MAM ULTIVENT BOTTLES LEAKING - HELP

[tinytitch]

AFTER TRYING LOTS OF DIFFERENT BOTTLES/TEAT COMBINATIONS HAVE FINALLY DECIDED DAUGHTER LIKES MAM ULTIVENT BOTTLES AND TEATS, NO MATTER HOW CAREFULLY I PUT THEM TOGETHER THEY ALWAYS SEEM TO LEAK FROM THE BASE , WHAT AM I DOING WRONG?

have to make sure the white ring at the bottom is placed in snugly. that you screw the 2 lower pieces on smoothly. only 2 problems I have encountered.

do you push the white ring quite firmly? - i have been pushing it down with teat tongs (partner says maybe i am pushing it in too much)

yes i do. I don't bother with teat tongs. clean hands are good enough. I run my fingers around the rim of the white ring to make sure it is properly in place.

I also use fingers to put the white ring in.

Also, I screw the bottom on, then wipe the outside of the bottle dry, then tighten up the bottom (does that make sense?)

Out of 15 MAM bottles, I did end up having to throw one away as it would not stop leaking. It did take me a little while to get the hang of making sure the base was screwed on properly (and DH still not quite there yet )

Agree with everybody else. I've been using them for 8 months and I still get leaky bottles sometimes. They are very fiddly to put back together but my ds was so much happier once I started to use these bottles/teats.

thankyou for the tips - drying the bottle and tightening it again definately helped