Breastfeeding and Feeding
Breastfeeding and Feeding
| Category item | What should I look for? | How many will I need? | Who makes them? |
Where can I get them? |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nursing bras | Wool, organic or unbleached cotton | 4-6 (varies by mom) | Blue Canoe | Mother Nature's, Wild Oats |
| Bravado | Generations | |||
| Under the Nile | Under the Nile | |||
| Nursing breast pads | Wool, organic or unbleached cotton | 0-3 sets (varies by mom) | Glad Rags | Babyworks |
| Under the Nile | Babyworks, Generations | |||
| Breast pump (You can often get these used from family or friends. If you do, it is recommended that you replace the tubing and parts.) |
Electric pump if you are going to pump alot. Manual pump for occasional use. |
1 | Avent | Whole Foods |
| Medela | Generations |
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| Bottles | Glass or PVC-free plastic bottles. Opaque and colored tend to be PVC-free. (Look for recycling code #2, #4 or #5. Avoid #3 and #7.) |
4 | Evenflo (glass or opaque) | Target |
| Gerber (colors) | New Seasons |
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| Medela (stoage bottles and milk storage bags) Playtex Nurser (bottle with plastic inserts) | Target |
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| Bottle nipples | Clear, silicone bottle nipples (latex free) | 4 | Avent | Generations, Whole Foods |
| Gerber | Babies-R-Us | |||
| Bottle brush/drying rack | Plastics that do not have recycling code #3 or #7 | 1 | Many manufacturers | Whole Foods |
| Pacifier | Silicone pacifier (latex free) | 2 (1 is a backup) | Avent | Whole Foods |
| Gerber | Babies-R-Us | |||
| Spit up cloths (could be cloth diapers, washcloths) |
Organic or unbleached cotton or other natural material |
10 | Babyworks | Babyworks |
| Bib | Organic or unbleached cotton or other natural fibers |
5 | Hanna Andersson | Hanna Andersson |
| Sckoon Organics |
Mother Nature's | |||
| Under the Nile | Babyworks, Mother Nature's, Under the Nile |
