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Donna
Natalie B. wrote:
> Lynne,
>
> I'm almost embarrassed to admit this, but I bought this bottle about a month
> and a half ago. I experience intermittent periods of very low milk supply
> which last anywhere from a few days to a week, and my 9 month old daughter
> has refused traditional bottles, sippy cups, the Lact-Aid, and will only
> take a sip or two of water from a regular cup (and won't drink any milk from
> the cup at all). In December, she lost half a pound because she also
> refused solid food. It was quite stressful.
>
> In any case, I had hoped that the breastbottle would help us during these
> times, but like all the others, she refused it. She just doesn't seem to
> like anything that is artificial in her mouth.
>
> I can tell you a little about it - the bottle part of it is very soft, and
> when full is supposed to feel like a breast. It doesn't; it's just that the
> silicone (or whatever it's made of - I couldn't determine it from the
> literature) is very thin. The nipple is sort of square (like a Playtex
> nurser), however, and it doesn't flatten out at all - it's rather firm, and,
> I would think, does not depress or mold to baby's mouth like mom's nipple.
> The threads where the "lid" screws on are very difficult to align, and it
> took me quite a while to screw it on correctly. Maybe there's a learning
> curve, but it surely was frustrating. I know their website has testimonials
> about this bottle, but we definitely won't be adding to them. Additionally,
> a mom on my daughter's birth board (at BabyCenter) who bought it said that
> her husband claimed it was very difficult to hold while feeding baby. If I
> recall correctly, she said she wouldn't be using it too often, if at all.
>
> You can read more about it (and place an order) on their website:
> http://www.breastbottle.com . Hope that helps a bit.
>
> - Natalie Bullock, mom to James, 1/25/99 and Molly, 5/11/01
>
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