| If you are a first time parent, one of the first | | | | this as your precious baby would need 2 oz of |
| things you will receive at your baby shower is a | | | | milk every 3 to 4 hours. For babies that are |
| baby bottle. Everyone knows and accepts that | | | | already a month old, a bottle of 4 ounces is |
| babies would need a bottle very soon, even if | | | | needed every 4 hours. |
| you plan on breastfeeding at the start. Baby | | | | As your baby grows a bit older, the bottle you |
| bottles come in different sizes, shapes, and bottle | | | | will need would also grow. However, the feedings |
| oz (ounces). | | | | would be about 6 to 7 times in a day instead of |
| Before you or your friends start shopping for the | | | | every three or four hours. To make sure that |
| cutest, Disney-character imprinted baby bottles | | | | your baby is getting the right amount of milk, |
| you can find, you will need to familiarize | | | | consult your pediatrician. Each baby is unique and |
| yourselves with the appropriate bottle oz for your | | | | the amount of milk it would need is based on its |
| baby at every phase. You might be thinking that | | | | weight. You can also check online resources to |
| it would not matter since you can control how | | | | get a basic idea of required milk consumption for |
| much milk you put in anyway; however, it is very | | | | your baby. |
| easy to go beyond the ounces that your baby | | | | If you have a stack of baby bottles with |
| can drink. Besides, bottle oz also determines how | | | | different bottle oz, you just have to choose |
| big the bottle is; your baby would have a hard | | | | which bottle you will be using as your baby grows |
| time holding a baby bottle with a large capacity | | | | up. All bottles should be washed and sterilized |
| for milk. | | | | after each use and at some point; you will have |
| A newborn baby would most likely be breast fed. | | | | to change the teat or the whole bottle itself. Be |
| On the other hand, if you are a working mother | | | | ready for your baby’s needs and start |
| and would like to go back to the office right after, | | | | hoarding those bottles from your baby shower |
| you might be looking for ways to store your milk | | | | and your own personal shopping now. |
| for the baby. A bottle of 2 ounces is perfect for | | | | |