I cannot say I like any one particular bottle. I like different types for  
different purposes.  I have come to agree with Dee's idea that the  wide base is 
not that important, and that accepting the nipple beyond the gums  is more 
important.  However, occasionally I find a baby who needs  both.  I like Playtex 
Natural Latch for those babies who are breastfeeding  great and mom needs to 
offer a bottle for another reason, but for those babies  having a hard time at 
the breast because of a tongue issue it is not firm  enough. I have seen 
babies push that nipple right into the base and chew even  when their lips looked 
flanged on the base. Haha. You could see them change  their cheeks and hear 
the clicking and when you move the base you see them  chomping away on the 
nipple.  Those babies need something that reminds them  the tongue is not for 
pushing out a nipple.  I don't think we really can  pick one bottle over another as 
easily as we can say which ones are definitely  not great for breastfeeding 
babies.  I tend to watch as new ones are coming  all the time, old ones are 
changing and no longer what they used to be, and each  baby I work with may need 
a different bottle depending on the reason mom is  choosing bottles for the 
alternative method of feeding.  Things I look for  are the rate of flow, the 
amount of sucking pressure needed to create a flow and  how long the nipple is 
when placed on the tongue.  
 
I would like to see a bottle that responds to vacuum and compression and  
lets out milk similar to the breast, but also allows non nutritive sucking that  
does not reward with milk but allows the baby to self pace the feeding as they 
 can on the breast.  Ideally all babies are breastfeeding, but some cannot  
or have not been doing so and need to make a transition.  For them I like  to 
work on finding the perfect bottle that fits the individual baby.  Like  many 
things, it is not  one size fits all.
 
Take care,
Pam MazzellaDiBosco

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