Top Bottle Feeding Picks for Easy Feeding Sessions

There are so many bottles and nipples to choose from, and while I wanted to stock my cabinet with bottles before the babies arrived, my veteran grandparent friends advised me to wait until my kids decided which ones they wanted to use before I made the investment. They were right. My daughters tried a few before they landed on the ones that the boys worked best with. Here is what I keep on hand at my house to make feeding easy: (affiliate links follow some of these products!)

Bottles: We are big fans of the Dr. Brown's line.....there are narrow ones and wide ones, so you may want to try them both to see which your little one latches onto best. And I love that they have preemie nipples (except in the wide bottles) to start with while they learn to bottle feed. Doesn't take them long to get the hang of it and move to different size nipples for a little faster flow. The line is supposed to help with the amount of air that baby swallows while feeding, and so far, we feel like the babies have done well with these!

Bottle Washer/Sterilizer/Dryer: No more stirring bottles around in boiling water! Grannas are having too much fun to have to spend time doing that! They have a wonderful appliance that does it all for you from MomCozy. The kids have one too, and it's a big help in the middle of the night to wash bottles and breast pump parts easily. If you don't have room for the MomCozy one, I use the Dr. Brown's sterilizer and dryer and it doesn't take up that much room--but you need to wash your bottles (dishwasher or by hand, depending on your bottle brand) first.

My daughters have these Dr Brown's Microwave Steam Sterilizer Bags and they are amazing for them to use when they are visiting other family or friends. They are good for bottles, nipples, pacifiers, and pump parts, too!

MomCozy Bottle Warmer : Very nice at night to warm bottles instead of having to wait for the faucet water to get hot and then warm the bottle under the tap! You might luck out and have a baby who doesn't even care if it gets warm or not--one of mine is like that. And my daughter has a different one and she loves it: Grownsy 8-in-1 Fast Baby Bottle Warmer with Timer.

I keep some Willow 8oz Breast Milk Storage Bags on hand here at my house, in case the girls are here long enough to need to pump and we need to store the milk for the next day, or go ahead and freeze it.

If your grands use formula, have a can of it at all times, so the kids don't have to pack it in their diaper bag each time! They will appreciate it. And this OXO Tot Formula Dispenser is great to have because you can pre-portion three bottles ahead of time and also pop it in your Granna bag for feeding on the go.

Burp Cloths: My favorites are the KeaBabies Organic Muslin Burp Cloths on Amazon and the 3pack Muslin Burp Cloths from Cloud Island from Target . I do love to embroider these to make them prettier, of course, especially for a baby shower gift. And my favorite one is the one that says, "Pass me to my Granna now."