The Podee is not a new feeding bottle design.  It has been advertised  
for years in publications and newsletters aimed at parents of twins,  
triplets, and higher-order multiples.

I once overheard two mothers of bottle-fed twins talking.  They both  
were feeling they'd like to have another baby, because they said that  
with twins they'd missed out on the chance to hold their babies for  
their formula feedings.  One of these mothers described seating her  
two babies in their car seats, facing her, while she sat in front of  
them and held the two bottles in their mouths.  There was no physical  
contact, but both babies got to eat at once.  Many formula-fed  
multiples babies end up with others helping with their feedings, or  
propped bottles, or a Podee-type system.

Once the challenges of the early days with multiples get worked out,  
breastfeeding is so much easier than bottle feeding!  One mother of  
twins told me breastfeeding twins even saved her time, as she didn't  
need to switch sides halfway through each feeding as she did with a  
singleton.  Support and help in the early days is key.

And yes, the Podee is very like the artificial feeding systems  
available around 1900 that led to illness in many babies.

Anne Altshuler, RN, MS, IBCLC, LLLL of a group of mothers nursing  
multiples (past 19 years)

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