Is not mornal for a mostly BF baby to choke when bottle fed?

[sarahblue]

I am BF DS2 but he has one bottle of expressed BM at night. He seems to choke and take in loads of air then take ages to burp. Is this normal?

Also what are the best bottles? And do any of them have particularly slow release?

Thanks

[PeachesMcLean]

I think, and bear in mind it's a long time ago now, that you can get slow release teats, ie the hole is smaller so they don't get as much so quickly.
And, you can get bottles, can't remember the name sorry but they sell them in Mothercare, with a tube down the middle which is supposed to reduce the amount of air they get. I know people who've sworn by them, to reduce wind and colic. Hope that helps.

[1dilemma]

I really don't know sorry would kellymom be any help? (it's an American website about breastfeeding) Maybe check the teat size too.

[MuffinMclay]

Dr Browns bottles (available in Boots too).

[canmummy]

I use newborn teats with the bottles of ebm even though dd3 is 16 weeks and she seems fine with them. She still needs a lot more winding after a bottle, though so we just stop her regularly through the feed to wind. Don't know which bottles to recommend in particular, we use avent because that's what we had left from last time

[Twinklemegan]

Tommee Tippee Back To Nature bottles with a no. 1 teat worked well for us. Make sure the anti-colic valve's at the top though or the milk pours all over the place. I can't say my DS needed any more winding after bottles than breast using these. HTH.

[lucy5]

I use newborn teats, so ds can't gulp it back. Iuse nuk and chicco physiological{they are shaped like a boob, sort of}