The Tommee Tippee Closer to Nature Bottles are designed to be more like a woman’s breast than your standard type of baby bottle. The company designed these bottles to promote easy feeding times for both the baby and the parent. The bottles were designed to have a wide neck bottle with a unique and easy to latch on nipple. The shape was designed to mimic the natural flex, stretch, and movement of a woman’s breast. The company consulted breast feeding experts to make the bottle’s super sensitive easy vent-valve. This was made to encourage a baby’s natural and intuitive feeding action. Comfortable and relaxed feeding times were the goal of the company in creating this bottle.
The main goal of this company was to help a baby transition from the breast to the bottle with ease. This company supports women and babies who both breastfeed and utilize the bottle. When breastfed babies switch to bottles, mothers can have a hard time getting them to accept an artificial nipple. And, then there is the amount of milk flow which can be another barrier to overcome. Breastfed babies have to work for their milk and it comes out slower than a bottle. This bottle was designed to be as close to a mother’s breast as they could make it.
Specifics
The neck of the bottle is wide for easier latching on for your baby. The bottle is marked in both millimeters and ounces. A hygiene cap seals the nipple for easy traveling without worrying about spillage. This purchase comes with a pack of 3, 9 ounce bottles. The shape is more round than most bottles.
Best Features of The Product
- Does Not Leak
- Bottle/Nipple Shape
- Large Bottle Size
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Bottle Size
The bottle’s 9 ounce size is great especially for mothers who are pumping. For the mom’s who have a lot of milk, it’s nice that they don’t have to switch bottles in the middle of pumping like they would for a smaller bottle. The size is also nice for the baby who drinks a lot more than a few ounces. Many of the larger bottles come in 8 ounces, so this extra ounce really is an added bonus.
Shape
Tight Fit
Leakage is a common complaint with baby bottles. You can have the best nipple and best shaped bottle of your size choice, but if it leaks, then it’s really no good. This is especially true if the bottle is leaking out precious breast milk. Parents overall said that these bottles did not leak. With the Tommee Tippee Closer to Nature Bottles, overwhelmingly the majority said that the bottles did not leak at all.
Cleaning
When you have a baby, the last thing you want is to have added cleaning chores. The great thing about the Tommee Tippee Closer to Nature Bottles is that parents said they were very easy to clean. The wide mouth made it easier to get a washcloth or brush in there and clean it out without a lot of effort. And there are no extra pieces to clean.
Nipples
One of the hottest topics that I learned when reviewing bottles, is that babies are extremely picky when it comes to nipple shape and nipple flow. This is especially true for babies that are used to mom’s breast and milk flow. Too fast of a flow was another common issue breastfed babies had.
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My Conclusion
Babies are finicky and parents are very opinionated on bottles, especially nipple shape and leakage. It was refreshing to write up this review and read about so many happy babies and parents who used the Tommee Tippee Closer to Nature Bottles. It seemed like this company catered to the breastfeeding baby market. The nipples on these bottles were small enough for newborns to use and the flow slow enough to not choke babies. These are definitely worth your serious consideration.
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