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(More customer reviews)I will try to write an objective review of the bottle itself - as much as I can. For that let me start out with the premise: whether or not your baby takes the bottle or not has nothing to do with the quality of the product itself, babies are human beings, though small, and have their likes and dislikes, which will include nipple size, shape, feel of the material the nipple is made from, etc. Since I am reviewing the BOTTLE ITSELF it follows that my baby did eat from it. This was the first bottle I gave my son - I really wanted it to work - and he refused to take a Playtex bottle.
PROS:
1) Of course, their biggest selling point: the bottles are BPA and polycarbonate free. In this day and age when we still do not know what causes developmental disorders like autism, I figure it is better to expose your child to as few chemicals as you can.
2) The material from which it is made is much more life-like and looks more like the real nipples (at least the ones I have!).
3) Compared to other bottles (like Playtex and Avent) the nipple is actually pretty small and it might be more convenient for a small baby to hold and not choke.
CONS:
1) As one reviewer already mentioned, to fill the bottle you have to close it with a lid and invert it to fill from the bottom; the nipple does not close well and would constantly leak, so you have to be very quick about pouring - closing - inverting, and it is DEFINITELY not a one hand operation. Afterwards the spilled contents would drip from the bottle and the inside of the lid would be all dirty. Very annoying.
2) Because of the shape of the bottle and nipple - very small nipple that turns into a wide portion very abruptly - you need a fair amount of access liquid in the bottle for your baby not to start swallowing air. I feed my son with pumped breast milk and I found it very annoying that I had to waste so much of it - at least 1 oz. No matter what they say, when the level of milk gets low those "petals" are absolutely useless.
3) You can not put this bottle into a bottle-warmer and warming up milk in it under running water is impossible: the walls are very thick on the bottom and it takes too long, and if you cover the bottle with a lid - forget about it. I had to warm up milk in a separate container - like a milk storage bag - and then pour it into the bottle.
4) The fact that the small nipple turns into a wide opened bottle so abruptly means that there is no place for a baby to establish a good vacuum seal for suction. My son kept making "kissing" noises when he ate, a tell-tale sign of air ingestion, and you could see that the corners of his mouth where completely open and unused. This design is not natural, actually, since babies are supposed to take in a large portion of areola as well as the nipple, which causes the nipple to elongate and form more of a cone shape.
5) Probably due to the problem mentioned in point 4 above and the fact that this silicone is very soft, I discovered that this material is not very durable. After about a week of using the bottle (I bought only one to try out) one morning as I was trying to fill it with milk I noticed a residue around the nipple where the wide portion of the bottle starts. At first I thought that I did not wash it well, so I started to scrub the bottle again - residue did not come off. After looking at the bottle closer I realized that it was frayed silicone!!! My 3.5-week-old son - read toothless - started rubbing through the bottle with his gums! At this price for each bottle if I had to get a new one after each week...well need I say more.
I am very grateful to this bottle for being a transition from breast, but one week and 1.5 days is all it took to give it up. One afternoon as I was feeding my son he kept constantly loosing suction on the nipple and would start rooting in frustration to grab it again (even though when we started using this bottle he also fell asleep when feeding, just like with the breast). After a while both of us got tired and annoyed, he started crying and I went and got the Playtex bottle with disposable liners (also chemical free, by the way!!!), which he has refused to take initially. I poured the milk from Adiri into this Playtex bottle and we have been happy ever since!!! I use a Playtex pump, so I can pump directly into these liners and store the milk in them, warming up takes less than 1 minute under running water - very useful in the middle of the night- and my baby seems to be more comfortable and he is ingesting MUCH less air.
In short, the bottle has MANY design flaws, but who knows what your baby will like and how well this bottle will fit with his/her feeding style (especially if your baby refuses to take any other bottle). It is worth trying it out, but buy one bottle and see how it goes. Good luck!!!!!!!
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Product Description:
The Adiri Natural Nurser Ultimate Bottle is 100% polycarbonate-free and bisphenol-A free. It offers high quality materials, a graceful design, and the new Fill, Twist and Feed? system, engineered so that a parent or caregiver can quickly prepare a bottle, even with a hungry infant under one arm. A sleek cover protects the bottle from getting dirty and keeps the nipple from leaking during transport. The Adiri Natural Nurser comes in three stages for three different flow rates. Each stage holds 8 oz. of fluid and is dishwasher safe! 1 Bottle Per Pack. Stage 1 - Ages 0-3 mos., Stage 2 - Ages 3-6 mos., and Stage 3 - Ages 6 mos. and up.
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