Best Baby Bottles for Traveling
Traveling with a baby can be challenging (to say the least), especially when they’re still in the bottle-feeding or breastfeeding phase. Choosing one of the best baby bottles for traveling can save you and your little one from unnecessary stress and discomfort, so read on to learn how to find a bottle that suits you both best.
Do I Need Baby Bottles for Traveling?
Baby bottles are one of those diaper bag essentials that every mom should pack when leaving the house with a little one. Even if you’re breastfeeding, it’s a good idea to keep bottles of pumped milk on hand when traveling.
There are many baby bottles that serve different needs, but which ones are the best for traveling? This is an overview of today’s best baby bottles for on-the-go parents. If you’re also on the lookout for a diaper bag, we have some of the best and most stylish options, so check them out!
Types of Baby Bottles
Whether you’re feeding your baby infant formula or breast milk from a bottle, your little one will need some time to learn how to drink from it. You’ll also need some time to adjust to a bottle routine and learn everything you need to know about feeding your baby from a bottle.
To begin with, familiarize yourself with the types of baby bottles and the most common features to look out for in the following guide.
Regular
Regular or standard baby bottles are inexpensive, making them easy to dispose of. While they come in all shapes and sizes, their narrow necks are their most distinguishable characteristic. However, these bottles are more difficult to clean and can lead to colic due to their tendency to capture too much air while feeding.
Anti-Colic
Science and innovation have made anti-colic bottles a widely available option. This type of bottle comes equipped with a mechanism that keeps extra air from entering the bottle, helping to combat uneasy and unpleasant feeding experiences. This feature makes anti-colic bottles an ideal option for traveling as they help reduce the chances of your little one having stomach issues in the middle of a trip. Their double venting system also makes them easier to clean.
Features to Look For
Whether you want to use regular or anti-colic bottles, there are a few basic features you should look out for to ensure you’re choosing a quality bottle:
Pumping Compatible
There are countless reasons why new mamas choose to breastfeed over bottle feeding, but the reality is that sometimes you may want a break, especially while traveling. Whether you choose a bottle that attaches directly to a pump or is designed to store breast milk, some sort of pumping compatibility is a feature you’ll want to look out for.
Venting System
When babies swallow air through a bottle, it gets trapped in their digestive tracts, causing gas and other uncomfortable digestive issues. One way to avoid this is to choose a bottle with a good venting system.
BPA-Free
BPA is a harmful industrial chemical that’s used to make plastic. Whenever you choose any plastic vessel for food and beverages, you should make sure they’re BPA-free.
Easy to Wash
With newborns requiring 8-12 feedings a day, you can end up with a lot of bottles to wash if that’s how they’re eating. Make your life a little easier by choosing bottles that are dishwasher-safe and have a simple design without a lot of nooks and crannies to trap milk in.
Measurement Marks
Infants’ tiny tummies alone make feeding feel like a science, and it becomes especially important to pay attention to how much they’re drinking if they’re having any digestive or health issues. Choose bottles with accurate measurement marks to easily keep track of how much milk you’re producing and how much your baby is drinking.
our story
Fawn Design
Jenny Wecker, founder and CEO of Fawn Design, has always embodied an entrepreneurial spirit. When Jenny was five years old, her mom—a talented seamstress—taught her how to sew and gave Jenny her first sewing machine. At that young age, Jenny would spend hours designing and sewing clothes for herself, her dolls, and even the family dog. Little did Jenny know that her love of sewing would one day lead to a woman’s lifestyle brand and a booming bag business.
In her early 20s, Jenny was working as a dental hygienist, living in a one-bedroom apartment with her husband, Cole, and pregnant with their first daughter. After a friend mentioned that she couldn’t find a diaper bag she liked, a light bulb went off for Jenny and she got the idea to make a different kind of diaper bag—one that was as fashionable as it was functional. She designed the bag with a minimal, modern shape, an easy-to-open half-round zipper top, and comfortable backpack straps. She chose premium faux leather, which offers a luxe look but is animal-friendly and easy to clean, and added stylish gold hardware details.
When Jenny sat down at her sewing machine and made the first stitches on that bag, she was stitching together the beginning of the brand’s signature style: the Fawn Design Original Bag. The bag was a huge hit with Jenny’s friends, and she was bombarded with requests for more. And with that, Fawn Design was born.
Flash forward a few years, and the lineup of signature Fawn Design bags now includes the Original, Mini, Tote, Weekender, Drawstring Bag, Circle Bag, Fawny Pack, and an array of accessories from keychains to stroller hooks. The Fawn Design brand continues to grow: New products are always in the works and new colors are released twice a year as limited-edition Fall/Winter and Spring/Summer collections. Jenny no longer sews each bag by hand—as she did late into the night, every night, during her first year of business—but her original designs and her focus on quality and attention to detail remain.
Today, all Fawn Design bags are ethically produced in China by a team of women and mothers, much like ourselves. Fawn Design bags are made of high-quality polyurethane faux leather with no BPA, PVC, or lead.
Between raising her two young daughters and running Fawn Design, Jenny’s days are full of love, gratitude, and hard work as she balances her role as a mom and a business owner. She pours her heart into every aspect of Fawn Design, from customer service to new product launches. She continues to focus on making innovative products that are accessible to women all over the world. Her mission with Fawn Design is to empower women from every walk of life and to create products that embrace and celebrate every stage of womanhood.
our customer
Embrace every moment
Our customer is a modern, effortless woman who embodies a sense of personal style, a passionate spirit, and a curiosity for travel and adventure. She wants to live life to the fullest and embrace every moment. She spends her days juggling many different roles—mom, wife, boss, friend—but she isn’t defined by any of them. Maintaining her unique identity and style are important to her. She spends a lot of time caring for her loved ones and the people around her, but she knows how important it is to also take care of herself. To her, Fawn Design is a bright spot in her day and a place where she can shine—a place where she can be herself, feel her best, get inspired, and feel supported.
Fawn Design offers her a sense of belonging and a sense of self-worth.
