The First Years Breastflow Stage 1

Fantastic! – This bottle is absolutely fantastic for breastfeeding babies. I had two experiences: 1. My daugther had nipple confusion while I was using a tommy tippee bottle and was almost giving up on the breast then I hear of this bottle and purchased from overseas - It literally helped my daughter be more comfortable with the breast! It was amazing the… Read more

change with her sucking, It really mimics the breast.

2. My second experience was with my son who was 100% breastfed for the first 6 months and then when I started to give him a bottle for the odd day I wasn't around he was absolutely fine with this bottle and loved it!

I also read many reviews online in the USA where people say their breastfed babies wouldn't take any other bottle but this one. Mimics the breast, Easy to store in nappy bag, in a way teaches the baby the right sucking for the breast (at least for my daugther) Sometimes it does licks but this is because we attach the nipple incorrectly.

Worst bottle EVER – We are on our way to find a bottle that best suit our baby. After trying a few brands, we brought the Breastflow bottles by the First years. They are our worst nightmare. You can imagine mid night feeding with us being sleep deprived, a crying baby and a bottle that LEAKS ALL OVER THE PLACE. to make it even worst, those was my compressed breast… Read more

milk.

If you are looking for something that makes your life harder, then do buy these products the idea of mimics mother's breast the execution of that idea. It just does not work. and for there are always milk that get stuck in the tear

Good – If i had problems with bubs taking a bottle i would happily use again but difficult to buy other than overseas which makes it annoying. After buying every teat and bottle on the market, i had to buy this bottle from the US (as it doesn't appear to be availalbe in Australia anymore) as i had been trying for 5mths to get my baby to take a bottle,… Read more

any bottle! It didn't work the first few times but one night (not sure what was different this particular night) but She she 'accidently' took 1 suck and then realised she got milk (i was completely out of milk myself) and continued to suck. It was the only bottle and teat system i had success with and at that point i was happy to have paid $500 for these bottles - it was a very stressful time. Once Bubs got hang of sucking on this bottle, She was able to suck on any bottle so we switched back to Avent ones just because they're more readily available in Australia.

One other handy thing about this bottle is the lid can actually be clipped onto the bottom of the bottle so less chance of you losing a lid! Often leaked from the Rim but i was desperate and was just so happy Bubs was taking the bottle this didn't bother Me!

Had to buy form the US.

Bad – I've tried all the teats on the market and found this one is the slowest which my baby won't chock on milk while feeding. With the teat system, he has to work extra hard to suck which is similar on the breasts. Unfortunately 2 out of 3 bottles leak from the rim, so you have screw it in extra tight, which can be annoying when u try to unscrew it… Read more

for cleaning afterwards. When take on trips, u have to wrap it in a plastic bag as it'll leak and soak the bag. It's also hard to drain the last 10ml, maybe it's just the design of the bottle/teats system.

Though the leaking is a problem, but this is the only bottle my baby could feed on without chocking.

I'll use another brand of bottle as soon as my baby grows out of stage 1. The slowest teats available on the market. It reduces the risk of baby chocking on milk and baby has less burps. Small bottles are very convenient to take on trips as it doesn't take up much space in the bag. Sometimes leak from the rim and hard to drain the last 10ml. Teats collaps if baby sucking too hard.

Good – I was worried about using a bottle and causing rejection of breastfeeding, but this product has worked fine. I will progress to Stage 2 with this product. It works well and baby has to work the teat system similar to the real thing. Makes feeding take longer than with a regular bottle and teat, and does not seem to suck in a lot of air, so less… Read more

burping and hiccups. Baby seems to like it, even when she could have breast she's happy to use bottle. Easy cleaning. Mine seems to leak sometimes from the rim. And it can be hard to drain the last 10mL seem to get stuck in teat.