NUK bottles

prettylilmuffin

so i finally found a bottle my baby can properly latch onto (NUK bottles). she latches onto it and gets nothing out of it, though. it was even medium flow (she uses slow flow). i called their customer service & they said they'd never heard of this problem, tho i see it in some of the reviews online.

anybody familar with these bottles and know why my 8 week old wouldn't be able to get the formula out? the flow is fine when i tip it upside down. 

Dreamsicle23

The medium flow is still 20x slower than any slow flow nipple.  I have no idea how anyone successfully uses these bottles.  Also, the nipple has to be facing a certain way.

TwinsMama08

the one NUK bottle i have has to be facing a certain way to work. theres like a symbol on the nipple that says airflow or something and that has to be almost touching the babys nose.

Legally Nads

my DS has been using the NUK bottles since he was 1 week and he's 12 weeks now and still uses the slow nipple. The flat side should be against the baby's tongue.

prettylilmuffin

as ridiculous as it sounds i was thinking of trying the fast flow. i think it's supposed to be easier for breastfed babies because it's harder work to get the formula out i guess? but like... i don't understand how in the world she can't get any at all. i've been putting the vent the right direction but maybe i'm not sticking it in far enough?

grrr i'm frustrated because her latch is so good on these, and it sucks on every other bottle. 

TwinsMama08

maybe try gettting a similar bottle but a different brand, see if that works.

jenny730

I use these bottles and noticed that she wasn't drinking from them when my sisters were feeding her, but was sucking away. My DH noticed that it was because when we feed her we have her in more of a "sitting up" position where as my sisters had her in a more of a "laying down" position, when we positioned the baby in my sisters arms then she drank better. Maybe that will help.

prettylilmuffin

thanks so much for the input. i have actually tried to find a similar shaped nipple but all i can find is the playtex ortho, which i can only actually find online. : i'm gonna try sitting her up and i'm also gonna try the faster flow, just to see what happens. cross your fingers for me because this would reduce her gas big time!