What Are the Best Baby Bottles?

[Luke25]

I agree but I think soy is worse.

Yeah I think so too. They don't even recommend it for milk allergy babies. They say to use the hypoallergenic formula (nutramigen)

[laundrymom]

I've found that spitty babies are often helped by increased tummy time. Anyone else feel this way?

[Leigh]

Yeah I think so too. They don't even recommend it for milk allergy babies. They say to use the hypoallergenic formula (nutramigen)

I've seen doctors recommend that a lot. Nutramigen still contains casein, though, and the kids still wound up going to soy. The hypoallergenic formulas just have hydrolyzed proteins (making them easier on the system), but there are still milk products in there. Soy is the only thing that has worked for my own and for my daycare babies with milk allergy.

[Crazy8]

Dr Browns were the best for my gassy son but I hated all the parts involved so when he was about 6-7 months old and I thought maybe the gassiness was resolved I went back to our old bottles (playtex) and it was horrible - 2 days back on dr. browns and he was a happy boy again so we dealt with the parts until he was off bottles!

My daughter was a bad refluxer, to the point that she was FTT. We went through 5 different formulas (including Soy) before finding that Alimentum was the best for her. She is 17 now, has no milk allergies at all. Funny at the time we never really even thought to change her bottles and don't think Dr. Brown's were even around back then.

[Play Care]

I did soy with older dd who I believe has a dairy issue (when I mentioned it to the ped at the time he dismissed it ) Anyhoo, this was before all the soy fall out and I would have avoided it had I known. It's now referred to as a "last resort" formula because of the side effects, which include precocious puberty in girls and breast development in boys.

Thankfully dd seems to have suffered no ill effect, she's 11 and typically developing. Both of my nieces who also did soy started developing around 7/8 and both had their periods by 10. Too young!

[Alwaysgreener]

I did soy with older dd who I believe has a dairy issue (when I mentioned it to the ped at the time he dismissed it ) Anyhoo, this was before all the soy fall out and I would have avoided it had I known. It's now referred to as a "last resort" formula because of the side effects, which include precocious puberty in girls and breast development in boys.

Thankfully dd seems to have suffered no ill effect, she's 11 and typically developing. Both of my nieces who also did soy started developing around 7/8 and both had their periods by 10. Too young!

My nephew who will be turning 11 soon was put on soy by his mom because he spit up. Soy reeked when he spit up and the spit up got worse. So they decided (sil and mil, well mainly mil) that he at 2 months needed cereal in the bottle, one scoop lead to more, which lead to cutting the nipple to let all the thick cereal to come out. He still spit up and it still reeked, it just got worse. ugh.
They used just plastic basic bottles, no thrills.

[Blackcat31]

I've found that spitty babies are often helped by increased tummy time. Anyone else feel this way?

YES! As a matter of fact, I have noticed this.....

Over the last several years I have completely ditched all baby equipment. I use ONLY a crib for sleeping and a high chair for eating. Other wise it's the floor and LOTS of belly time.

I've had breast fed and formula fed (a variety of formulas) and a mixture of BF and formula fed babies and I've definitely noticed less spitting up compared to past years.

I DO think tummy time plays a big role in that.

[renodeb]

I have had the most success with the advent bottles. I have had a few re flux babies. I actually like the Dr. browns bottles.
Deb

[Rockgirl]

I think Dr Brown's are great. However, I sure wish they'd print the oz marks on the side, rather than just have them raised. My 46 year old eyes have a hard time reading them!

[Leigh]

I think Dr Brown's are great. However, I sure wish they'd print the oz marks on the side, rather than just have them raised. My 46 year old eyes have a hard time reading them!

The old ones (with BPA) have them printed on the side-SO much easier to read!

[mommyneedsadayoff]

I've found that spitty babies are often helped by increased tummy time. Anyone else feel this way?

I agree. Tummy time is key. Parents will ask or complain to me and I sort of sound like a broken record..."tummy time"repeat, repeat, repeat. ::

I have had the most success with the advent bottles. I have had a few re flux babies. I actually like the Dr. browns bottles.
Deb

Advent is the only bottle I have ever used. Bought my own stash for daycare because I love them so much. They use to have a leaking issue, which I got around, but I think the newer ones seem to not have that issue as much. They are the type of bottle where you don;t screw the lid on too tight or you get leakage. Regardless, I love them and they are so much easier to clean that browns!