Specially designed baby bottles that have a system that doesn’t allow for air bubbles to trap food and exacerbate reflux problems and colic are a great way of reducing feeding problems in small babies. Baby Milk Bank, Advent Bottles, Dr Brown Bottles, Adiri Nurser, Playtex, Born Free, and Even flow Glass Nurser are just a well known few on the market. These bottles are great for breast feeding moms who are conscious of the trapped air flow associated with traditional bottle feeding. Heavy feeding bottles have been replaced by light weigh eco-friendly BPA- free alternatives.
Advent bottles have a special pump to enable breast feeding mom’s to expel milk from the breast pump for more independence. The advent bottles come in a range of sizes and teats for formula and boiled water feeding. The great thing about the newer bottles are they prevent gas and reflux and are a great tool for breastfeeding mom’s who sometimes need not to be attached to their new born on a 24/7 basis. The unique bottles also allow for dad’s to feed breast fed babies or colic babies without any fuss.
It is important for breast fed babies to have closeness to both parents and bond during feeding, burping and changing. The easily readable measuring levels on the bottles make it easy to make bottles in advance of feeding and place them in the refrigerator for later feeds. The level of water is clearly marked and generally the measurement is one measured level spoon to 1 water measurement. For example if a baby is drinks 3 fluid ounces then 3 scoops of formula is needed.
It is important not to over fed baby and if a baby is still hungry you can increase the food or buy a richer formula for hungrier babies. The latest in baby bottles mean they can be sterilised easily and quickly with
electric steam sterilizers, microwave sterilises, dish washer friendly, microwave sterilizing or water sterilizing with Milton. The Adiri Nurser is a state of the art feeding bottle which resembles the breast shape and allows babies to dual feed from the breast to the bottle with ease.
The traditional glass bottles are simple easy to use and clean but are heavy and are easily smashed. Plastic free BPA-free bottles are a popular choice for most health conscious parents. For breast fed babies a teat with a “wide mouth” simulates a mother’s breast the best for new born babies is reportedly the Born Free brand. Babies will be confused when changed from breast to formula and back so a teat that is as close in feeding terms to a mother’s breast is the best choice.
Differing sized bottles from 5oz for new born to 9oz for bigger babies with BPA are environmentally friendly practical functional and versatile. With the Born Free the level of gas expelled is on a level par to breast feeding which is great because it limits colic and digestive problem in small babies whose digestive system is susceptible to tummy upset and reflux problems. It is important to give your baby the best start in life in terms of the best feeding regime and protection for their immune system.
Babies who feed little and often are less likely to get into a proper routine of feeding and sleeping, as the sleeping routine is broken as the baby is waking hungry because of poor feeding or painful reflux. There is nothing more upsetting than a baby that struggles to feed because of pain and colic and the colic free bottles are beneficial in reducing tummy upset and colic for a hassle free feeding routine. There are numerous brands of colic free feeding bottles on the market and they are marked and graded in a points system on the internet by breast feeding and formula feeding mom’s for your piece of mind and reassurance.