avent bottles

[Fruitloop]

I've been using the Tommee Tippee closer to nature range (bottles, teats and electric steam steriliser). No problems here either - Alessia is happy to swap from bottle to boob without a worry. I do like the electric steriliser as it can just stay on the bench top - she has a whole heap of dummies that I sterilise at once and I also pop the breast pump in there too. I have also been advised that there is no need to sterlise bottles or the pump if all they come in contact with is breast milk, but I just like the 'extra' cleanliness the steriliser affords. I guess the MCHN will advise everyone that you don't have to spend the earth on these products...at the end of the day it is personal choice and also what your baby wants which is hard to predict if they're not here yet!

My advice? Buy a few things to get you started and once you work out what bub likes, then add to your collection. I had an MRI 3 weeks post-birth and had to bottle feed Alessia exclusively for 24 hours - we coped with using just 3 bottles all up (washed and sterlised after each use of course!)

[Janie]

Personally, I think the Avent bottles and teats are crap. I do have some that I use, but I use the Pigeon teats with them. I also hate the way the bottles leak, none of the others seem to do that. I only got them because that's what everyone else seemed to have!

If you are planning on using them in conjunction with BF I would say they are the worst. The teats are way too fast. I have had to comp feed my DS since birth, and we had heaps of breast refusal problems while I was using the Avent. Pigeon is much better IMO, with the slow (S) or variable (Y) teats. It's much easier to 'mimic' a breastfeed with these bottles and teats. I've used tommee tippee as well with no problems.