I'm just learning about breastfeeding and everything. What is the tubing for? Where does this go? Sorry I'm a little naive when it comes to this.
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It connects the bottles to the pump to provide suction. They won't get any milk in them.
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Hi Rebecca! We are all naive about things we have never used or done!! The tubing is for air only, it provides the suction from the actual pump to the bottles.
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We use the tubbing like in the picture. Then attach it to a brass nipple that we inserted in the bottim part of a 5 gallon bucket. You need to make sure to make the right hole si it will not leak. That is the best way I can explain it since I am not sure of the name of the brass nipple.
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If you pump and bring cold breast milk places, this is good to heat bottles of breast milk. If your using bottles it's good basically. You can heat jars of food later too. I love it.
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We have found if the hole is on the top nothing comes out for my baby. We have not had leaking but she don't get anything if its the wrong way. I love these bottles my baby goes breast to bottle and bottle to breast with no problems. And I think an older baby would prefer the bottle the correct way and have no problem self feeding.
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Sanitizing the tubing on this pump is not necessary. The Spectra 9 is designed to prevent backflow so nothing should be flowing through the tube aside from air. Breastmilk flows from the shield, through the valve, and into the bottle. All those parts should be sanitized before first use and cleaned between each use thereafter.
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I didn't think so but I also didnt use it that often. The nipple itself was so long it seemed to almost choke my son. To me it wasn't much like the breast other than the sucking motion to get the milk out. Once he would suck so much winks get into the nipple it would just pour out.
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Its for the ready to feed 2oz bottles. So I would say. Its more of 0-6 month nipple.
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It has a larger opening to allow more milk through, but it all depends on the child and how well they suck on the bottle. All of these bottles make the child "work" to get their food and is the closest simulation to breast feeding which worked great for a full time working mom who nursed before and after work. Had no problems going back and forth between bottle and breast.
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If you store the milk in bags, instead of bottles, the bags are best warmed in a bowl of warm water; this goes especially quick, if you store the bags lying flat. I breastfed, and hardly gave bottles, I used my warmer a couple of times, but found it to be unnecessary. Personal preference, I suppose. I had a number of different bottles that I tried, all of them fit in the warmer. Later, I used this a few times to heat up frozen food, it worked well, but I didn't stick with it.
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Well the pump is essentially useless without some practical way of delivering air to the tank. That's what tubing and stones (or whatever spreads out the air at the delivery point) is all about. The purpose of the air delivery is oxygenation of the little fishees water.
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The tubing does not hold up well for long term use. It starts to wear in the places that you have to tape it to your breast. I was able to use it for several weeks though. I just sterilized and air dried after each use. The regular pump bottles are not compatible with this setup. This is strictly for supplemental nursing only. You have to put either pumped breast milk or formula into this special bottle.
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I pumped but you could hand express and mix and either cup feed or syringe feed. It's such a small amount you could mix with water too. If baby is on solids you could mix with that too.
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Not sure what you mean. Are you buying this new or used? If you are really concerned, buy new tubing, breast shields, membranes, and valves.
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What do you mean by connectors? If you mean the part of the tubing that hooks into the breastshield, it does. Those connectors are just part of the tubes (non-removable). I actually have two copies of this product and find it to be very useful. One thing to keep aware of is that the breast shield and bottle top is just one piece. The shields are not removable.
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It's a slow flow nipple. I stuck with this flow even as baby got older - it helped him maintain preference for the breast.
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Sure. It would be great to use while nursing :) I have 5 kids of my own and nursed them all! Come to think of it, this would have been great for that! Best wishes!
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The milk comes out from the flanges (the 'horn' piece that surrounds your nipples) and down into the bottle. The only thing moving through the tubes themselves is air.