Searching for the best baby bottle

Brenda - posted on 05/18/2010

No matter what, you have to do research on what is in the bottles. There are few bottles out there that don't contain Bisphenol A. This is a carcinogen that is found in plastics. Glass bottles are great because they obviously don't contain this chemical, but if you're going to use plastic, use NUBY. They are the only ones that I have found that don't have the BPA. They are a little pricier, ($18/bottle here in Australia), but hey, I'll pay anything to keep my kids safe. Don't be fooled by the bottles that advertise that they're good for 'wind' and 'gas', ALL babies have that! I'd rather be safe now, and reduce the chances of my child getting cancer later on in life...

Dylan - posted on 05/18/2010

I love the born free bottles. My son is 9 weeks, had tons of gas and we switched his formula and bottles and he does great now. Every once in a while if I use an Avent bottle he has horrible gas afterwards.

Emily - posted on 05/18/2010

For my little one I first tried the playtex advance air ones and they leaked all the time and it was very hard for my newborn to drink nipples were either too slow or too fast so I tried NUK and abosultely LOVE them. As for your baby spitting back up it could be a mixture of the bottle and the formula. I found that once I found a bottle I really liked it was the formula in the end that was the problem. Try switching the formual in a bottle you already have and see what happenes.. Each baby have their own preferences to both bottle and formula. And to what type of formula. Good luck finding a bottle that you like best. It was a challenge.

JJanice - posted on 05/18/2010

with my experience AVENT bottles are the best. nipples are soft and follow the contour of a real breast.

spitting up is normal, its just that you need to burp your baby every after feeding. don't give too much of what the baby can tolerate. you may thought that your baby needs more milk, but the fact is your baby just want to pacify her oral needs. a pacifier is recommended.

for gas pain, constant burping is important. be sure that the nipple is filled with milk whenever the baby sucks the nipple.another suggestion is that, there are traditional oil that you can buy in asian drugstores which can relieve gas pains.

Anitra - posted on 05/18/2010

Try the MAM bottles for colic babies. My daughter was really gasey and spit up alot as well. This bottle is made just for that, reduces gas and baby takes to the nipple great as well!!

Renee - posted on 05/18/2010

Since I literary tried every bottle out there. I will have to say Avent is the best.... I only formula feed now and she is on Nutramigen because of her gas (she has a protein allergy to cows milk) I see a lot of comment for Dr Browns, sorry but those are way over priced and rated. They leak so bad after a month. The Ventair were OK but she sucked fast so the flow was to much for her. All and all she has Avent and it works great.. (just don't by the gold packaging... they leak)

Melissa - posted on 05/18/2010

I have found that the playtex bottles with the liners are the best. I breast feed my daughetr till she was about 8months and then switched to formula and those are the bottles that I found the best. She didnt get that must gas and doesnt spit up at all.

Chelleigh - posted on 05/18/2010

We use the cheapy Evenflo bottles and they have been great. We started with Avent and tried Dr. Browns but they didn't do anything different for my son than the Evenflo did. I'm sure you're doing all of the normal stuff like keeping him upright for 10 minutes after each feeding and burping every couple of ounces.... :)

Cristina - posted on 05/18/2010

My son had the same problem, AVENT bottles are by far the best out there.
We also had to change formula, we had to go from semilac to Good Start (Nestle).
The AVENT bottles with the Good Start formula worked like magic.
Good luck!

Lacey - posted on 05/18/2010

My daughter had alot of issues with gas a spitting up alot as well. The only bottles that seemed to help after alot of searching was the Dr. Browns.

Mary - posted on 05/18/2010

I've used two types for my son who also had a lot of gas and spit up. The Playtex Drop In's worked very well because you could push the air out. I had to switch his formula to Enfamil Gentle ease because there was too much iron in the regular formula for him. I tried the Playtex Advanced Vent Air and that took care of the problem. I also had to add rice to his bottle because the problem was also reflux and the rice thickened up the formula so it wouldn't come back up on him. Your pediatrician can recommend the best options for you and your baby.

Cindy - posted on 05/18/2010

My son was also formula fed and had acid relflux, was on medication for the acid until he was 4 months old. They're expensive but Dr. Browns bottles were wonderful. He didn't spit up but maybe 15 times the whole first year and helped reduce gas. These bottles are a little high maintenance but they are definitely worth it. My mother-in-law bought a couple of plain bottles by Gerber and my son spit up for almost an hour from it. I recommend the Dr. Browns very highly!

Michele - posted on 05/18/2010

What bottles have you been using, flow rate? Is your son one that drinks the entire 8oz. while his suck-swallow-breathe rate is all out of sync? I would recommend the Haberman Feeder and swap out the bottom for a larger Medula base. It allows you to know definatively your baby isn't getting air you can manipulate the flow of milk and this will help or eliminate the gas and spitting up...

Sara - posted on 05/18/2010

my daughter has reflux and is breast/bottle fed...we started using dr browns bottles and have found that to be the best thus far, little more cleaning with the small parts but well worth it, also the playtex drop in bottles are good also..hope this helps.

Sasha - posted on 05/17/2010

soothie bottles are super easy to use for formula fed babies! make sure the nipple hole doesn't get stretched out to prevent gas

CARRIE - posted on 05/17/2010

The best bottle by far is MAM Anti Colic bottles. They are easier to clean and put together than Playtex Vent-Air and they are less expensive than many of the other brands. MAM also has a wonderful line of pacifiers, sippy cups, teething rings (one has a clip that clips to the babies clothes like a pacifier clip), and tooth brushes. And they have the best Facebook fan page. They give away samples and prizes on the FB page all the time. Not to mention awesome customer service. They really care about their customers. You can go to the FB page.......http://www.facebook.com/#!/MAMbabyUSA.......or their website to learn more.....http://www.mambaby.com/?websiteLang=us

I made the mistake of using the Playtex drop ins. I would never suggest these to anyone. They worked for my sons tummy issues but, if I had known about the MAM sooner I would have never bothered with the Playtex bottles. It is such a pain to deal with the liners. They are a pain to get the right amount of liquid into because the marks on the liners and the marks on the bottles never match up. Not to mention that you have to continually pay for more liners.

Allie - posted on 05/17/2010

I have Playtex Ventaire and I LOVE them! I have also heard Dr. Browns is very good as well!

Melissa - posted on 05/17/2010

Dr. Brown's ...plastic or glass, they are awesome as long as you don't fill over the fill line!

Sofie - posted on 05/16/2010

Definately try Tommee Tippee and buy anti-colic teets. Even if he doesnt have colic it stlops them getting as much wind. My son belches luke his Dad but at least the teets help him bring it up naturally.



Also the teets are quite big so he will love them if you breastfed at one point.

Misty - posted on 05/16/2010

My Son was the same way and he was colic, I was using playtex drop in and they didnt help so i tried dr browns, there a life saver! Try them and youll LOVE them! Also try similac sensetive!

Lil - posted on 05/15/2010

I had the same problem when my son was born he got gas bad and i hardly had any sleep
so i shopped around and found one it was called the platex nurser I am not sure if you can get them in Australia I was in uk at the time 30 odd years ago
it hada plastic bog in the botle and you had to get the nurser plus the bags also the gadget to fix it all together But Boy was it worth it she slept through the night did not wake up crying pulling up his little legs in pain the best buy I ever got
maybe search the web for Playtex and see what you can find I am sure they are not the only maker of these type.s of bottles
If ever i got preggies again i wuld buy another on but that isnt likley as i am now 76
Lil Keen

Jennifer - posted on 05/15/2010

Dr. Browns are the best! I really didn't find them to be very expensive at all. You can get them at Walmart and Target as well as BRU. It seriously only took 30 seconds more to clean them. I never use the dishwasher, but soak them in hot soapy water then they clean up fast.

Gillian - posted on 05/15/2010

I love Dr. Brown bottles. They are a bit of a pain to clean, but they work great!

Nikky - posted on 05/15/2010

I use the Dr Brown wide neck bottles and the tommee tippee bottles as well and I love them both.. they are kind of pricey.. but well worth it.. Good Luck!

Lauren - posted on 05/15/2010

Tommy tippy bottles for sensitive tummys. They reduced my son's spitup by 80%. Babies r us gas them. They have an interior air release and temperature sensor too. Best by far and had tried avent, Playtex ventaire, first years breast flow, bornfree, and nuk.

Claire - posted on 05/14/2010

i would recommend Dr Brown bottles every time they were great for my little boy in helping with gas. Try feeding him upright to help with the spitting up

Amanda - posted on 05/14/2010

I tried Dr. Browns and they were ok but I switched to Playtex VentiAire WIDE MOUTH bottles and they ROCK! They are short, wide, & easy to use. Target sells them.

Janie - posted on 05/14/2010

Gerber bottles (don't over tighten or they don't vent properly).
You may need a different formula or faster nipple. My little guy is lactose intolerant and once we changed it was night and day. He was belching and farting (i thought it was my husband) and drawing knees up at times and spitting up... his poop was liquidy too. We also used playtex bottles.For venting i prefered the gerber though. good luck

Heather - posted on 05/14/2010

my son was the same way and I tried every bottle under the sun. I tried everything from dr. Browns to avent to playtex and The solution I came to was that it was his formula. I changed to similac sensitive and put it in a plain parents choice bottle and he seriously never spit up again!

Michelle - posted on 05/13/2010

I highly recommed Milk Bank. They are sold at Babies R Us and Target.com. My daughter would be up for hours screaming at the top of her lungs because of the bad gas that she had. We found these bottles and in conjuction with adding 2 drops of infant gas relief (mylicon or generic), her tummy has been much better ever since.

Jenna - posted on 05/13/2010

i love dr. brown bottles! they have a special tube inside that reduces airflow and therefore reduces the amount of gas your child gets. they work well for me!

Sarah - posted on 05/13/2010

Evenflo glass bottles

Tabatha - posted on 05/13/2010

i couldnt find any bottle to work for my daughter... so i just stuck with the playtex drop ins and i give her gas drops... and shes fine now... but teh doc browns bottles made my daughter spit up after every feeding.

Shireen - posted on 05/13/2010

Your baby is still young thus i'll recommend Dr.Brown bottles at first till about 3 or 4 months then its your preference because they get to a stage where they don't get to much winds from drinking milk thus any kind of bottle would work i used NUK & MAM bottles they helped my son with learning to hold the bottle and feed himself....

Silvana - posted on 05/12/2010

playtex vent aire

Mercedes - posted on 05/12/2010

Use Playtex Drop-Ins!! works amazing for gas and spitting! =] used even when i breastfed and now with his formula and juice! Hope it helps!

Glory - posted on 05/12/2010

Not sure if it has been mentioned yet, but "Green To Grow" bottles are great! Anyone who has had problems before, have switched and baby does very well with this bottle. My daughter uses them (I pump when I work 2x/wk), and has taken the bottle since 5 weeks old. Good luck!

Kelsey - posted on 05/12/2010

My daughter was the same way. I switched her to thePlaytex drop-ins and after a week she didn't have gas or get sick

Jennifer - posted on 05/12/2010

AVENT

Amanda - posted on 05/12/2010

Glass bottles, but if he's spitting up every time you feed him try switching his formula. It could be the formula thats making him spit up not the bottle.

Brittany - posted on 05/11/2010

My son took to the Avent and the Nuk bottles the best and he hardly ever spits up since we switched bottles.

Sandra - posted on 05/11/2010

Playtex drop-ins The liners are a lil pricey so I go to wal mart and get the "parents choice" brand for a lot cheaper. (I actually prefer the "parents choice" brand better anyways)

I tried NUK, Avent, Dr. Browns, and Born Free...but I n oticed less gas with the drop ins.

Ashley - posted on 05/11/2010

Dr. Brown's helped my son with his gas problems. But if I were you I would just buy a couple different ones and see how you like them or ask your doctor.

Tashina - posted on 05/11/2010

when i use a bottle i use avent they are designed to help with gas colic etc

Chelsea - posted on 05/11/2010

the Born Free bottles or the Dr. Browns.

Jacqueline - posted on 05/11/2010

I like Playtex Vent-aire. You can actually hear the air coming out the bottom while the baby is sucking, so you know it's not going in their tummy!

Sarah - posted on 05/11/2010

We like the playtex ones with the disposable liners. My son was always really gassy and spit up often, but he got less air with the disposable liners. Make sure you burp him a few times during the bottle. It passes with time.

Joanne - posted on 05/11/2010

Tommee tippee closer to nature, work great for me. I used this when moving my baby from breast to bottle. I have never had a problem with excess wind

Ashley - posted on 05/10/2010

I love playtex drop in bottles. You do have to buy the liners a few times a month but they are pretty cheap. To get the air out use a rolled up magazine and push the air out it works great,.

Elysia - posted on 05/10/2010

when i switched from bf to bottles i went with the tommee tippee closer to nature bottles, they r very similiar in size and shape to a breast and the teat mimics a nipple, it also has an anti colic valve to stop them sucking air, and its bpa free so safe for baby. Maybe you could try switching formula as well he may be reacting a little to an ingredient in the one u r currently using.