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Avent or Born Free Bottles???
Asked by D.G. from San Diego
on December 22, 2009
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I am due to have my 2nd baby in January and I can't decide which bottles to use. I will be breastfeeding as long as possible but will still need bottles. I used Aven...
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- 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 w...
- 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!
- i think you should be conderned about plastics and should use the glass bottles.
Born Free Bottles
Asked by M.B. from San Francisco
on December 20, 2008
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Is anyone else having trouble with Born Free bottles? My son liked them at first but he seems to have a hard time now. I have to change the nipple several times before...
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- Hi M.- What's important is that your baby is eating! I have friends and family alike who have chosen all different routes or combined different types of feeding just ...
- I use the same bottle with my 2 month old son, and some of the nipples kind of suck back into the bottle when he is eating so he can't get the formula out. Maybe the ...
- Advent worked for me. I bottle fed both of my kids and they both responded well to the advent bottle.
Born Free BPA Free Plastic Bottles
Asked by D.T. from Tampa
on February 9, 2008
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Has anyone used the Born Free BPA free plastic bottles? Do you like them and if you switched after using another bottle, how did your baby take to the switch? Have y...
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- This is a big concern. This is why we have always used the Playtex drop-in liners, they are garunteed BPA free. I will attach a few sites about it, but they are safe...
- Hi! I use Born Free bottles with my little guy. I started with Avent until I saw the studies and warnings about BPA so I immediately switched. I had no problems wit...
- The Playtex drop-ins are BPA free - BPA is used to make bottles look clear. Good for you for switching for your baby's sake!
Nipple Change for Born Free Bottles
Asked by A.A. from Chicago
on December 22, 2008
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we use the born free bottles and their nipples come in stages (levels 1-3 and 2 extras). my husband and i were havinga dicussion on ifyou HAVE to change nipples.
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- I'm with your husband. Here's something to tink about going forward. The engine of our consumer economy and consumer culture is DEMAND. A lot of smart people get pa...
- You have to be careful changing up, it may come out too fast for her and she can gag on her formula. I have the 3rd level on born free for mydaycare boy, he eats alot...
- I'm with your husband on this one. I think the numbering on packages is purely marketing. Would you put your kid in 2T cloths if her 18 month fit fine, but she is now ...
Born Free Bottles
Asked by K.W. from Omaha
on May 7, 2008
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For those of you who use the Bornfree bottles - do you have problems with the nipples collapsing? I am disappointed in the ease of use with these bottles as there are...
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- I love these bottles and never had a problem with the nipple collasping. Hope everything works out for you.
- I actually work at a store in infant care and have heard of this. I have had a few mom's say the same things you just have. It is the bottles. I am hoping to call t...
- i didn't really like the born free bottles, but we love the 'green to grow' no extra weird venting parts either (one thing i hated about born-free was all the extra ...
Bottles for Breastfeeding Baby
Asked by S.J. from St. Louis
on August 27, 2010
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I am going to be breastfeeding, but I will have to return to work and will need day care to bottle feed my little one with my milk. What bottles do you recommend for ...
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- Born Free worked for us! I will also give them rave reviews, 5 stars, tell you they are the greatest, etc. but your little one may not think so. :) Whatever you do,...
- Just some food for thought so you don't stress this decision too much. Both my girls took regular palin ordinary cheap bottles. Before buying any "breast friendly' o...
- S., I used Breastflow with my daughter and she did great with it. This was a very important subject for me because my son used the playtex VentAire and over time he pr...
Bottle Nipple Sizes
Asked by B.C. from Tampa
on March 10, 2011
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Hello, Is there a specific time guide line for the specific sizes for the bottles nipples? I have dr.brown and born free set boxes, but I don't see any info on the box...
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- If you exclusively breastfeed, continuing to use the slow flow best mimics the work required to get your milk to let down and then the suction rate required to keep it...
- BF babies tend to like the fat soft nipples. try to match the flow with what yours is like. reg for "easy milk-maker", fast for "swirter/ firehose", and slow for "jaw-...
- We fed our daughter breast milk exclusively as well. We never switched to the faster flow nipples, just stayed with the ones that came with the bottles (I think they w...
Glass Bottles
Asked by N.V. from Boston
on February 28, 2008
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I'm just wondering if anybody out there use the Evenflo glass bottles. I noticed there is a new glass bottle out called "Born Free" but they are so pricey! My main c...
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- Hi N., I used the Medela pump storage bottles to freeze my breast milk- they are a bit small(80mL), but they are made of the safe FDA approved plastic (look for #5 on...
- I know that you can freeze pyrex glass. Just read what the labels say before you buy it. Remember to thaw glass in the frig, so that the change of quick temps don't c...
- hi there. Let me see if I can help. First of all not all bottles made from plastics are bad for your baby. Only the ones containing "polybicarbonate" are. In other...
Bottles
Asked by N.L. from Tampa
on July 13, 2010
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I need to buy new bottles for my baby (he is 5 months)... Currently I'm using "Born Free" brand... Any other recommendation?? These ones are OK (I'm a new mom and have...
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- No it is not normal for your bottles to leak after only 5 months, but I've never used the Born Free brand. I used the Breast Flow bottles when my daughter was very sma...
- I've heard good things about Dr. Brown's bottles. I'm an Avent fan. My sister used them for her daughter and loved them. My son just turned a year old and I'm weani...
- We also used the Dr. Brown bottles. They are wonderful. Lots of parts but GREAT!
Seeking Advice on Bottle Nipples
Asked by N.H. from Washington DC
on February 10, 2009
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I have a 4 month old breastfed baby boy. He is fed by bottle during the day at daycare. All of his bottles currently have stage 1 nipples (Born Free). Is it really nec...
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- Breastfed babies can stay on slow flow. It more closely resembles breastfeeding. My daughter is 6 mo. and has no problems with slow flow nipples. I have no intention o...
- Hey N.! I wondered about all that too with my daughter. She ended up hating the stage 3, it was too fast of a flow and it choked her all the time. The doc said to just...
- You don't have to switch them out at all unless he is getting frustrated or taking a rediculously long time to eat his bottle. My son was BF up until a year but did g...
