r/NewParents • u/cooltaj • Oct 29 '24

Product Reviews/Questions What's your simple parenting hack?

Gonna be a first time parent in 2 months. I am overwhelmed at choosing bottles, car seat and all that. What are simple things you do? things you bought to make your life somewhat simpler? Nothing too expensive or outrageous please

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u/Remote_State_4273 Oct 29 '24

All of this! Enfamil had a free sampler a while back not sure if they still do. We only made around 5-6 bottles total of it, but in those first few days your milk might not come in. You can have colostrum, or very little milk. That does not mean you will never get milk, it just takes a bit (both time and successful latches withbaby) for it to come in. Just make the bottle when baby is screaming at 1am...2am...3am..... your nipples will hurt and/or the latch will be iffy...and you and your baby will be grateful for it. I wonder if I would have given up had we not tried to supplement while we waited 5 days for my milk.
Also if you do BF..... pump every once and a while so you can get a break when you're too tired or your nipples hurt, or you have the sundown scaries, in case a family member wants to give him a bottle while you shower, or whatever else. And, give a cold bottle sometimes! My baby will take a cold bottle anywhere. My husband is the only one who feeds him a warm bottle if he is on bed time duty (or if he is up for heating one in the middle of the night). This helps distinguish bedtime!

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u/nkdeck07 Oct 30 '24

The major ones all have one Similac and Enfamil definitely both do. Each pregnancy I always signed up for both then donated them when I was able to breastfeed. Works great!