Is it just me who thinks this is kind of...well...odd?

[marthamoo]

boob shaped bottle

(at least they don't come in a selection of skin tones...yet!)

[DaddyCool]

must get me one of these though i might get complaints at work whilst drinking my coffee out of it in the morning.

[Lizzylou]

Very sensible idea, DS was beastfed but did have a nighttime bottle, this would have been ideal...
I think they look really good, I wonder if you could put them in your bra and use em as falsies as well??

[oliveoil]

beastfed

I think they are a good idea. May get a few weird looks off people but hey ho.

[norash]

Bull!

[fairyfly]

I think it is good for the baby and would work well


but...........


you kind of know men who wear nappies will buy them

[popsycal]

i am desoerately trying to get ds2 ti take a bottle of any shape or form and may end up resorting to one of these
what is wrong with them?

[popsycal]

crossed posts with ff - you are right llol

[SleepyJess]

I think they seem a great idea! I can't see a downside - unless anyone would seriously think that using those bottles would be a good substitute for bf.. which obviously nobody would, surely!

Good for feeding epxressed milk too, maybe?

How could something be seen as less than ok just because it is 'breast shaped'... it's not for any pervy reason after all!

SJ x

[Tinker]

Think it's quite cute. Could always use it afterwards as safe implants

[Caligula]

Safe implants, are you kidding? With nipples like that, you could have someone's eye out!

[chipmonkey]

Marthamoo, I have one of these. The baby does have to suck in the same way as they do on a breast. It did fool ds3 for a few minutes but then he would cotton on and scream blue murder at being duped! tbh when he wouldn't take a bottle, I would have tried an inflatable version of myself if I thought it would work.

[IlanaK]

I used those with my ds2. He was fully bf for 6 months before weaning onto solids and nis still bf now at 13 months. We used it for expressed milk occasionally. I think they are quite good actually!

[chipmonkey]

LOL at Daddycool drinking coffee from it!

[edam]

Have to admit my first reaction was 'yuck'... but if it's useful for some babies then I might even try it if we have a second and go down the same route of mixed feeding (breastfeeding plus one bottle a day).

As for the claim that it will help breastfeeding/mixed feeding ho ho ho. That's what all the formula manufacturers like to claim - look at the cans of formula and they all say suitable for breastfed babies (last time I checked anyway) because formula manufacturers really want to promote their product and really want to promote mixed feeding to breastfeeding mums, especially new mums who are more likely to end up wholly bottlefeeding than people who have established breastfeeding. That's not having a go at bottlefeeding mums, that's merely pointing out that manufacturers make exaggerated and unsubstantiated claims to persuade us to buy their products.

[wordsmith]

Edam... wow, really? Do they? Well I never.

Bottlefeeding is not a crime and formula manufacturers are not weaving a conspiracy to deny babies thier rights. why does every thread about it have to turn into ff-bashing?

[geekgrrl]

I bought two of those four years ago when trying to convince a tube-fed dd who had, pre- heart surgery been exclusively breastfed and then after surgery was left with a condition which meant breastmilk would kill her, to take a bottle. Didn't work though! She wouldn't be tricked.

I don't think they're weird. I think bottles that can be held by baby are weirder

[edam]

I've no problem with manufacturers playing fair and being honest about what their products do. I do have a problem when they mislead people about the proper uses of their products, try to trick people into using them, exaggerate the benefits or even hide relevant information. Not a huge problem with shampoo (unless you are including ingredients which are going to irritate people's eyes or skin) but potentially very damaging when you are talking about medicines, for instance. And because of my job, I know some of the less honourable things that pharmaceutical companies get up to; and what formula companies get up to.
As I said, I did use formula milk for ds, partially, and I have no problem with bottlefeeding at all. I do have a problem when formula makers make exaggerated or misleading claims for their products. Spent too long working in consumer organisations not to spot dodgy claims a mile off!