How to chose bottles?

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finallypregnant · 07/02/2008 15:29

There are so many on the market and although I will start to bf, I do intend to express and introduce formula, I'd like any tips you have on which bottles to use.

I live in the Country so it is not as if I can nip to the shops easily and buy so I need to rely on internet shopping and need to be prepared.

Can you help.

Thanks.

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Marne · 07/02/2008 15:32

Tommee Tippee closser to nature bottles, they have large soft teats (as close as you can get to a breast)

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finallypregnant · 07/02/2008 15:43

Funnily enough those are the ones I am looking at just now. Thanks for your quick response!

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thefunkypea · 07/02/2008 15:45

Spent way too long messing around with Avent and Dr Brown bottles, before one of the parenting helplines suggested Closer to nature - they are the best and sorted out almost all of my dd's colicky type probs

doggiesayswoof · 07/02/2008 15:46

Avent. I also bf and got the avent isis pump as well - no complaints at all.

nappynoonoo · 07/02/2008 15:49

I use a mixture of Tommee Tippee and Breastflow bottles to give DD EBM as they are closer to the breast, DD took to them with no probs at all.

Nataz27 · 07/02/2008 16:02

I'd go for Mams they are fantastic, unlike me who had avent - spent a fortune on them, esp when it comes to buying new teats. Great at stoping colic which they can get a bit more with mixed feeding. Think they have a punp as well, but really any pump will do, just put the milk into which ever bottl suits you best. I used an old glass one that my mum had, it was fantastic and you just poured the milk into the bottle as you filled it up. Hope that helps a bit.

MrsWaggsnapps · 07/02/2008 21:42

We're using MAM bottles and teats now and born-free glass bottles, do read up on Bisphenol-A (BPA) before spending money tho.

We were using TT closer to nature but found out that they are polycarbonate and so have BPA in them (as do Avent) so have decided to use bottles that don't have this in (any glass bottles - Born Free or Nuk and polypropylene bottles - MAM, Bornfree and Babasil).

We got terribly hung up on types of bottle as DD wouldn't take milk from them but then found with her it was the temp. of the milk not the bottle that was the problem (she much prefers hot milk)

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