Tommee tippee closer to nature bottles (Tommee Tippee Closer to Nature Bottle)

Member Name: scottsmum

Product:	Tommee Tippee Closer to Nature Bottle
Date:	20/10/08 (162 review reads)
Rating:

Advantages: good shape, air vent in teat, wide neck

Disadvantages: expensive, hard to open

These bottles seem to be all the rage at the minute, everyone you see has them, so bewarned as you could easily get mixed up. We only bought these when my daughter was 8mths as until then she was breastfed, then had the brestflow bottles from 6mths but the teats were not fast enough. Finally after many weeks of trying, got her to take these. Only bought a couple tho think they were just under £4 each, but cheaper in multipacks.

The bottles are a really lovely shape and nice to look at as well as hold, being thinner at the bottom and wider at the top, means great for washing as can get hand in to clean better. They are safe to use in dishwasher if you have that luxury, I dont.

The bottles are 9oz, and you can get the usual size teats for them depending on flow required, however you can only use the closer to nature teats with them. Each teat has a air flow valve in which stops baby from swallowing as much air and the teat collapsing.

Advantages:
- good shape easy for both you and baby to hold
- air vent stops teat collapsing
- wide neck is easier for cleaning

Disadvantages:
- they are an absolute nightmare to open as nor real grip on them and the pressure is that strong the seal is hard to break
- if tip upside down in bag milk can leak out of valve into teat
- the lids seem to be very poor fitting and hard to get to say on
- everyone has them so no good if want to be unique and easier to mix up

Overall they are a good bottle, however would only buy if needed new bottles and not just for the sake of replacing existing bottles because they look good.

Summary: a good bottle if just starting out