Avent Bottle Teat Question

[bon]

You could try a cross cut teat - the flow is regulated by how hard the baby sucks, not by the size of the hole in the teat. So bub can regulate the flow of milk. I think avent have one?

[Nicambhar]

How interesting, I was just going to post the exact same issue.

Bella is thrashing about cause it's not fast enough ( I think that's the reason anyway ) but the next size up just runs everywhere and she chokes.

Now feeding time is turning into a real nightmare. The only bottle that's not a hassle is the one she has when she is still half asleep at 2am.

[[M]umma[M]ia]

i posted in our baby buddy thread but ill post here too. So is she on the 1 month or 2 month ones. 1 month has 1 hole.. 2 months have 2 holes. Mia is still on the 2 month ones.. I got a couple of the 3 month ones and she gags and choke and splutters and it goes everywhere..

[butterfly_warrior]

My 12 week old is still on the newborn single hole avent teats. With slightly thickened formula...

We tried him on the 1+ month two hole teats when he hit the appropriate age and ended up with all sorts of trouble because he wasn't sucking hard enough. His formula was basically just pooling in his throat and not getting into his stomach as he wasn't sucking hard enough to get the "valve" at the top of the stomach to open. Or that's what the lady in the chemist suggested, anyway. Going back to the single hole teats seemed to solve the problem.

At one point in time when Sam was on full AR formula we tried the variable flow avent teat... NEVER again! The hole in it was so big that the formula would just run out and it just didn't work at all.

I think we're probably ready to try the 2-hole teats again, but the results were so bad last time we're a bit reluctant to mess with what's working. Most bottles he'll get down in 15 minutes or so, but every so often he'll take 30+ minutes with one. I guess he just has lazy feeds at times.

BW

[[M]umma[M]ia]

BW - u can get newborn ones that are meant for thicker liquids. Did u know??

[butterfly_warrior]

err... no, I didn't. Which ones should I be looking for? And where have you found them?

BW

[[M]umma[M]ia]

i have seen them at the chemist. i will hunt around though and see if i can find some online for you. brb

Cant find much.