The First Years 3 Pack Breastflow Bottle, 5 Ounce

Product Review

Breastflow is the only feeding system that requires both suction and compression, just like breast feeding. The nipple is designed to mimic the breast so baby can latch on and to encourage the same mouth and tongue position as breastfeeding. The double nipple system requires both suction and compression, just like breast feeding and baby controls the flow of milk. It's the bottle most like breastfeeding. The Breastflow System is ideal for nursing moms who would like to introduce a bottle, are returning to work, or need to supplement while their baby is in day care or with a caregiver. Because Breastflow bottles so closely mimic the feel and action of breastfeeding, care givers can bottle feed baby while Mom is working and Mom can still continue to breastfeed. Breastflow bottoles are bisphenol-free (BPA-free).

Product Features

Perfect for breast milk and formula
88% of moms surveyed in an independent in-home bottle feeding research study said their babies experienced less gas or less spit-up or less fussiness
Breastflow is the only feeding system that requires both suction and compression, just like breast feeding
Soft outer nipple mimics the feel of the breast, allowing baby?s tongue to stay in the same position as breastfeeding
Patented inner nipple allows your baby to control the flow naturally like breastfeeding whether you use breast milk or formula

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37 of 40 people found the following review helpful

A mixed bag., March 19, 2009

Teddy Bird (Deer Creek Mesa, CO) - See all my reviews

This review is from: The First Years 3 Pack Breastflow Bottle, 5 Ounce (Baby Product)

My baby had to supplement almost from the start due to breastfeeding supply problems. We started using a bottle at about 3 wks of age. I bought about 10 different types of bottles trying to find one that he could successfully draw milk from. Most, including this one, were too hard for him to get anything out of. I finally had some success with the cheapy-cheap-cheap Gerber bottle and nipple I found at the supermarket.

Now that he's older, approaching 10 wks of age, the Gerber bottle and nipple is much too easy for him and he glugs and crushes the nipple with the strength of his suck. The same is true for his Green to Grow, Medela, and Evenflo Purely Comfi nipples. So my quest now is to find bottles that have firm enough nipples that he doesn't squish them with his suck and also to find bottles/nipples with appropriate flow rates.

I have revisited some of the bottles that were inappropriate when he was 3 wks old. This bottle has turned out to be the winner...Read more

17 of 17 people found the following review helpful

first years breastflow bottles are awesome!, March 13, 2009

gi-lo (orange county, california) - See all my reviews

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This review is from: The First Years 3 Pack Breastflow Bottle, 5 Ounce (Baby Product)

i have tried avent, dr. brown's, you name it, i have bought them. it was only until i tried first year's breastflow bottle that my baby finally was happy to continue w/my breastfeeding and switch over to the bottle at the same time. its designed to help w/moms who breastfeed and bottle feed at the same time. my baby will not take to any other bottle besides this bottle and she loves it and so do i. i highly recommend this bottle.

13 of 13 people found the following review helpful

Mimics breastfeeding best, July 12, 2009

Amy Sidamy "Maddy Mama" (Pensacola, FL) - See all my reviews

This review is from: The First Years 3 Pack Breastflow Bottle, 5 Ounce (Baby Product)

I have been very happy with the performance of the BreastFlow bottles. I too had started out using Avent bottles after hearing rave reviews of them when I was still pregnant. However, I found that the Avent nipples basically poured and dumped the milk into my daughter's mouth; she would go through 4 ounces in 4 minutes, wearing about half an ounce on her bib. Then when she returned to breastfeed later, she'd have a very disorganized suck from nipple confusion.
These BreastFlow bottles and their unique (though uncomplicated) nipples mimic breastfeeding so much better that she'll even take a bottle from me. We have no more problems alternating between breast and bottle. It now takes her about 10-12 minutes to finish a 4 oz bottle, sometimes up to 15 minutes, which is about the same duration she spends breastfeeding. She doesn't end up wearing most of her meal, either.
Overall, I would recommend this to any breastfeeding mother who has to offer her baby a bottle. Even the...Read more