morning mummies
cheerios,
i'm a supporter for using glass bottles to store bm. you can use it to store and keep in chiller or freezer. how many bottles you need depends on your supply and how you freeze.
but for a start, i think its good to have about 50-100 bottles on hand.
i started with 20 then kk give me about 30, i thought its enough but no. i end up collecting more from mummies in forum who are giving away or selling for a token. then i send hubby round to collect them. i even went back kk to get more but they can only afford to give me another 10 or 20.
reasons for using glass bottles:
- free (collect from hospital) or cost less (collect from mummies giving away or selling) than milk bag (i think its about $0.50 each)
- can recycle, milk bag can't
- can warm direct, milk bag i think also can warm direct but not very sure
- can feed direct if you are not using avent wide base teats, milk bag can't
- less possibility of spilling by not transfer from glass bottle to milk bottle compare to transfer from milk bag to milk bottle.
- lesser time to thaw cos smaller amount (usually about 85ml per bottle), milk bag can freeze up to 150-200ml.
** initial start up cost might be high for glass bottles in the beginning cos you need to buy the plastic caps to replace the existing metal caps. each plastic caps cost about $0.80 - $2. however, if you are able to recycle and use it many times. its going to be cheaper than milk bag.
to save $$, you can also use 'bao xian zi' to wrapped round the mouth of glass bottle first then cap it with the original metal caps. personally i prefer to buy plastic caps to replace.
i think hospital to give away about 10 bottles each time. cos my boy didn't get to discharge with me then, kk did give me about 20-30 to transport bm for him.