Tommee Tippee Baby Bottle Review

I have to admit that I am pretty lazy when it comes to bottles. By that I mean I rarely use them. With my twins I exclusively breastfed them which was awesome, but I made the mistake of never getting them used to a bottle. Essentially because I hate pumping. So the result was they never took a bottle and therefor mama could never go very far. With my 4th son, now 9 weeks old, I vowed to not make the same mistake again. Well at almost 2 months old I still had not given him a bottle and was heading down the same path. Thankfully, that is when my Tommee Tippee bottle arrived.

OK so right now you are probably thinking "What the heck is a Tommee Tippee?" Tommee Tippee is the number-one brand of infant and toddler feeding products in Great Britain. In January 2010 their product lines Closer To Nature and Explora became available in the United States at Babies R Us stores and will also be in Toys R Us stores in March. All of their bottles and cups are BPA and Phthalate free, which is why I wanted to give them a try.

I received the Closer To Nature 9oz bottle to test out which comes with one slow flow nipple. The first thing that I noticed about this bottle is the short fat shape. I think it is kind of cute and this shape makes it easier to hold.

Closer to Nature bottles are intuitively designed for easier, more natural feeding. The bottle features a uniquely soft, superwide nipple that naturally flexes and stretches like the breast, and the natural shape lets baby latch on effortlessly, easing transitions between breast and bottle and allowing mom to successfully combine breast and bottle feeding.

Now when I gave this bottle to my little guy for the first time it was also literally the first time I had given him any bottle. The nipple is super soft, I think the softest I have ever used. So I put some breast milk in the bottle and gave it a go. I will say it took a good 10 minutes of him kind of moving the nipple around in his mouth before he actually latched onto it and started drinking. But once he did start, that was it- he had it down pat. I was actually very surprised, I figured it would take a few attempts to get him to drink anything from it. I was also happy that he didn't seem to have any air bubbles or extra gas from using the bottle. When my other babies would drink from a bottle, I could literally hear the air bubbles gurgling in their bellies. I did not hear any of that with this bottle. I am actually really excited now because I have a bottle that he will use so I can leave him for more than 2 hours at time. Not that I am planning any long distance trips or anything.

I do have a small negative that I want to mention. The nipple that came with the bottle is a slow flow nipple for newborns. However, I think the flow is too fast. Or perhaps its just that the nipple leaks too easily. But when the nipple was just sitting in my son's mouth and he wasn't doing anything to it, there was a constant flow of milk coming out of it into his mouth.  It is not a huge problem, just more of a nuisance.

Tommee Tippee also makes a line of cups, Explora, and they sent me the Truly Spill Proof Water Bottle to try out as well. I must say this 12 oz bottle really is leak proof. I filled it up with water and shook it upside down pretty hard and not a drop came out. I then gave it to my 2.5 year old twins and I could see them trying to shake water out with no luck.

The advance-flo™ valve used in Explora cups requires almost no force to drink from, yet still remains spill- and leak-proof. Each Explora cup is progressively staged with a specific grip to fit little fingers and unique spouts, from soft touch to dura spouts, to meet the needs of every age, and to support natural oral development.

Tommee Tippee has a pretty wide selection of bottles and cups to choose from, not just the two I mentioned here. Check out Tommee Tippee on Amazon.com.



 
Please note that the opinions and views expressed in this review are my own and based on my personal experience with the product. You may encounter a different experience with these than I did. Tommee Tippee provided me with a bottle and cup for review as a reviewer for the Mom Bloggers Club. This post contains affiliate links.