Anyone using Yoomi or Tommee Tippee bottles?

[HollieES]

Hi all

My first baby is due at the end of November and I'm planning on breastfeeding, but would like to express milk so that my other half can also do some of the feeding. I want a bottle that works well with combined feeding, and have read lots of good things about the Yoomi self-warming bottle and the Tommee Tippee closer to nature range.

Does anyone have any experience of these, and if so, what are your thoughts?

Thanks

Hollie x

[kristymac1]

We used TT Closer to Nature after trying a few others and DD was very happy with them.

[Pickle]

I successfully mix fed my first child using the standard Avent bottles - so bear in mind that they might be fine before you spend too much money on expensive alternatives :)

[LucyAnn]

Only recently bought yoomi after it was recommended by an NCT friend. Took a little bit of getting used too (you need to recharge the warmer after every use) but my LO took to it straight away (she didn't like Dr B or Avent or NUK). She likes the teat and it makes out and about feeding very easy. Personally don't like breastfeeding in public .. sorry! Am getting lots more help with the feeding now - my mum and hubby quite enjoy pressing the button that warms up the feed and feeding my LO. Am determined to keep expressing until she is at least 6 months.

[ludoscotts]

hi we used tt ones and they were fab. my daughter had hardly any wind and would take bottle and breast from 2 weeks without any problems.

one of the other good things about tt is you can buy cartridges that you can fill with formular powder that fits inside the bottle meaning you dont have to carry a bottle and a separate tub with powder in making it much more space saving.

[apenn]

I also used the TT for expressed milk and didn't have any problems. Another tip - if you baby will accept the milk cold, you don't really have to warm it. Mine took it cold which was great.

-A

[Alexis]

I'd go TT all the way. My first went from Breast to Avent and it was an awful experience, my second went from breast to TT with no bother!

[ballroomboot]

be open minded and experiment and do what works for you,not what others dictate(health visitors and gps and midwives) e.g they will swear blind that breast is best (in my case it wasn't, not because i didn't want to, but because my baby is allergic to milk protein and soy and had bad reflux and was so so exhausting to look after).. do not feel guilty if you can't breast feed for any reason and bear in mind that expressing is much easier said than done for alot of people...soory to deviate from the point and definitely not trying to put you off what is a beautiful thing............ if you have a refluxy/ colicy/ windy baby (in my experience), doctor brown bottles helped(although cleaning them is a pain). also the size/staging of the teat is important to consider - my baby was/is a slow feeder and has teats which are 3mths behind his actual age ( he wasn't premature - i think it's because of reflux). you can tell if the teat is too fast if milk comes out the side of the mouth and too slow if the baby is sucking very hard to get enough milk and as a result becomes very burpy.

now that my son is bigger we use avent - no probs and much easier to clean.

p.s if you are going to introduce the bottle - do it around three weeks, not too late as they may not accept it (this has happened to a few of my pals). combined feeding (in my experience) is about when you introduce the teat - too early and they get confused, too late and they won't do it...the sucking mechanism babies use on breast and teat are two completely different moves (apparently, told tome by a specialist breastfeeding nurse) so i reckon the marketing is just a gimmick.