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the medela bottles were way too fast. charlie hated my brest friend bottles. i loved playtex drop-ins because they had a really slow flow. once charlie needed a faster flow, we switched to born free.

i'm going to give avent slow flow this time around for olive because i've read the nipples have a very slow flow.

We use both Tommee tippee and dr brown...Finn will use both but I prefer the fewer parts of the Tommee tippees!

When Claire had colic, we tried every bottle under the sun and Dr. Brown's was the only one that she would take, AND helped the most with her gas. Yes, the parts can be a PITA to clean, but they only take a few minutes more and it has been totally worth it for us.

Elliot had a difficult time learning how to drink from a bottle (he didn't take well to breastfeeding directly either). We tried Dr. Brown's with the slowest flow nipple, and it was too fast for him to handle. We realized that he just had to learn how to use whichever bottle we gave to him. It took a lot of spilled milk for him to get the hang of it, but he adjusted well to the Lifefactory bottles. It is a bit heavy, but I prefer glass over plastic.

Eli spits up a lot. He is on the playtex drop-ins now. We tried the dr brown as well but it's still too fast for him and he drinks in too much air.