Bottles for gassy baby

[mels823]

I typed bottles into the search bar and I think every single thread we have came up and I don't have time to read all of them... so I'm going to start a new one!

My LO is very gassy.  She screams through her bottles many times (I call it scream feeding).  Not fun. Gas drops and gripe water help occasionally, but not well enough.

Currently, we use Medela bottles.  I have Avent ones but she will not take them.  What bottles do you guys recommend for this sort of situation? I'm thinking of going to babiesrus tomorrow to buy a few different bottles to see if anything helps.  Dr. Browns? How annoying are all of those pieces really? Any other suggestions?

Help! Thanks!

[anchovies]

We started using dr Browns bottles and they seem to have helped. we have a gassy little guy too!

[cougarette]

Everyone I know uses the Dr. Brown bottles. We've used them too and DS doesn't spit up as much and we tend to get a good burp out of him.

The parts are annoying, but not too bad I guess. If you run your dishwasher frequently it shouldn't be too bad.

[missys]

Does anyone know if you can sanitize the dr brown parts in the medela microwave bags?

Also, the nicu used regular disposable nipples and my LO now does not like any of the wide breast like nipples that it seems most bottle companies are making but I'm worried about gas too...any suggestions?

[mels823]

Side note: she spits up.... A lot. I had to change my shirt 4 times today even with using burp cloths!! Will a different bottle help with that?

[dramacat]

I switched to the Dr. Browns bottles because LO was super gassy and would scream (not cry) for 2-3 hours every night. Yes it's a little cumbersome to deal with 5 pieces instead of 3 per bottle, but to me it's worth it to not have him scream in pain from the gas...

[PikoPiko]

Dr Brown fan here also, I like it mostly for the speed of flow.

I was using tommy tippee before, they boast about their vent technology and wide breast like shape. Milk flows way too fast and caused LO to get really gassy. The vent is a PITA, sometimes I'd forget to open it prior to use.

Then again, my LO's gassy/tummy symptom was due to him eating too fast and too much.

[WittyLittle]

If Dr. Brown doesn't work for you, Difrax might. The S shape of the bottle and vent at the bottom really helped us with both cramps and spit up. Only problem is that even the slow flow nipple is quite fast for my LO.

[mmarie]

We have had better luck with the smaller nipples versus the wide mouth ones. My LO likes the $0.97 ones from walmart. We tried playtex and both kinds of the advent or whatever they are called and she was having some issues. She liked the ones that came with the Medela storage bottles and they are pretty similar to that. they are so much cheaper so I can have a ton so I'm not doing dishes 2 times a day! I have also heard really good things about Dr browns but we never made it that far! Good luck!

ETA they are parents choice. They are a little thicker than the Medela ones so they don't colapse as easy so less air gets in. Plus she can flange her lips like she should if breastfeeding.

[mommadozer]

We use dr Browns.

[jensoprano82]

Another vote for Dr Browns. The parts don't bother me, I just accumulate five or six dirties in the sink, then pull them all apart at once and scrub scrub scrub. The nooks and crannys can get moldy if you don't use the tiny scrub brush, but again, I do a bunch at once and it takes maybe ten minutes. Nbd

[mels823]

Thanks everyone! I'm going to buy a Dr. Browns and awe how it goes. Fingers crossed it helps. The screaming and spitting up is killing me!

[xoxolicia]

I'm a huge fan of Kiinde. You pump into the bag and feed LO from the same bag. When you put the nipple on, you squeeze the air out of the bag. No transferring milk and no annoying parts to clean.

[dramacat]

We bought 5 bottles and keep a big bowl of soapy water next to the sink. As soon as LO finishes the bottle, I take it apart and throw it in the bowl, when all the bottles are dirty I wash them all and it's not such a hassle to get the crannies because the milk has washed away by then. I give them a quick wash and really scrub once a day.

[mommadozer]

Apr 1, 2015 9:37:31 GMT -5 dramacat said:

We bought 5 bottles and keep a big bowl of soapy water next to the sink. As soon as LO finishes the bottle, I take it apart and throw it in the bowl, when all the bottles are dirty I wash them all and it's not such a hassle to get the crannies because the milk has washed away by then. I give them a quick wash and really scrub once a day.

I have been so good at doing that every day until this weekend. I have a pile to clean and it's going to be a pain in the you know what.