With the AVENT Teat your baby controls milk flow more like breastfeeding, which can help reduce overeating & spit-up. A unique skirt system flexes to allow air into the bottle & promotes healthy, active feeding & reduces colic.
The baby naturally controls milk flow
The teat works with the baby's natural feeding rhythm. Your baby controls milk flow more like breastfeeding, which can help reduce over eating & spit-up.
A unique skirt system, with a built-in one-way air valve at its base, flexes to allow air into the bottle to prevent a vacuum, whilst milk flows at a rate the baby can control. This promotes healthy, active feeding & reduces colic.
You may hear the valve quietly working away, but watch as the bubbles move away from the teat
- that's your guarantee that air is going into the bottle, not into your baby's tummy.
The naturally shaped teat promotes proper latch-on & makes it easier to combine breast & bottle feeding. Learn more about how the AVENT Feeding Bottle works.
What teat flow rate should I use for my baby?
Babies are unique. What suits one baby may not suit another. Philips AVENT 125 ml/4 oz bottles come with extra soft newborn teats as standard, while 260 ml/9 oz bottles come with extra soft slow flow teats. The options are:
* Newborn flow: 1 hole, suitable for breastfed and/or premature babies
* Slow flow: 2 holes, slightly faster flow than Newborn flow
* Medium flow: 3 holes, for 3 months & older
* Fast flow: 4 holes, for 6 months & older
* Variable flow: with a slot instead of holes, for 3 months onwards
If you find your baby becomes unhappy or tired when feeding, or if the feeding sessions regularly seem to take much longer than before, these may be signs that you need to move up to the next flow rate. Don't worry if you never change flow rates or if you change flow rates frequently. Some babies need different flow rates at different times of the day. Some babies eat vigorously at the beginning of a feed & then slow down at the end.