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I read flattening the nipple can mean you need a higher flow. Not sure if this is the case for you though.

I had the same issue, although BF didn't work out for us. I did a post about WTH to do about E and the nipples! She was inverting/flattening them. She still does somewhat, but we had to use sturdier nipples. The ones that we've tried that work are just Dr Brown's. They still flatten slightly but if I pull them out a bit, they refill and she goes to town. We just use the nipples, but I've heard that the actual BOTTLES are great because of the air flow or something. We aren't going to spend more $$ on bottles until she goes up to the bigger than 5 oz ones. OH, and we had to go up in nipple flow bc of her strong suck. A week or two before she was 3 months she started the 3 month Dr Brown's nipple. Maybe that will help!

Has she inverted the bottles at all? That was our bigger problem (I'll post my post here in a sec so you can see, there's a picture.) The Tommee Tippee inverted for us but I had a lot of people recommend them, especially for BF babies, maybe try those?

@Pirouette: http://boards.hellobee.com/topic/baby-flatteningdeflating-bottle-nipple-while-eating

I thought I had included pics of the inverted nipples but didn't, woops When I said bottles before I MEANT nipples, haha. It would happen that the tip of the nipple would basically get sucked back into the bottle. It didn't turn inside out, but the nipples this happened to were more flexible- it just kind of poked in. I'll see if I can find a picture.

We used the Medela nipples and that happened, as well as flattening. The collars we got from the hospital (the minty green ones) worked with the Dr Brown's ones. The Dr Brown's collars didn't work- their screw part of the bottle is taller so the nipples didn't sit as securely when on another bottle. We just removed and replaced the ones from the hospital with Dr Brown's ones, and we bought some I think NUK ones at BRU that fit it too. We had to buy them with nipples and replace the nipples, but they were cheap and they were the only collars that worked. You might see if a friend near you has any you can try if you don't have the "standard" nipples/collars that would be interchangeable.

Wishing you the best of luck! Feeding is SUCH a hard thing to worry about because it's so directly related to the health of your child. I have 3 Tommee Tippee small (5oz) bottles I'd be happy to send you for the cost of shipping if you want to try those. Keep trying- you'll find the right thing!