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| Brand: Avent
List Price: $29.99
Buy New: $19.99
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Rating:  312 reviews
Sales Rank: 51
Number Of Items: 1
Batteries Included: No
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1.2
Dimensions (in): 6 x 10 x 12
MPN: 422
Model: 00422
UPC: 761269004221
EAN: 0761269004221
ASIN: B0000AY9XY
Release Date: March 9, 2007
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
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| Customer Reviews:
 They Leak, They Leak, They Leak March 3, 2004
Misty Horst (Pennsylvania, USA)
17 out of 20 found this review helpful
"These are supposed to be the best bottles"!!!! This is what I was told, but no one told me they leaked. After my son was born, my husband and I bought a couple boxes of the different sizes of the avent bottles. I told him that everyone says these are the best bottles to use. After using them, my husband and I noticed they leaked. Not all the time, but often enough. This got very frustrating, especially at 2:00 in the morning when we were tired. We would put the cap on numerous times and the bottle would still leak. The leak was coming from the cap not the nipple. I also noticed how messy they are. My son always spit his formula out while drinking because I think the hole in the size 1 nipple is too big. His shirt would be soaked and formula would get on his neck after feeding him. We packed all the bottles away and we use the playtex ventaire. These bottles work so much better. They are not messy at all and they do not leak. I can even feed my son without putting a bib on him. I'm sure others like the avent bottles, but my experience with them was not so good. My advice for mothers, especially new ones, would be to get a couple different brands to experiment with. This way you can decide what works better for baby and you.
 Nipples Too Hard...horrible for a breastfed baby! October 18, 2005
A. Burch (, USA)
12 out of 16 found this review helpful
My husband and I originally tried the Avent bottles after several recommendations from previous users and after doing some research on our own. However, we switched to Dr. Brown's when our son began suffering from gas and nipple confusion, since I am nursing. We can't express how much we LOVE the Dr. Brown's bottles. Our son's gas IMMEDIATELY disappeared and he no longer suffered from nipple confusion. The Avent nipples are TOO HARD for a breastfed baby. Dr. Brown's bottles are the BEST BOTTLES ON THE MARKET! Pass on these...don't believe the hoopla.
 They DO Leak... BUT..... March 31, 2005
dww (Seattle, WA)
11 out of 12 found this review helpful
Listen all - as a Dad of 2 (19mo & 3mo) these bottles LEAK.
It's not nipple age, microwaved, dish-washed, or how your kid sucks it down. It's a matter of how the nipple fits into the cap and how the cap and nipple screw onto the bottle.
Trust me, as a dude I went through all of the above. Brand new out of the box or used over 6 months you just have to resign to the fact that these things have a tendency to spill out.
DUDE's GUIDE TO LEAKING BOTTLE:
A. After filling the bottle's content, cap it and shake or tip the bottle over the sink. Allow contents to spill out of nipple. Then tip the bottle upright. It is at that time you will know if your bottle is leaking or not. If it is leaking, proceed to Step B. If it is not leaking, repeat process a couple more times just to be sure. Feed baby.
B. If the bottle does spill or leak, unscrew the cap and use a paper towel or bib and dry the inside threads of the white cap.
Dry the external threads of the bottle as well. Screw on cap. Reef on it like you mean it (usually you're PO'd by now so a little agression helps). Repeat Step A.
Avent bottles are based of a simple principle of channelling air through the nipple/cap threads rather than having the baby backwash (ala chugging a Dr. Pepper from a bottle). It needs to draw air. While eating, just make sure the nipple is at least 1/2 way in the baby's mouth and his lips/mouth are WIDE open as if he was nursing.
These moms that say they have to tip their baby upside down etc. is baloney. Tip the bottle - DUH! And as for air/gas/burping, all babies suck air while nursing/bottle-fed. Babies do that. They still have the breathe-thru-nose-while-eating mechanism after doing the same for months in the womb.
So trust me. It takes a little work to understand these things. These ARE good bottles and they DO work. Just be aware of the above.
Hope this helps.
Don't be fooled by the expensive price tag..... January 27, 2004
Kristin Brown (Pittsburgh, PA)
10 out of 12 found this review helpful
When registering for baby products, my husband and I had no idea where to start with choosing baby bottles, so of course we assumed the Avent were the best since they are more expensive. We quickly learned our lesson! We used the bottles for a month, my daughter was always so cranky after a feeding and we couldn't figure out why. It turned out that it was gas that was causing her so much pain. She would scream and scream! We finally realized, after noticing all of the bubbles in the bottle, there was too much air getting into her belly! On top of that her shirt would be soaked after a feeding, the smallest nipple they have for those bottles is still too much for an infant. She would drink the bottle so fast and it would just pour down her cheek onto the front of her. Needless to say we stopped using the Avent bottles, (now that we have 2 dozen!) and switched to the Playtex Ventaire, it was such a huge difference, no bubbles in the bottle, no belly pain from gas, and no formula stained shirt! We love these new bottles.
 Gassy baby? Make sure you're holding the bottle right! January 31, 2005
MassMama (MA)
9 out of 11 found this review helpful
Avent has caused no problems for our baby and causes no gas with her, they wash easily, wear well, and look great months later. Those who say they leak must not know how to screw on the lid correctly.
For those with gassy babies:
- To bottle feed correctly, you need to put the base of the nipple UP AGAINST THEIR WIDE-OPEN MOUTH
- You CAN'T just put the tip of the nipple in their mouth, if you do it overworks their facial muscles, they become tired and they let their mouths fall open at the sides and begin sucking in air
- If you hold the bottle UP AGAINST THEIR MOUTH with a good seal, as you would breast feed them, they WILL NOT BE GASSY.
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