Finding the best bottle is a feat that can add up rather quickly. First you have to decide between glass and plastic. Then if you want a liner system or a standard bottle. Then the whole nipple question - standard or wide base, breast-like, flow. THEN brand. Wow. Fortunately, your baby will help you decide rather quickly. Unfortunately, you need to have the bottle before you baby can tell you his preferences ;)
I made the mistake of investing in rather expensive bottles (buying six of them for nearly $6 a pop!) without considering the fact my son may not take to them.
Turns out the bottles I bought had a super fast flow - too fast for my little guy, and he HATED them. So I tried standard nipples on the milk collection containers that come standard with a breast pump. Those were fine, except they caused quite a bit of gas for my newborn.
I moved on to another brand. And another. And ANOTHER. Finally, I found an anti-gas bottle that seemed to appease baby. For three months. Then it was time to switch, again. Ironically, we ended up back with the expensive bottles I had initially thought were the solution and they've gotten us to the finish line (it's time to transition to sippy cups 100%!)
For us, here are the brands that worked and didn't:
Best: Playtex VentAire, Tommee Tippee (after four months)
Ok: Dr. Brown's (fine but a nuisance to get clean), MAM (were fine but didn't solve gas fussiness)
Not for Us: Tommee Tippee (before four months, even with "slow" nipple), Medela Breastmilk Bottles (made for a gassy baby)
And here are a few articles to help as you consider bottles:
The 5 Best Bottles for Breastfed Babies Lil' Sugar Article
Medela Introduces Award-Winning Calma in the United States WSJ MarketPlace Article
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