Dr. Brown's Bottles and First Cups

Hi J.,
my son is only 5 months but he is already holding his bottle. I got a free Gurber bottle of 5 oz's and he loved it. It is the new shaped one with 3 corners and it's wide necked. When he increased his consumption of food I went to the local Rit Aid and found the 9 oz bottle. Now he loves to hold the bottle with his hands b/c the corners are so small that his hands fit around them. They evne got the sippy cups, give it a try they are easy to wash and baby friendly. It worked out for my little on.
Good luck,
A. R.

Something you can try is moving to sippy cups. At Walmart you can purchase Nubby cups which will be very similar to the Dr Browns ones. My son used the Dr Browns, normal size and took to the Nubby cups pretty well. They have handles and a latex top so they are more like bottles than other sippy cups.

Avnet has plastic "handles" that fit on their bottles, and are easier for babies to hold. My son held those with no problem.
I think they would fit on a Dr. Brown's as well, but I haven't tried that, so I can't promise anything...

I don't know about the Dr Brown's but the Avent bottles have handles you can buy for them. My son had a hard time at first but once I put the handles on it seemed very easy to him and he was able to hold his own bottles until he was older and then he could do it with or without the handles.

MY SON AT 6MONTHS AFTER USING DOCTOR BROWNS. HANDLED SPILL PROOF SIPPIES.. TRYEM THEY HAVE THE FATTER MOUTHS ON THEM..