will take 5, 10 mLs at a time, and our containers were something like 200 mLs.
Since Melissa mentioned sterilization if you don't wanna boil baby bottles and nipples in a non stick pot cause I heard it's not good? Anyway, medela has these sterilization bags that you can use in the microwave. They're really convenient and you can use one bag up to 20 times. I was gifted some from my local buy nothing group and I find them much easier and less stressful to use. Put the parts in a bag with some water and microwave for 3 minutes then let it sit for a minute and you're done. There's also reusable silicone ones if you don't want plastic ones. Once I use up all my plastic ones I'm gonna invest in a silicone one
Even the enfamil you buy retail don’t come with them in Canada or US. In Canada (Ontario) the hospital provided me with some nipples for the ready feeds. Since leaving the hospital I’ve just poured them into our dr browns bottles but I’ve been told that the dr browns nipples and caps fit the smaller readyfeeda (I believe the 2oz/60ml bottles)