5 Must Have’s
1) Target brand milk storage bags - These are the best by a long shot! They are durable and inexpensive. I haven’t experienced
one leak with these.
2) Latch Bottles by Munchkin - I bought mine from target but they are available at Babies "R" Us, Amazon and pretty much any baby store. We never even tried any other bottles but I own a daycare and my experiences with other bottles in comparison were lacking. For example Dr. Brown's bottles I found to leak often so those were off my list from the very beginning.
4) Washable Breast Pads - Any brand will do really and you can also make your own. My best friend Cassandra made mine and they were so cute!
5) Nipple Cream - I really don't think the brand matters as long as you use something. When I didn't I felt it! I got the honest company version at my baby shower and I stuck with that. The small jar lasted the entire 7 months.
5 Wastes of Money
1) Expensive Pumping Bra - make one
yourself with an inexpensive sports bra and a pair of scissors. Pumping is so much easier hands free leaving you to multitask and get some paperwork done or nod off for a couple minutes lol.
2) Lanisol milk storage bags - Trust me you will waste so much liquid gold they leak like crazy. I've got a freezer full of them and my thawing technique has become so much more tedious trying to prevent wasting any milk. Next baby, I'll stick with the Target ones mentioned above.
3) Designer nursing covers - This was one of those things I got as a gift and never used. I know, I'm terrible. But when it came time to pump when I was out and about or over someone's house i grabbed one of my sons blankets and threw it over me. You carry around so much stuff daily as a mom you start to look for ways to minimize your baggage and for me a nursing cover just never made the cut.
2) Lanisol milk storage bags - Trust me you will waste so much liquid gold they leak like crazy. I've got a freezer full of them and my thawing technique has become so much more tedious trying to prevent wasting any milk. Next baby, I'll stick with the Target ones mentioned above.
3) Designer nursing covers - This was one of those things I got as a gift and never used. I know, I'm terrible. But when it came time to pump when I was out and about or over someone's house i grabbed one of my sons blankets and threw it over me. You carry around so much stuff daily as a mom you start to look for ways to minimize your baggage and for me a nursing cover just never made the cut.
4) Single electric breast pump - I personally didn't think it worked very well especially in comparison to Madela's manual handheld also mentioned above. For me the manual took some getting used to but it worked a lot faster in expressing milk and was a bit stronger too. I actually began to prefer it to my double electric pump after about month 5.
5) Bottle warmer - This may not be a popular one but I just don't think its worth it. If u can pop a mug half filled with water in the microwave for 1 minuts and put a bottle or frozen storage bag of milk in that mug for an additional two minute it will serve the same purpose. My suggestion; if you get one as a gift return it for store credit and use the money to buy diapers later *shrugs*
Well that concludes my list! And remember, what works for some of us may not work for others! Don't be afraid to follow your intuition!
Until next time friends,
Brittini Rae
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