My baby coming out soon this december. But i dont know which feeding bottle i should buy. Some say avent not good as the flow is non stop, some say tupperware better as it have valve to stop the flow if the baby not suck it.

So i need some suggestion to buy feeding bottle for my baby.

Philip Avent.

I'm still surveying milk bottles too. I'm considering MAM. :-)

My wife want me to buy avent natural. But my friend said the nipple not quite good. So i try to survey other brand.

http://www.drbrownsbaby.com/bottles-access...s/bottles/glass

Dr. Brown. PITA to clean but reduces colic acid

http://www.philips.com.my/c/avent-baby-bot...ding/28511/cat/

avent natural bottle seem to work best for me. The teat his anti-collapsible as well.

This post has been edited by SnoWFisH: Oct 17 2013, 03:46 PM

i just hantam pureen can liao. cheap and good. old or scratched just throw and buy new one. can change mroe frequently than if u buy those pricey ones.

they still work the same. plastic bottle, storage from 4oz to 11oz, what else to compare ? all also bpa free. some got silkscreen pictures some dont but i dont mind and my little one also dun bother.

pls dont cheapskate with ur own baby. avent best. nice design, premium quality

I've gotten Avent, Tommee Tippee and finally Glasslock baby bottle
If possible, get glass bottle as I can rest assure when the bottle is fill with hot water first, in the sterilizer... Glass bottle don't leech chemicals out when in contact with heat
Both plastic Avent and Tommee Tippee change color after few rounds using which was put in the sterilizer

FYI: Event Avent nowadays come out with the glass version as more ppl opt for glass bottle
Even though the producer mention BPA free, but imagine what other chemical they use to harden the plastic bottle. Last time, producer use BPA to harden plastic bottle.

This post has been edited by arthurlwf: Oct 17 2013, 11:10 PM

I am using Dr Brown

Is Dr. Brown's glass bottle and teat suitable for new born babies?

I think will get avent natural 1st. When my baby grow older i will get glass bottle.

Will suggest Avent and remember to get BPA free product.

Ive tried medela calma nipple but my 1mth old daughter aint comfortable with it, she's just introduced to bottle anyway. My wife bought mimijumi brand, the 1 with breastlike cover and nipple, work as charm.

BPA free means replacing other chemicals to make the plastic hard only.

Yeap but if ur going for plastics, BPA-free is as safe as it gets for now.

Ahh...I've heard of mimijumi too! The impression does look like breast
But like not many places selling mimijumi bottles...

What about NUK? Got Electric Steam Steriliser Set as well.

Btw, do you guys knows about this - Lovely World Cloth Diaper?

My friend shared me this product today, this cloth diaper is washable, comes with natural organic bamboo & microfiber layer provide natural cool, antibacterial & soft touch to baby’s skin. Suitable for newborn babies until 3 years old. This save around RM1.8k!

Let me know if you want to find out more. My friend is distributing this cloth diaper so buy direct from her is cheaper than retail price.

My baby using MAM Bottle.. So far so good...

My girl accepts only Tommee Tippee until now at 18 months old. Bought other bottles like MAM & Avent but both rejected.

my son feed using Tommee Tippee and Avent (previous design - not the new one which look like Tommee Tippee). He seems dont have problem switching between those two

using Tommee Tippee for my son. he was rejecting bottle feeding and it was a nightmare when i had to start working again. tried many brands, cheap and expensive. finally he is comfortable with this brand. and i find it very easy to switch between breastfeeding and bottlefeeding now.

i tend to agree on this. but the word hentam might not be suitable bro

+1 for Tommy Tippee ^^

Haha.. I hope my baby will suitable with avent natural.

Silap lohh, i bought starter kit with 4 bottle inside. I should buy 1 small bottle for testing. Hmm....

My baby have been using Avent Natural Series from the start but the teats are really not so good.

Especially starting from the Medium Flow (3-hole) & Fast Flow (4-hole) teats. They kept collapsing while baby is drinking from it. I even replaced them by getting new ones a couple of times but still ended up with the same problem. The teats just gets soft and collapse easily. Very frustrating considering they are NOT cheap to begin with

Have switched to MAM since 3 months ago and all is good now

Tomi for my girl as well
Also using pigeon ppsu. Feel the pigeon is better as the flow is slower for new born

Using MAM bottles for both kids. My little one has no problem taking breast milk with MAM bottles and direct latching.

it depends on ur baby i think ahha..
i bought tommy tippee for my daughter but she rejects them.
i used the one given by medela also reject.

was hunting for playtex but it was discontinued in singapore.

at last she's willing to take NUK. Latex only.
Silicone teats are nowhere near breast-alike. guess it's more suitable when babies are older.

That's surprising considering that Natural series are suppose to be anti-collapse teats. I'm using it no problem so far.

One tip is, you have to really get your baby to latch correctly to the teat (mouth wide open, like latching to the breast). Otherwise your baby might take 15-30 mins to feed 3 oz of milk if he just sucks the nipple portion of the teat.

So far using natural series without problem. We are still using newborn 0 months teat, and my baby finishes 4 oz within 5 mins haha

I heard Tommiee Tippie are great too. There is one brand called Innosense, where the teat is actually one sided to help you to guide the milk for your baby to finish that last remaining drop of milk in the bottle.

http://www.mothercare.com/bottle-feeding/f...nosense%20range

This post has been edited by SnoWFisH: Dec 10 2013, 06:05 PM

I have five bottles different brands


Two bottles tommee tippee closer to nature
One NUK anti colic (latex)
One pigeon peristaltic

One Medela with the calma teat (got it from purchase of medela pump)

I suggest you buy one bottle first from various brands to test. good luck

I would personally recomend Dr. Brown.
Like what a member share, it's Pain In The Ass (PITA) to clean, but i felt their bottle is the best, especially for new born,.

Cause they have this extra thingy inside the bottle, like a tube & wheel, not sure what are these call, not really sure what are the functions as well,. but i believe it must serve a good purpose to be there,.

Reason i would rec Dr. Brown, it's cause after trying Tommy Tippee, Avent, Mams & lastly, Brown, here is my reason.

1) Tommy Tippee - If u guys take a look at the teat, there are shorter than most teats. So when newborn (NB) suck on the teats, the bottle gets really close to the nose and kinda like block it. I'm not saying that it will make the NB suffocate, but it might be discomfort. And 1 more things, when the milk finish alrd & the baby suck, it will create like a vacuum & he sucks in some air into his tummy before u can pull it out.

2) Avents - To be honest, Avent's bottle is nothing to shout. Reason why they are so popular it's cause their marketing strategy. The teats design is also fairly common like other teats. I'm not saying Avent is not good, i'm merely implying that they are not as good as what most people thinks/says. And ohya, when u shake/swirl the bottle, alot of bubbles will appear on the milk surface.

3) Mams - I rated Mam's bottle > Avents. Cause the their anti colic actually performs better than Avents. And less bubbles surface when u shake/swirl the bottles.

4) Dr. Brown, - This is the last bottle 1 tried & i'm still using it now for my 2 mths baby. I started with the 120ml bottles, but just bought a 240ml bigger bottles, as bb appetite has outgrown the 120ml bottles. Reason y i rated this is the best (IMHO) is cause it solves all the 3 problems that i mentioned. The teats has the right width & length for baby's comfort sucking. It doesn't produce a vacuum like when the milk is sucked to the last dropped. And it doesn't / very minimal bubbles will surface when u swirl/shake the bottles

Next i might consider trying silicone/glass bottles. My friend is highly recommend silicone bottles. Maybe cause it has better heat resistance than plastic bottles. As for glass, i might try. but maybe not too keen. Reason for glass bottle is, it might break when fall. As we all hope that we could train NB to carry their own feeding bottles, but if we using a glass bottles might not be able to realized this so soon.

That's all i've got to shared based on my bottles hopping experience. Hope that this write up will benefit somebody.

Wah you even tried medela calma ....which bottled did ur LO settled in the end?

Yeap, but it is surprising + frustrating to me though.

The Newborn and Single Hole Teats wasn't much of a problem, it only starts during the 3 & 4- hole teats. Even the replacements i bought from various different sources failed me. The ratio is like; 4:1 meaning average out of 4 new teats, only 1 is still good. The rest can practically be chucked in the bin after the first few times of use. Luckily baby has good sucking skills, she knows she had to release the teat after every few times of gulp to release the vacuum pressure before continue sucking again.

Even so, i finally decided to change brand because i couldn't bear to see baby needing to keep repeating the above action everytime while having her 8oz milk especially when she is really tired & sleepy.

Hmmm..... that's weird...

I guess we might move on to double hole teats at most, then move to spout directly after we wean her off breastfeeding.

Avent Natural was the only bottle she was willing to latch, the rest she will reject and cry and bite the nipple....luckily no interference with breastfeeding so far...touch wood!

got it for free from the breastpump set that i bought ,,i can't bring myself to spend nearly 80 for the teat only, havent used it yet since my LO is due in Jan 2014 BUT i have heard mixed reviews about it ,,, i would say 70% of parents said their LO rejected the calma teat and ended up settling for other brands (Dr Brown's,Tommee Tippee etc) ,, i will write down a review here once my LO arrives, from what i think,get one bottle each and try ,,,, gd luck

Do you plan to fully BF your LO? If you do, here's a lesson from our mistake here. No matter how low you think your milk supply is, do not feed your formula at all. Feeding formula will just screw up your milk production indirectly as the schdule, timing will be different (babies are suppose to feed little and frequently, and formula does the opposite). You will have problems playing catchup. If you need to supplement, supplement with glucose water instead.

Yeah Medela calma is expensive...Cheapest I found here was RM 95 for both bottle and teat set.

This post has been edited by SnoWFisH: Dec 12 2013, 11:14 AM

We had quite a few brands, avent medela etc...all worked fine...BUT after being put into storage (wrapped, sealed, under shade) for 4 years, i unpacked for my 2nd kid..only AVENT survived...no discolouring, no sweating, all looked like new.

Tq for the tip ,yes,i plan to fully bf LO ,hubs also wants me to BF and is 100% pro bf,just a bit concerned if family members will try to intervene and force feed LO formula when i am not around ,,, i like the texture of nuk and pigeon though, very nice and soft,medela calma seems a bit hard and the nipple is quite long,but eh,have to try and see ,, if medela calma works,i let u know

Yes...I understand...be VERY careful about LO's grandparents....they will always say your milk not enough, you want to starve your baby meh? See he/she crying cuz hungry... . Can't blame them considering that BF is highly discouraged during their generation.

Unless they are supportive of you BF (which you will need a lot of support), I advise you to do your confinement elsewhere/ at ur own home. That way, nobody but you and ur hubby will feed your baby at night, though it will be extremely hard on you.

BF is definitely a darn difficult road to take, but all the best to you!

This post has been edited by SnoWFisH: Dec 12 2013, 10:19 PM

yes true! even when i talk about breastfeeding in front of my mom,she just goes like hmmm ok la bagus la ,then she mentions about other topics ,,haih my mom and aunties,MIL too are not exactly keen on the idea of BF ( like you said, they believe FM is better,all came from the FM better for your kid timezone) but that is ok with me, if one chooses to FM,its their choice, so they must respect my choice to fully BF LO too , im doing my confinement at home but biasala malay tradition,all your aunties neighbours cousins bla bla will come over to look , and your mom wajib jaga you during confinement,, MIL will also come over ,, but very lucky HUBS is here during my confinement (hubs currently on leave)and VERY LUCKY that hubs also mulut lancang ,glad that he will be my backup , ,, thanks for the support and looking forward to join the BF journey

what brand is good for glass bottle?

we are using Avent from day 1, now my doter 3yo still using Avent. Of course we did change bottle after sometime and also the rubber nipple.

using Tommee Tippee. no complaint from me.

Using MAM, which is compatible with breast feeding.

My wife and I tried feeding our newborn daughter (Bottle train as she's gonna go back to work in 2 months) with Avent bottles... total fail. She cried and cried.

With some research my wife told me to grab a Tommy Tippee for newborns, RM39 with bottle and 0+ teat = works like a charm for my daughter.

The rubber teat is much softer in comparison to Avent's. However once she's a bit older we may switch back to Avent once she's got the hang of being bottle fed

Using avent, so far quite good and no problem.

How frequent do u change ur teat?

Nowdays most of the bottle comes in BPA free, just nid to thought about the aftermath as you need to replace the the nipple when its degraded, so it is recommended to buy bottle which you need to consider about the nipple availability, find the most standard size bottle so you can easily find a nipple replacement. I will personally suggest TS to try on Pigeon feeding bottle.

NUK and Avent for milk; Tesco bottle for water but i changed the teats to that of Dr.Brown (so baby won't choke on water)

Using NUK. Totally loving it and my baby too. It is also compatible with storage bottles.

tommee tippee.. lo only rejects the bottle when i'm around (prefers dl due to bf)

MAM anti-colic bottles

I'm sorry, but I totally disagree about supplementing with glucose water. It will have the same effect as formula. No difference at all.

To me, how to be successful in bf is to NOT HAVE FORMULA IN THE HOUSE. Before baby born, tell EVERYBODY that intends to come to where you are confined that they can bathe baby, change baby's diaper, burp baby, BUT NOBODY is to feed baby except you for 1 WHOLE MONTH. Then the first month, you do nothing but feed baby. If baby just wants to be stuck to you 24-7, buy a ring sling and wear your baby. DL DL DL DL. No pumping even for 4 weeks.

While pregnant, search for lactation consultant contact details. Call them up and ask how much they cost, what are their hours, how much to come to your house, how much for you to go visit them, where their office is, how far they go for visiting... Keep all the info with you at the confinement house.

If you need to supplement, don't give formula and don't give glucose water. Instead, take out that info and CALL ONE OF THE LACTATION CONSULTANTS YOU RESEARCHED. They will not only teach you how to increase your supply, they will teach you how to supplement with formula in a way that will help your milk production.

How to know if your baby needs supplementing? It's NOT because your baby constantly crying, it's NOT because your baby is yellow, it's NOT because your baby DL non-stop. You know your baby needs supplementing if nothing is coming out of your baby! What goes in, must come out! Measure the pee and the poo. Here's the info for enough pee or poo: http://kellymom.com/bf/got-milk/supply-worries/enough-milk/

Now back to bottles: don't buy a lot of the same type. Buy one of many types. Your baby will have their preference. I hated the MAM bottle, but after trying several types of nipples, my son refused to take anything but the MAM nipple. So I end up using the MAM nipple with Avent bottles.

hi, i think u can try those stainless steel thermal bottle set. free from plastic bottle problem like BPA etc. Somemore they keep warm for hours. I found this in an online store - they r reseller for the brand

dr.brown so far ok

TOTALLY agree and I really hope to do my confinement somewhere else for the next baby!!

MAM bottle is a good choice for babies

I think you got me wrong here. I'm not saying to supplement the BF with glucose water (it will be more harmful than formula feeding imho) during normal feeds. I was talking in the context where the mother is still in GA after a LSCS and the baby needs milk and BF is not possible (like , 6-8 hours after delivery). Instead of feeding formula to a hungry newborn, just feed him/her a few drops of glucose water since BF is not possible. The moment the mother is conscious, BF immediately. This is because the glucose water will just provide enough energy for the baby to sustain himself/herself, while still maintaining the "rejection" towards it so that the baby still prefers the mother's breast.
Hope I cleared up some of the air here. Most of the paeds and lactation consultants provided this advice and tip to help BF as sometimes the nurses pressure you to provide formula milk by telling you the baby is hungry and the mother's still in surgery. I made this mistake and my wife suffered for it. Others can definitely learn from my mistake.

And yes, correct latching technique is very very important... different babies prefer different bottles....and after my baby took the spout cup at 5 months, she rejects all kinds of nipple shape bottles. We're still using the newborn flow due to her strong sucking strength...she can finish 6 oz BM in under 5 mins

Good of you to clarify. Thank you. At the hospital is a totally different ballgame than at home, where most bottles are needed (hospitals that insist on feeding formula to newborns should feed them with droppers/syringes/spoon, not bottles), and a few drops of glucose water is a different amount than a "bottle" worth, which, since we're talking bottles, here, was what I had to assume you were talking about!

Its great for you to bring it up to correct me. It would be disastrous for others to take my work for it and I did not make it clear.

Most hospitals now feed BF intended babies with cups. Unless you make it clear that your BB is going to be exclusively formula fed and you supply the bottle, only then they will start feeding with formula using bottles.

Back to bottles....how long does your BB take to finish up the milk? Mine finishes her 5 oz milk with using 2 hole teat within 5 mins...thinking if i should move on the 3/4 hole teats....btw she's 9 months old now....

I stayed with size 1 teat until after my baby turned 18mo. Our boobs don't change, why should the bottle? Better to drink and eat slow-slow. Eating/drinking fast will lead to over-eating and obesity later.

I only changed because when I tried to introduce other milk, baby refused. I was trying so many types of milk, all also don't want. Only wanted my EBM. I switch to size 3 teat and then my baby was willing to take goat's milk. Still refusing all other milk and if mommy is around, even goat's milk cannot. Straight from mummy only.

Ya, breast-fed baby prefer teat size 1, continue using this size during baby's entire breastfeeding period

This post has been edited by tyngtyng.quek: Jun 16 2014, 11:18 AM

Hi all,

I just bought Avent Classic starter set today, found some review that Avent Natural is better than classic.

Anyone using Avent Classic for newborn? any comment?

I am a new mom to be, wandering should i change to Avent Natural.

Big fan of MAM baby here
Highly recommend MAM anti-colic bottle for new born, 80% less colic

Tomme tripper good for breast feeding... as it design to mother for both usage