Love Como Tomo Bottles!

Love Como Tomo!

You know you're a mom when you get excited about bottles..

Before Adelaine was born we went to a breastfeeding class so I could learn how to breastfeed and Keith could.. learn how to help me.  Anyways, at this class the teacher suggested not using a bottle at all for the first 6 weeks, but also suggested getting a bottle with a wide base and soft nipple just in case we needed it.  She said that a wide lipped bottle would minimize nipple confusion.  The bottle she recommended were Como Tomo bottles!

I have tried feeding Adelaine with 4 different bottles and I will explain why I love Como Tomo bottles the most.

(1) They only have 4, difficult to lose, parts.

(2) They're super easy to clean.

(3) The nipples are soft and did help minimize nipple confusion while Adelaine was in the NICU @ 1 week old.

(4) The nipples are "short" and don't choke her.

(5) My Simple Lines 1 oz. milk cubes fit right into the larger bottle.  I can put anywhere from 2 to 6 oz. of frozen milk right into the bottle.  I usually put them in the bottle the night before and put the bottle in the fridge for the next day.

(6) It's lightweight so **hopefully** Lainey will be able to hold it on her own in the near future.  :)

(7) The cap acts as a stopper for the nipple.  So, with the cap on you can turn the bottle upside down without it leaking.  Amazing.

(8) It looks like a BOOB!

You can buy Como Tomo bottles and nipples on Amazon.com and Target.com.  If you have a Target debit or credit card then it's cheapest to buy it on Target.com because you save 5% and get free shipping.  The links are displayed below:

Amazon

Target


The other bottles I have tried are: Born Free glass bottles, Avent plastic classic bottles, and Medela classic bottles.

Here is a brief description on why I'm not a fan of the aforementioned bottles:

Born Free Glass Bottles

(1) There are so many parts!  For me that means.. lots of parts to wash and lots of parts to lose!  I've only used them once because it was such a pain to wash!

(2) The nipple is super long, so it choked my little girl.  Not fun.

(3) They're heavy.

Did I mention there are a lot of parts??

Avent Plastic Bottles

I can't complain too much about these because I got 6 of them for FREE (different coupons sent to different family members), but the reasons why I'm not a huge fan are:

(1) 5 small parts, and the little rings are super easy to lose.  I think I've lost 2?!

(2) They feel really cheaply made.. Like REALLY cheap.  I wouldn't be surprised if one were to crack on me.

(3) The nipples are hard.  Lainey drank out of it, but wasn't a huge fan.

Soo.. Since i'm not using my free Avent bottles as bottles, I bought the pump adapter and the storage parts for $8 (with store and manufacturer's coupons) and turned them into storage bottles.

Medela Bottles

Does anyone really use these as their primary bottles??  They suck so bad..

(1) You need to remove the nipple from baby's mouth every few seconds because the nipple closes up from the suctioning.

(2) The cover doesn't touch the top of the nipple so if the bottle it turned upside down with the cap on it will leak all over.

I use it sometimes to give Adelaine her medicine because it's too easy to just pop that nipple on my little 1 or 2 oz. container that already has milk in it.