I have had 2 occasions  where a baby would take no bottle and the adiri bottle helped them to transition to  a regular bottle when the mother went back to work . 


Susan Gehrman RN, IBCLC, CCE
Battle Creek Health System
300 North Ave.
Battle Creek, Michigan 49016

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>>> Marian Rigney <[log in to unmask]> 07/08/2008 6:59 AM >>>
I now work in a Paediatric Ward and assist with breastfeeding issues when we 
have breastfeeding mums.  Today we had a baby tranferred from another 
hospital and mum was using a Breastbottle.  I have never seen or used one 
before and from the little I saw of it today I was not impressed.  

I have looked up the manufacturers website  and did a Google Scholar search 
(no results from Google Scholar), am I am very skeptical of any benefits over a 
regular bottle.  Its main feature is that the "top" of the bottle is a soft silicon 
in a breast shape with a moulded teat that is part of it.  But the teat is quite 
hard and quite short--very unlike the stretched nipple in the baby's mouth.  
The bottle is quite large and not that easy to hold and filling the bottle is 
problematic because the "cap" is on the bottom and the teat needs to be 
covered while the bottle is filled.

Does anyone know if anyone has done a formal trial on these type of bottles.  
Mum thought this was the best sort of bottle because a lactation consultant 
had recommended it.  There are old references in the archives but nothing in 
the last couple of years since the manufacturers appear to have modified the 
design.  An old 2000 post from Jack Newman stated "they need a breast bottle 
like a fish needs breasts" and I am inclined to agree with him.

Marian Rigney
IBCLC

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