Customer Reviews

Philips AVENT BPA-Free Classic Slow Flow Nipple

5 star:		(11)
4 star:		(1)
3 star:		(2)
2 star:		(0)
1 star:		(1)

 

 

I went back to work only 6 weeks after the birth of my daughter and I believe the unique shape and anti collapse design of this nipple kept her from beconing confused and preferring a bottle.

For moms who nurse, I would not recomend more than the two hole slow flow nipples, even with an older baby. The slow flow rate makes them realize that the faster easier way to get milk is from natures source, your breast! Even with the one hole flow rate, my daughter finishes off a bottle in 10 minutes flat, I don't worry that she needs a faster flow.

If you feel that your older breast fed baby needs a faster flow, instead of going up a nipple flow, why not start him on the Avent magic cup? The unique design lets babies as young as 3 months drink form a cup. And the Magic Valve sippies fit all Avent bottles, so it's cost effective.

I am the mother of a four month old daughter and a four year old son. I am using the Avent bottles and nipples to feed my daughter expressed breast milk when I cannot be there to nurse her. The slower flow of the newborn nipples is as close to breastfeeding as one can get with a bottle, according to my lactation consultant. My daughter has no problem switching back and forth, which makes my husband's life a lot easier when it comes time to feed her! Both the bottles and the nipples are bigger and easier to wash. We have been very pleased.

This is a good bottle nipple which of course fits the phillips avent bottles. Even though this is a slow flow nipple my 3 month old baby did and still at 4 months does struggle with it on occasion for being too fast. In our case there's also a little bit of nipple preference so I am not sure that it is entirely the nipple's fault (as in not being slow enough). Perhaps in another month or two we'll revisit this review.

The avent system is designed to not totaly seal to the bottle so it can vent through the ring instead of through the holes at the business end of the nipple. They sort of relyed on the fact that you can make something liquid tight but not air tight. The problem with this is when you are shaking the bottle in order to mix the formula with the water 50% of the time you will have a leak. Also when you tilt the bottle to put it in your childs mouth you will sometimes have a small gush of milk from the ring.

I have tried several different things to prevent this. i have assembled it wet, dry, tightly, loosely, moderately, etc. but i cant seem to find a pattern with the leaking, they just leak sometimes. This is especially annoying in the middle of the night.

Update: We have been having extreme issues with these bottles/nipples. The either leak or don't vent or leak or don't vent etc. We will never buy these bottles again. And we will never recommend them.

My almost 4 month old baby loved this. Sometimes he can take the 3 size but this one is the most comfortable with.

Worked fine at first but after about a month caused the bottle to leak. Switching to the medium flow stopped the leak, but we suspect the same will happen. We have one Born Free bottle and it hasn't ever leaked.

I love the Avent bottle and their nipples are great too! I would recommend these for anyone. This is the only bottle my son will take

I was ordering this item as a gift and didn't realize that "Slow Flow" meant 0+ months - it is all right but I wish there would have been some indication in the product description.

Between playtex and Avent I pick Avent. I love style of the nipples and my baby is not gasey.

My son is picky about what nipples our bottles have on them and these are his favorite!!! They flow at just the right speed for him and although we have a few slip ups with leaky bottles every once in a while its usually because we screwed the cap on wrong and isn't the bottles fault!!