Avent or Born Free Bottles???

As an oral facial myologist and Breathing Educator for Buteyko Breathing, I suggest you do not use a bottle at all or sippy cups. The reason is because of the damage sucking does to the tongue and surrounding muscles. It can cause high palate in the roof of the mouth and crooked teeth. Suckling is good for using the right muscles for the right job. It helps to keep the tongue in proper position so the arches grow correctly. Also can prevent allergy and asthma symptoms later then snoring and medications for other illnesses as an adult. Check out Weston A. Price Foundation or Le Leche League for more info on breast feeding. If you have to use a bottle for a short time, use glass.

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WE love the glass born free bottles and really did not like the Avent! Good luck with your little one :)

I haven't used Avent, but have used Born Free. Didn't have any issues with gas, but they are a serious PAIN to clean. The insert thing in the middle is practically impossible to clean. You can buy their nipple brush cleaner thing and that sort of gets in there, but it breaks in record time and then you need a new cleaner. If the Avent ones are easy to clean, I'd go with them.

Good luck.
-M

I love BornFree. They've been BPA-fre all along so I just trust them more. The bottles also have an air vent that changed everything (my daughter's ear infections went away and she slept like a champ because she didn't have gas). Smaller company so if you have questions it's easy to get in touch with someone on the same day.

I used both but liked the BORN FREE glass bottles the best. "YOUR" baby might tell you which ones she likes best so I would have both on hand and see which one she likes. I consulted with a sleep expert and she recommended either of those two bottles. I will tell you that the BORN FREE nipples tend to be slightly bigger and flow faster.
Good luck!

For me, I used the "MAM" brand bottles & nipples, which you can get on www.amazon.com

It is super cute, BPA free, NO air bubbles accumulates in the bottle as the baby drinks, and it is just the greatest bottles, and reasonable. It comes in 3 packs.

I used the other brands before, but I REALLY like MAM bottles.My son, whom I breastfed, LOVED these bottles as well. He did not like the other brands.

You can also read the reviews of it on Amazon.

Good luck,
Susan

Born free worked great for my daughter-I bought one of each initially then let her decide. She drank better with Born Free. They are not difficult to clean, just pull apart the pieces let them soak in hot soapy water. I also didn't have any issues with bottle brushes when cleaning. You do have to assemble them correctly so they do not leak, I discovered I was initially closing the lid too tight & it leaked. Once I figured that out, they were fine. I tried 5 different kinds & Born Free worked best. Good luck :)

I love my Avent bottles but I've not tried Born Free.

I'd get one of each and let baby decide. My daughter definitely had thoughts on the matter. Good luck.

I love the born free bottles. I switched from avent to born free with my first daughter & found they reduced her gas. I have a two week old using them now. I breastfeed & pump...i give one bottle a day so they get used to having one.

Hi D.,

We have been using Born Free for our daughter and we love it because of its design to reduce air during the feeding (in addition to being BPA free). I hope that helps.

Best,
H.

Have you considered the Weego bottles? They come in two sizes. In my opinion, it's best to keep as much plastic away from the little people as much as possible. Congratulations~

My born free leaks like crazy!

I have loved Dr. Brown's glass bottles. I was freaked out about the plastics last year when I had to make this decision for my little man who will be one next week!! If you get these and want to do any hand washing... use the Dr. Brown's bottle scrubber... my mom broke 2 using a different bottle brush. Make sure you get the dishwasher basket for the parts. I also still had a couple of the plastic when we wouldgo to places that didn't allow glass: baseball games, college football games. Now I'm ready to get rid of the bottles and just go with sippy cups. Wow this has been a fast year!!

i think you should be conderned about plastics and should use the glass bottles.

I use born free and my little man had bad gas until I switched to them, never tried avant but am very hapy with bf!

Born Free, hands down. My daughter became a totally different baby with these bottles. Less spitting up (she spit up a ton), slept better. I have a new one on the way and have already purchased new bottles for the new baby. I wouldn't dream of even trying anything else. The Born Free sippies are great too. Anything else and my 22 month old still spits up. Not with Born Free.