The bottle that's like a breast?

[villa]

Has anyone tried them? They seem strange & I just wondered what they were like.

[Marina]

Well, when I needed ds to take a bottle when he started at nursery, they were the only ones he would take. If you mean the Playtex System, I can definitely recommend them.
They use disposable liners (= expensive) and the latex teats go all blotchy and hard if you steam sterilise them, but IME they are brilliant if you want to give your baby a bottle but maintain breast-feeding at other times.
If have been f/f from the start I don't think Playtex is worth the hassle tbh. They are also only stocked in independent pharmacies.
Dd, for whom the same situation applied, hated them, mind . The only thing she would take, of course, was a discontinued soft spout from Boots. If it had not been for LadyTophamHatt sending me her spares we'd have been in deepl trouble

[villa]

thanks for the recommendation Marina - sounds really good.

I'm thinking what to move to & a friend said she'd heard about a bottle that was rounder at the top so the baby would think it was breastfeeding.

I might look out for a cup type thing as this would be good.

[Marina]

Depending on how old your baby is villa I would definitely try a really soft spout first Much less faff. But I am a huge fan of the Playtex system and it is always worth a go!

[geekgrrl]

I think villa means something called the breastbottle - it really does try to look like a tit and is completely made of soft plastic.
We've tried it and it's just gimmicky - really not worth buying IMHO.

[villa]

geekgrrl - this must be it. I've not seen them in the shops but I've not really looked for bottles yet.

[Marina]

Must admit "really does try to look like a tit" has made me smile. I think I remember seeing ads for this product come to think of it!
I got a lot of jokey heckling from my postnatal "support" group when I whipped out my...Playtex bottle

[villa]

Marina

Have never seen anyone using one!!

[RTKangaMummy]

11 years ago when DS was a baby we used PUR UNA bottles they were like a breast shape

[lemonaid]

Agree with geekgrrl that the breastbottle is more of a gimmick than anything else. Or, at least, DS was never remotely interested in it.

[villa]

Thanks RTKanga & lemonaid - I've not seen the pur una bottles but will keep a look out

[Olihan]

What about the Tommee Tippee Closr to Nature bottles? Have only seen them in Mothercare and have never used one but the claims on the box are impressive!!!

Blooming Marvellous and JojoMamanBebe do the breast shaped bottles - check out this .

[Bluebear]

I recommend the playtex system too - tried every type of bottle/teat that I could find when breastfed dd started nursery and she would only take the playtex one - it is odd to look at though.

[villa]

thanks olihan - looking at the link I think it's these ones. Wonder what they mean about max breast capacity for a feed? - I thought breastmilk just kept being made rather than having a limit on it. My little one can feed for a long time so I don't know if he'd get enough from these bottles.

[villa]

Thanks bluebear - they sound good

[milward]

breastmilk doesn't have a limit on supply when your baby feeds. You'd have to refill the bottle if your little one wanted more iyswim.