Philips Avent 3 Pack 4oz Bottles
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Baby Products Reviews of Philips Avent 3 Pack 4oz Bottles
Customer Review: THEY LEAK!!
Summary: 1 Stars
These are not the cheapest bottles on the market so I was surprised to find that they leak constantly. I know that many reviewers have said that there is a specific way to assemble these bottles but in 4 months I have tried EVERYTHING and I still get leaks! After spending countless and painful hours pumping my breast milk it is very frustrating to have all of it pour out all over my daughter and me. Not to mention that these bottles have ruined many of me and my daughters' shirts and have permanently stained our couch. Another scenario that I continually face with these bottles is cleaning up formula or breast milk off of my walls and floors because sometimes they leak when I shake them for mixing purposes. Also, most of the time when I am running errands I have to run home to get more milk because the bottles leaked out half of my supply. Bottom line - you have to change your baby's clothes enough in one day without having to do so because of a leaky bottle. Save your sanity and clothing - go with a different brand!!
P.S. I just bought all new Dr. Brown's bottles and they are wonderful!! My baby actually has less gas than with the Avent ones. They are harder to clean though.
Customer Review: Breast to Bottle? No problem!
Summary: 5 Stars
These are the best bottles. I have a four-month old son who was exclusively breastfed until he went to daycare a month ago. He had no problems making the transition from breast to bottle, especially since the bottles contain breastmilk. My husband had the same leaking problem mentioned by others, but it's not the bottles. He was simply overtightening the top of the bottles. Avent addresses this issue on their website;"Why does my reusable AVENT Bottle sometimes leak?
Leaking from underneath the locking ring of the AVENT Bottle most often occurs when the 'skirt' in the base of the AVENT teat is not in the correct position. Try the following steps:
Pull the teat through the locking ring until it clicks into place. Then put the dome cap firmly on to the locking ring. Screw the assembled top section onto the bottle.
Check that the top section has not been over-tightened. This can distort or trap the anti-colic skirt which will not allow the proper operation of the one-way valve.
Wet the base of the teat before pulling the teat through the locking ring. This will ensure that the skirt will slip easily into place inside the neck of the bottle and form a seal."
Customer Review: Work great for me
Summary: 5 Stars
I purchased these bottles to be used occasionally as I am breastfeeding, for whenever I need a break or when it's Daddy's turn to feed the baby. So far they have been great. My son has no problem switching between bottle and breast. These bottles get used about every other day and are washed and sterilized after each use (with the especially for baby microwave sterilizer--great product). I have had no problems with warping of the plastic or nipples cracking. They look just like new. I also have had no problems with leaky bottles, even when they are laying sideways in the diaper bag (although I try to make sure that they don't). The only thing is that you don't end up using the newborn nipples for very long before you have to upgrade to a faster flow. But that is a given I think...
I also own the avent pacifiers which my son loves, and mine didn't have any hard edges on them.
The best way to keep any bottles in good shape is to wash or at least soak them directly after use to avoid having milk harden in them. And "Munchkin" makes a totally cool bottle brush that suctions to the sink so it is always clean and handy that can be found at Target.
Customer Review: Caused gas and increased spit-ups in my baby
Summary: 1 Stars
Our baby had some feeding problems and they were only exacerbated by these bottles which allowed him to swallow lots of air. Because he was so gassy and spitting up he couldn't eat enough at one go to sleep more than an hour or two at a time even into his third month. He was suffering and we were exhausted. Our Dr. diagnosed reflux....and he may have some...but I have to say I suspect that there are a lot of reflux diagnoses these days (seems popular ailment) that are probably actually bottle-based. The nurse at the doctor's office told me her grandchild had the same problem and the second he switched to Dr. Browns bottles he started to sleep through the night and eat well and his gas virtually disappeared...so I tried it. Within one feeding my son was noticeably better and within a day he was sleeping three times as long. He still has some gas, but I would say it has been reduced by 70 percent and now he only spits-up once or twice a day. I would have paid thousands of dollars to have the Dr. Browns versus the Avent bottles from the start as I lost 3 months of sleep....it may be that the collapsable plastic bag bottles work just as well but I haven't tried those.Customer Review: I "thought" these were supposed to be the best bottles
Summary: 1 Stars
Everyone used to tell me that Avent bottles were the best. They were supposed to give out less air and cause less gas for the baby. When my son was born we had to give him both breast and bottle. When it came to bottle time, mixing the formula was even a nightmare. The bottles leak if capped on too tightly. I've heard this from several other friends also. It leaked all over my hands and continued to do so everytime I prepare a bottle. Secondly, the hole in the slow flow nipple is actually too fast and made my newborn baby gag and choke several times. I thought maybe it was just his digestive system adjusting. But no, I noticed just letting it drip on my hand that it was flowing too fast. And if that wasn't enough, from the day we used these bottles I noticed my baby was spitting up way too much no matter how much I burped him and he had way too much gas than I thought he should. We finally decided to switch to Playtex and see if there was a difference. YES there was. He is less gassy, he eats a lot better and barely spits up. And now, there is no mess or leakage. I wouldn't recommend the Avent bottles.