Susan in Minnesota asks about the Dr Brown breastpump.

The manual Dr Brown pump looks to me like a knock-off of the Avent Isis or
the Chicco pump.  Don't know whether they have jumped onto the electric pump
bandwagon as they have not made big inroads into the market here.  I have no
experience with it except that I refused to contribute a chapter on
breastfeeding to a commercially funded book for mothers unless they assured
me they would not let Dr Brown advertise in it.  Both Dr Brown and Chicco
advertise in gross, flagrant violation of the WHO code, as does Avent as
well, now that we're on the subject.  The claims made for the Dr Brown
feeding bottle in the adverts are completely over the top, and the bottle
looks like a real trap for milk residue in the patented tube that goes from
the teat to the bottom of the bottle, something about equalizing pressure in
the throat and ear, and preventing earaches.

Rather than relying on hearsay about a purported rating of pumps, get the
family in question to bring you the original source material.  Here's my
money, betting it is pure unadulterated advertising masquerading as a
'scientific study'.  

I wrote to Dr Brown's and asked for the references for their claims they
make for their bottles.  All I got back were articles from magazines for
parents, written by someone who must have been on their payroll.  Complete,
total BS.

I don't even care whether their pump works.  I wouldn't buy it nor would I
recommend to a mother that she do so, because I avoid supporting companies
who violate the WHO code.

Rachel Myr
Kristiansand, Norway

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