THE RIGHT BOTTLE AND TEAT FOR GIVING EXPRESSED MILK

[grannieannie66]

Hi all. I am new to the board and have a question.

Have any of you mums that express ever had success with a basic babies bottle purchased from boots/mothercare etc?

It seems to me that Avent,Tommee tippee etc are so very expensive.

My friend breastfed her lo and when she expressed she simply used a basic bulk standard bottle costing 65p from Boots with no problems what so ever.

I look forward to hearing form you all,

[OutragedFromLeeds]

There is no harm in trying.

I personally found that the closer to nature bottles are the way to go with breastfed babies, but some will take a normal bottle.

Why don't you start with a cheap one and then if that doesn't work switch to a different one.

[SociallyAcceptableCookie]

I think it's a great idea to start with a cheap one because if that doesn't work you're just going to try more and more expensive ones.

[callamia]

When DS was a small baby, we tried all the bottles. Actually, the Boots own worked ok. We settled on nuk, but the slow teat when he was a little baby, changing to medium later on.

[Hedgehogging]

We use nuk with the latex slow teat too though I think starting with something cheap and cheerful is an excellent idea (she says hiding her stash of rejected Avent and Tommee Tippees )

[grannieannie66]

LO will take avent but they are a right nightmare. They are fiddly to put together and seem to leak. ive googled this and quite a few mums seem to have experienced this. it says about only lightly tightening which i do and ive also watched an assembly vid on youtube so i know im not doing anything wrong.

Any how ive purchased the cheapy boots bottle and will see what happens.

[Gracie17]

BF DD actually prefers the mothercare bottles to Medela or Tommee Tippee.

[grannieannie66]

Hi gracie17. Is this a basic bottle and teat or a special one ?