Medela Spare Teats to Special Needs Feeder

Can’t live with it but can’t live without it – The special needs feeder was recommended to me by the hospital & it works however the price of these teats is astronomical for a design that will leave you in tears. It is hard enough feeding a cleft palate baby let alone battling with the bottle & teat designer that 90% of the time leaves you with your precious milk spilt. Firstly the teat can’t be screwed on too tightly or it doesn’t work properly causing leaks as your feeding when the milk starts to cool Or the teat will pop off as you squeeze showering you and bubs in milk.

Secondly you have to line the disc & valve up with a mark on the teat but this isn’t explained anywhere & moves when screwing the teat on.

Thirdly if baby takes too long to drink & you need to reheat the bottle & have milk in the teat as you unscrew the teat 95% of the time all the milk in the teat will come rushing out all over you as the valve system doesn’t lock in & falls out. This leaking & waist of hard earned breastmilk leaves you in tears, it’s hard enough to feed a special needs baby let alone having to contend with this & at a crazy price!