The concept:
Dr Brown's Natural Flow bottles are designed with a whizzy-looking internal vent to combat those pesky air-bubbles that occur whether
you're giving your child formula or expressed milk. As well as possibly exacerbating colic, gassiness after feeding can cause your baby
digestive upsets and affect sleeping.
The vent reduces the gas and doesn't create a vaccuum, so even when your baby is sucking ferociously, she won't get a pressure build-up in
her ears - useful in that first year when teething, sniffles and day to day growing can often result in runny noses and blocked heads for
babies.
In keeping with the Dr Brown 'natural' experience, aimed at getting as close to breastfeeding as possible, the silicone teat is a softer suckling option
than the usual silicone ones.
In action:
This bottle is pretty user-friendly, although you do feel you need to really rinse out the vent thoroughly.
When you're just feeding the odd bottle because you're part-breastfeeding, or if you only use a bottle for those times when your expressed
milk is used and you are out, then these are a lovely choice. However, you can't fit many into a steriliser and if you're on a full-on bottle
regime, you might find that having to wash and sterilise a few without being able to do them all in one go, is a hassle.
We found the bottle didn't drip as much as some others do, which was great because it doesn't leave babies with a big wet patch on the
chest of their clothes. It also seemed to go down well as there wasn't any spitting-up afterwards and the burping was efficient and painless!
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The ThinkBaby verdict
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Fiddly but designed with baby's interests at heart.
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Usability: | 3/5
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Quailty: | 5/5
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Value: | 3/5 |
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