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Deciding on a Bottle For My Baby-to-Be: Weil Baby
Bottoms up! When it comes time to move baby from breast to bottle, there are a lot of options on the market. When my son was born, I swore by a barely known brand of bottles that quickly gained momentum after the Bisphenol A scare called BornFree.
5 Drink-Inspired Light Fixtures
It's time to get your drink on. From 2 percent milk to sauvignon blanc, the bottles we've been hitting may have inspired a few too many chocolate-chip-cookie binges and late-night dance parties. But milk bottles and wine glasses are also the source of inspiration for a range of light fixtures for your home.
Handling Differences of Opinion on Feeding Baby
New mamas face plenty of unsolicited advice as they begin navigating life with their newborn. From day one there are opinions about rooming in during your hospital stay, vaccination schedules and breast versus bottle feeding. Assuming you are secure in your feeding decision, it may take some time to convince family and friends about the choice you made.
Test Your Formula-Feeding Knowledge
There's so much talk about the benefits of breastfeeding that society often fails to educate new mamas about the proper way to bottle-feed their tots. Recent studies show that moms are not receiving enough information about the correct and hygienic way to formula-feed their lil ones. Take this quiz and see how much you know about bottle feeding baby.
Love It or Hate It? Droog Milk Bottle Lamp
Those out-of-the-box designers at Droog are back with an interesting idea in lighting: milk bottles. The Droog Milk Bottle Lamp ($207) is made from a milk bottle, stainless steel, and a 15 watt bulb. Minimalist, cheeky, and unusual.
Self-Heating Bottle by Liamo: Kid Friendly or Are You Kidding?
I know many a baby that suffers from Goldilocks syndrome — the milk is too cold or too hot. Mamas out running errands or flying in the sky may appreciate the ingenuity of the Iiamo self-heating bottle. Lucky for us, creator Karim Rashid, who has also designed for Prada, Audi, Sony, and Lacoste, brought his vision to parenthood.
Lil Find: Adiri Natural Nursers
Breast is best to a lot of moms, but so is the allure of having someone else do a feeding now and again.
A girlfriend of mine's lactation consultant recommended a bottle that is allowing her to do both — the Adiri Natural Nurser ($25, for a set of two). So I had to check it out, naturally.
Tell Mommy: Handwash or Dishwash?
Way back when, mothers had no choice but to wash their baby's bottles by hand. Possibly one of the world's greatest inventions, the dishwasher has brought pleasure and ease to many a mommy's life. One area where it may not be so handy?
Which Bottles Did You Use?
When presented with a Simple or Swank version of two glass bottles, many of you commented that you use something different than those brands. Some parents use one brand for the early stages and switch to another later on. Which bottle do you prefer?
Pimp Your Crib: Drying and Organizational Racks for Bottles
I've spent enough time washing and sterilizing baby bottles to recognize how important it is to keep all your bottle paraphernalia in one place. Sometimes it feels like as soon as I finish washing and filling a bottle it's time to, well, wash and fill it again.
If you are trying to keep your feeding gear in one place, consider a pretty and functional organizational unit like the Splash Drying Rack ($28), which adds modern design to the age old activity of washing bottles.
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