Baby Bottles

September 23, 2009

tags: baby, bottle, Dr. Weil, gift, glass, Momo, plastic, Playtex, silicone

by Mamalaide

I don’t have a new baby but Vivien just won’t drink milk out of anything but a bottle. It’s her comfort thing. We decided her drinking milk is better than not so we keep using bottles. After two years of use, 51xRmlDRmAL._AA280_ our Playtex VentAire bottles are leaking and need to be replaced. So the question came up, glass or plastic? I read a comment about the debate over plastic or glass basically saying “Why wait for someone to find more chemicals leaking into the bottles, just use glass.” I thought I’d give glass bottles a try. Glass is heavier and since we are the ones still holding the bottle for her it’s something to consider as our arms get tired.

I bought Dr. Weil bottles as they were the only glass bottles besides the Evenflow brand at Babies R Us in Union Square, NYC. Nice shape, made well. Expensive though. I read somewhere claiming that Evenflow has bad nipples on them so I didn’t bother. Vivien had a complete melt down when it was time for milk on the couch with the new bottle. She kept crying and saying “milkies,” (in between tears) “in other bottle.” She threw herself on the ground, up against the dishwasher…we wreslted her on the couch to try to get her to try it. At this point she had not even put the nipple in her mouth. After she finally gave up about 45 mins later she drank the milk fine. Although there were no leaks, the bottles were a bit heavy and there was a lot of air in the bottles because it didn’t vent out well. The nipples are also pretty wide on the Dr. Weil brand, which could be fine for a new baby but Vivien being almost 2.5 years old doesn’t need the wide shape. I guess the guilt of not wanting her teeth to be pushed out as doctors warn I decided to try a different bottle. Also, the silicon slip cover for the bottles is really a pain to get on and off, not to mention that there’s no way to gauge volume when filling up the bottle with the cover is on. I did more research and after the drama of running around the city looking for them I just ordered the Momo Baby glass bottles online. They are cheaper than Dr. Weil but media-1.nl not as cheap as many plastic brands.

I liked them right away. They seemed a little lighter as the glass isn’t as thick as the Dr. Weil brand. The shape is great. They have options of styles too, tall thin, short stout. I checked and the Playtex VentAire nipples fit the regular size bottles just fine so you don’t have to buy their special branded nipples which are hard to fine in stores right now and about $1-2 more. There are thermal huggers for these bottles but it would be nice to have a sleeve like WeeGo Glass Baby Bottle’s Silicone Sleeve.

I also bought a silicone Momo Baby bottle to try as it would be great for travel since it’s light and seemingly unbreakable. The nipple/neck of the bottle is wider than the other Momo bottles I bought so I will have to have a separate nipple for the silicone one. I will try to see if the Playtex Drop In nipples fit because they are wider than Playtex VentAire nipples. Momo Baby also has another lighter weight glass bottle . The glass is made from borosilicate (same stuff used for lab equipment) verses quartz. Momo Baby also carries BPA Free Plastic bottles (pictured below) if you don’t want glass. Vivien took the bottle, drank her milk, no tears and after the bottle of wine is done for us, it is quiet & no tears that’s all that matters. I’m sold, Momo Baby bottles are the best! Warning though when you first get the bottles the lid is EXTREMELY hard to get off the top. Even my husband couldn’t get one of the tops off, even after using a bottle opener to try to pry it off, but after it’s removed they are great bottles.

momoplastic Vivien tried out the silicone Momo Baby bottle (pictured at right) the next media-2.nl morning. She cried at first as she didn’t like the look of it (too different from the other bottles). Then when Julien said he would give her the milk she was fine. No leaks, and as the baby/toddler drinks the milk the bottom collapses keeping extra air from getting in the bottle. I would definitely buy another one.