Dr Brown Bottles – Reinventing Feeding Bottles
Dr Brown bottles are considered by many the best infant feeding bottles on the market today. The unique “natural flow” technology has mutated the concept of artificial feeding. In other words, Dr Brown feeding bottle ensures the baby is suckling as if he/she is breast fed.
Baby Dr Brown bottle features a double layered hollow ventilation device which enables the bottle to function like no other product available on the market today. The vent system allows the baby to feed while channeling the air away from the milk. The unique design never permits the air to mix with the milk. Air has been proved to oxidize several nutrients like vitamins A, C and E. The oxidation of these vitamins would render them nearly useless to the nursing infant.
Colic has been long been identified as a common problem during the early 6 months of life. Although immaturity of the digestive and absorptive functions of the newborn’s gastrointestinal system is the main predisposing factor for development of infantile colic, faulty feeding techniques can sometimes aggravate the problem. Swallowing too much air while feeding or “aerophagia” usually leads to colic, distension and feeding difficulties. Artificial feeding has long been criticized for delivering air to infants mixed with their milk fed. Accordingly, artificially fed infants are more liable to develop infantile colic than those who are breast fed. Dr Brown’s smart vent system bans air from flowing with milk while the infant is feeding; hence, studies have reported a decline in the incidence of infantile colic amongst infants fed using Dr Brown’s bottles.
The unique design of the bottles allows positive pressure feeding which ensures the milk doesn’t passively flow to the infant. Positive pressure feeding techniques resemble breast feeding and are essential for proper development of the muscles of facial expression. Moreover, the effort expenditure in positive pressure feeding is an equivalent to light physical exercise to infants and aids in the overall motor development of those cute little things.
The bottles’ nipples are made of highly purified silicone and are very soft. There are two types of nipples which are standard nipples and wide neck nipples. Wide neck nipples are very similar to the natural breast’s nipple and areola and are useful for infants especially in their first few months. There are 4 levels of nipples that differ in their rate of fluid flow. Moreover, nipples with rather large Y shaped cuts are available and are useful for permitting fast flow of thick liquids such as fresh fruit juices. Dr Brown propylene bottles are somehow lighter than the glass bottles. Both types are free from BPA, PVC, lead and phthalates. These toxic products have proven health hazards.
Dr Brown feeding bottles have developed a technology that has rendered these bottles unmatchable by any other competing products. The positive pressure feeding technique is healthy and helps decrease the incidence of spit-ups, regurgitation, colic and distension. The products are recommended by most pediatricians as the best feeding bottles in America today.
