Dr. Brown's 8 oz. Natural Flow Wide Neck Bottle, 3 Pack
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Baby Products Reviews of Dr. Brown's 8 oz. Natural Flow Wide Neck Bottle, 3 Pack
Customer Review: America's Next Top Bottle
Summary: 5 Stars
When our youngest daughter was about 4 weeks, she started taking the bottle full time. We'd used the Playtex Vent Aire bottles with my older daughter, so didn't hesitate to try them out with her. They were awful. When she was awake she was only happy for what seems like minutes, then she would start crying and passing loud gas. The nipple literally was so slow it would take her a half hour to an hour to finish 2 ounces and she would fall asleep only to wake up a half hour later screaming for the rest of her bottle! It was insane. I literally bought one of each bottle on the market (Avent, Evenflo Comfi, Playtex Vent Aires, to name a few) to try out with her in hopes of relieving her pain and making us BOTH happier. When I tried these bottles (finally, after 3 weeks of "bottle trials"), we knew we had a winner. My daughter was like a changed baby! She was happy after a feeding, and it literally took half the time it took her to finish any other bottle. The first night she slept through the night 9 straight hours. She's been doing so ever since. I can't believe what a difference these bottles have made in my baby. Who would think a bottle would make such tremendous changes in an 8 week old? I certainly didn't, but now I'm convinced. I will never use another bottle for my baby, or future children for that matter. The Dr. Brown's are worth every penny. The cleaning of the extra parts is NOTHING. I would wash 15 extra parts for a baby as happy as mine. I love the wide-neck bottles too, the nipple is the perfect shape and flow. The Avents have a similar nipple but my daughter would dribble out the sides of her mouth and suck in tons of air. She ended up gassy and covered in formula. It sucked! Dr. Brown's alleviated this problem completely. Hooray for Dr. Brown's!Customer Review: For me and my baby, this was the best!!
Summary: 5 Stars
Hi,
I have no idea if these bottles help a colic/gasey baby. My baby was never like that. I considered these bottles because I hated that my son had to suck till he could suck no more then let go of a nipple so air could back into a regualar bottle. So I started looking for a bottle that didn't have nipple collaspe. First we tried Playtex. They worked but were extremely hard to mix powdered formula in because the liners held exactly 8 oz (also expensive liners). Then I switched to Avent, thought it was my dream come true bottle. Until they started leaking no matter how I screwed on the ring. I finally figured out the problem, the skirts on the nipples warp after very little use. So I ended up constantly buying new nipples and never knowing when we would get a whole bottle dumped on us. So then Dr Brown came out with these wide neck bottles. After some reading the directions and trial and error; this is it: The Bottle for Us!! This is how we did it; you can't use the valve while mixing formula or warming or the bottle will leak. So water goes in the bottle and just the ring, nipple and cap get screwed on. The valve goes in a zip-lock bag. About ten minuetes before the bottle is needed. I but the formula in the bottle in and shake. In about ten minuets all the bubbles are down and I incert the valve and feed. No leaks. I have an aunt who premixes her formuala in two days worth of bottles and puts them in the fridge ( once again leaving the valves out). Then she gets them out, swirls a little, takes off the top, microwaves for 30 secs, incerts valve, checks tempreture and feeds. No leaks either. The only time I have ever had a leak is when I mixed or heated formula with the valves in which the directions say not to do. Like I said this is what works best for us.
Customer Review: Great bottles, especially for reflux
Summary: 5 Stars
Pros:
Durable, Easy To Clean, Easy To Use, No gas from bottles, No leaks
Cons: Some people feel that the extra parts with the vent, etc. are hard to clean. (Maybe it's because I work as a vet tech and clean a ton of little tiny parts and things with lots of nooks and crannies after every surgery we do, but I don't find the cleaning of these bottles to be that big a deal-it's really only a couple of extra seconds, and you can use the dishwasher if you want...)
These are great bottles, whether using the regular or wide mouths. My baby tends to gulp when she gets a bottle, and these bottles have been great-she has never ingested any air from the bottles themselves, which greatly reduces her gas. (She is mostly breastfed, but these are great for breastmilk or formula when I can't be with her.) The wide-mouths are more like a breast, too.
I don't find that the extra parts are really that big a deal to clean, even if you don't put them through the dishwasher. It's totally worth it anyway to not have air in the bottle. I especially like that you can get regular sized-bottles, or, my preference, the wide-mouths (we use both).
They also don't leak at all!
The bottles are durable and nice-looking, too, and come with three different nipple types each (Level 1,2 and Y-cut) as well as a little pipe cleaner to clean the vent holes in the special inserts. I felt they were reasonably priced almost anywhere I looked; CVS even keeps a few styles in stock.
I'd recommend getting either the Dr. Brown's cleaning brush, or I really like Munchkin's bottle brush with the nipple brush that hides in the big brush's handle for cleaning the rest of the bottle...
Customer Review: These bottles work
Summary: 5 Stars
I had read reviews on all of the different types of bottles while I was pregnant because I wanted to get the best kind for my baby. Dr. Brown's had the best reviews so I put them on my registry. After first using them I thought that they didn't work because my baby kept really bad gas all the time. She pretty much did nothing but cry in pain for the first month. So, thinking that the bottles didn't work, we switched to the Avent bottles, but she still had gas all the time. Finally our pediatrician suggested switching her to a soy based formula. This made a difference, she wasn't nearly as fussy as before, but she still seemed to get gas often & when she did get it she would scream until her little face turned dark red. So, we decided to try the Dr. Brown's bottles one more time, since it had seemed that the biggest problem was that she couldn't tolerate the formula she had been on in the beginning. Since switching back to the Dr. Brown's bottles we haven't had a problem with her having gas anymore. I have had no problems at all with these bottles leaking. In fact just the other day I had a bottle in the diaper bag & it was in the bottom of the stroller, when my sister was putting the stroller back in the trunk she forgot the diaper bag was there & folded it up in the stroller. We didn't realize this until we got home, & when I got it out the diaper bag had been turned upside down the whole way home, but none of the milk had spilled or even leaked from the bottle. However, the Avent bottles leaked terribly!!! Once, I packed one in the diaper bag to take to my mother's house, & when I got there half of the formula had spilled out! We only use Dr. Brown's bottles now, & I would recommend them to anyone.Customer Review: Want to sleep through the night better? This is the trick!!!
Summary: 5 Stars
6 stars at least!!!!****My second daughter was born perfectly healthy except she has a lot of gas and fussiness when feeding. I am sure that she will get better in time, however, this will help tremendously. After 5 weeks of trying different things, I purchased the wide neck nipple Dr. Brown bottle in the 4 oz size. Not only did she finish the entire 4 oz rather quickly, but she did not fuss, burp as much, and I had to feed her another 1-2 ounces. She was so satisfied that night that she slept from 130am to 730am. Now that is what I call, a return on investment. They are much more expensive than other bottles, however, you will be satisfied. Purchase the wide neck bottles and nipples if you are going to supplement with breastfeeding, otherwise, purchase the regular bottles and nipples. As for prep work, stick it all in the dishwasher and purchase a lot of bottles. As for the leaking issue, it is just like other things. Some people get a dud of a part here and there. Dr. Brown sells different parts separately so just buy those parts separately and chances are you will fix your issue. As far as Advent bottles, I used them for my first daughter and I thought they were the waste of money. No ventilation for gassiness and no benefits. They are just made in England and have a good reputation. So if you are using those bottles, don't get caught in the "aura". Now the only thing I wish is that they had a "Huge" multipack set with many bottles in the "wideneck" version. I can only find the 3 pack, but the 4oz bottles will now change to the larger 8oz for sure. Dr Brown, please make a multipack wide neck with 8oz bottles with at least 12 bottles with xtra nipples included in all sizes including the ycut.