Provided that you have a microwave, these bottles made by baby brand Mam don't require any additional equipment for sterilising. You pour water into a chamber in the base of the bottle, arrange the bottle components on top and microwave for three minutes. Some manufacturers produce bottle sets including attachments such as handles and trainer spouts, which you can fit on to the bottles when your baby reaches the appropriate stage.
These aren't so much disposable bottles as disposable, sterilised bags which fit into a bottle. You put them into the bottle, fill them with milk, and throw them away when your baby has finished. These aren't widely available, but parents who are concerned about chemicals in plastic bottles and about the environmental disadvantages of using plastics often opt to buy them. Teats are made from either silicone or latex, and babies tend to prefer one or the other.
Wide-necked bottles normally only take silicone teats, while standard bottles can take either. The usual shape for a teat is either the traditional bell shape or a bulbous shape that's meant to resemble the shape of a nipple. You may need to try both to find which type your baby prefers. Some are designed to fit onto ready-made formula cartons and water bottles. The flow rate suitable for your baby is not necessarily related to his or her age.
Change the teat to a slower-flow one if your baby is spluttering his or her milk out and choking, or to a faster one if he or she is sucking hard but seems to be getting frustrated. You can also buy variflow teats which either work through increasing flow as the baby's sucking increases or by you rotating the teat and bottle into different positions. Baby bottles and teats should be sterilised every time you use them - babies under a year are particularly vulnerable to nasty bacteria, which sterilising will kill.
Before you use a steriliser, you'll need to clean the bottles and teats by hand, or in the dishwasher. There are different types of sterilisation methods: using a microwave or electric steriliser to steam bottles is one of the easiest ways, but you can also boil bottles or sterilise them in cold water with specialised tablets. Find out more about the Baby bottle sterilisers: the pros and cons of each type. Whether you feed your baby with expressed milk or formula, choosing the right bottle is important.
W Which? Editorial team. In this article Baby bottle types - how to choose Baby bottle teats Cleaning and sterilising baby bottles Top tips for buying baby bottles and teats. Baby bottle types - how to choose Standard baby bottles These narrow, cylindrical bottles are a familiar sight.
Pros Most widely available, most likely to fit accessories such as bottle coolers and sterilisers, the least expensive type of bottle. Cons The narrow neck means they can be trickier to fill than wide-necked versions. NHS Choices. Oral Health Foundation. Unicef UK. Baby bottles and teats. When it comes to content, our aim is simple: every parent should have access to information they can trust.
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Basic bottles These are the standard bottles, often narrow and cylindrical in shape. Anti-colic bottles These are pricier bottles and their design is supposed to reduce the likelihood of colic symptoms.
Wide-necked bottles These bottles are shorter and fatter than the basic ones but you can put the same amount of milk in them. What teat should I use? When should I change bottle teat size? Why is it important to sterilise bottles and teats? This page was last reviewed in May Further information We support all parents, however they feed their baby.
Show references. Information you can trust from NCT When it comes to content, our aim is simple: every parent should have access to information they can trust. Share this. Related articles. Baby First Aid Find out more. Leave this field blank. No harm at all in trying the number 2 I reckon.. But maybe worth trying it a few times si she has chance to work out how to deal with it. Good luck! Bottle-feeding When do you change teat size on MAM bottles? Bottle-feeding Should I change teat size?
Bottle-feeding Teat Size!!! Bottle-feeding When did you change to teat number 2? Im finding the whole teat thing so frustrating as ive spent so much money on them. Latley my little one has starting falling asleep during feeding and just gives up and near the end he gets frustrated. Hes only 6weeks old and on size 3 teats so im debating if i should try the next size teat. Its all trail and error with teats.
Im using avent ones, do you have any recommendations? As teats can be all different sizes like avent teats are wide. Replys would be grateful. Thanks Katie x. So I've worked in a baby department and have the knowledge about when to change teats but my son was born low birth weight so for him I had to make adjustments and that put me off guard. So 4 months on I've noticed his sucking a bit too hard on the teat.
I probably could have changed it to 3m teats by now already. However, I'll be trying the fast flow teats just so he can have his feed in a good time period rather than going off the bottle. I have tried the tommee tippee bottles and avent natural ones.
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