I bought a pack and tried one today when I was giving him a little bit of prune juice. He got a great latch on it and seemed so much more comfortable than when he drinks from his Dr. Brown's, he almost looked like he was BFing.
Since he only takes a little juice, I couldn't check it out for long. Has anyone had problems with leaking around the collar? The nipples didn't seem like they fit too securely into it so I was worried about that. It also seemed like he sucked a lot but didn't drink too much. I am hoping they work out well, he has bottles during the day 3 days per week and we've tried a few but I always felt like we could potentially find one more comfortable for him.
Curious what others think of them - thanks!
Re: anyone use Breastflow bottles?
I tried to feed DS with one and it seemed like the flow was too fast for him. He kept drooling BM all over the place. I have since gone back to using playtex bottles with the drop ins. He does well with those.
Do you squeeze the milk back down into the bottle? DD NEVER has any left!
we use them and LOVE them. It takes DS about 15 minutes to eat 3 oz and I do have to squeese some of the milk back into the bottle if he is doing more compressing than sucking. We did have some leakage problems at the beginning, but figured out that DH was overtightening the collar.
They were recommended by a friend and my LC said that the bottle was probably the only reason DS was still latching onto me with my major low supply issue.
no... ive never squeezed the milk back in... he gets one 4oz bottle of soy in the evening, so he can bond with grandma (i live with my mom) and i dont really care if it wastes at all.... when i was working(i got laid off 2 mos ago), he would take bm from the medela bottles....... it worked for us.... good tip though...ty
This.