When Harper came home, we knew that she would be on a bottle system because she's eating formula thickened with rice cereal. What we didn't understand, was how much room this bottle system would take up, or how often we would have to wash, sanatize and sort these bottle pieces. The bottle system the occupational therapist used in Harper's swallow study is the system that she is currently on; this system seems to be working well, so we decided to try Jack on the same system, when he takes bottles. The bottle claims to help eliminate large quantities of air being sucked down by the baby, but the bottles have 5-6 pieces each and are not our favorite to wash, especially in the middle of the night. In fact, these two generate so many bottles in a day (13-15 total), that Debbie has become the offical bottle washer and sanitizer- I don't know what we're going to do when she goes home.
When Jack moved to this system too, Tony said something had to be done to try and get organized, so he and Debbie sat down and came up with a plan that seems to be working out well. Harper's bottles for a day are on the green rack, and Jack's are on the red rack. Tony made a "key" so we'd know how many bottles to put on each rack and, here's the kicker, what level flow nipple each kiddo needed. Remember, Harper's formula is thickened, so she needs something with a higher flow to be able to transfer the liquid. Oh, and by the way, the numbers on those nipples are so small, that we've given poor Harper a level 1 nipple (when she needs a level 4) and she tried to eat that bottle for five minutes before I realized she wasn't getting anything at all.
Bless your hearts that looks exhausting! I had to do the same with W's bottles too. I was going crazy with all the parts!
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