Philips AVENT Newborn Starter Set

 (317 customer reviews)

The bottles must be assembled the right way to ensure no leaking. I think people are experiencing leaks because of failure to read directions...

-Pull the nipple through the white collar and make sure that the little ridge is sitting on top of the collar all the way around.

-Then put the dome cap onto the white collar.

-Take filled bottles and screw the nipple on as one whole assembled unit (white collar, nipple, and clear dome cap)

-Twist the dome cap until the white collar locks. Do not overtighten. Amazing...no leaks!

When all else fails, read the instructions! All products are made differently.

Our son is ready to start with nipple #3, we haven't had any problems so far. Good luck!

Avoid nipple confusion and use avent! My 6 month old baby has been using this since he was only a few days old and there is no problem! I breastfeed, but for the first 5 days when my milk hasn't come in, I used avent. My baby didn't have a problem switching from breast to bottle at all. Even today I give him juice using Avent and my son has no problem switching.

But to backtrack to the birth of my son. The hospital bottle fed my son after taking him away from me because I had a c-section. The hospital used those Similac ready made formula that comes in their own bottle. Between that nipple and the Avent nipple my baby became nipple confused. It was a horrible experience getting him used to the Avent nipple, but once he did it was smooth sailing like I mentioned above.

Learn from me! If you plan on using Avent, bring some bottles with you to the hospital and instruct the nurses to check with you before bottle feeding your baby. Trasfer the formula to the Avent...Read more

My daughter is now 15 months and I've been using Avent since she was born. I couldn't be happier with this brand and was shocked to read a negative review! All I can say to that is these other people must not be using it correctly... Or expecting their child to take a bottle easily when they won't. Some babies won't take a bottle, and so it's always a risk if you buy a bunch of stuff at once. When my daughter was younger, she did better on the breast of course, but you have to use the right nipple for that stage. All babies are very different so the age on the package might not correspond exactly to your child. If it leaks out of their mouth, use a lower level nipple, if they suck too hard, get the next age up. The nice thing is, you save money with Avent because you can use all the same bottles all the way though the sippy cup stage, you just buy different tops. Screw the top on right and it won't leak. The reason I gave it only 4 stars was the that the last stage yellow sippy leaks...Read more