Podee Users

parkit2010

My boys are 6 months and we just attempted the podee bottles for the first time this weekend with no success. It seems like their sucking pattern pushes air into the tubing rather than sucks the milk up. Any suggestions? I am trying them because we are traveling each weekend, spending about 8 hours in the car round trip to visit my terminally ill MIL. I was hoping the podees would leave us a little more flexible about when we can be on the road, rather than having to time the travel around feedings. Of course I sat in the back of the car with the boys to make sure there was no problems like choking, spit ups, etc. Thanks!

floridakat

Did you prime the nipples for them by giving them a squeeze or two? Other than that and making sure tubes are all firmly attached, I don't know what to tell you. HTH!

AggieGrl

I tried one with DS and never had much success either.  It's like the bottle was creating a vacuum.  DS didn't seem to suck hard enough to keep the milk flowing.  By the time he was old enough to get the hang of it, he could hold his own bottle.

Babsie7

I usually get it started by sucking some milk up into the nipple. I also found that using the next nipple size up helps (for us that's a dr browns #3) because it does take more sucking power. Good luck!