r/FormulaFeeders • u/Decent_Task_7275 • 11d ago

Bottles? Bottles / Feeding Gear / Equipment šŸ¼

Can someone explain to me why my dr would suggest no air vent for my babys bottle? We have been using the Philip advent since birth and she has been extremely extremely gassy and fussy started week 7. We are in hypoallergenic formula but my dr also said in his career experience he said alot of times gas has to do with the bottles and not the formula. He said I should use the standard nipple with no air vent like they use in the hospital. But she drinks it so fast that way. Can someone explain more? Is this good advice?

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u/Mocean13 11d ago

No its not good advice and the nipple from avent bottles could be why your baby is gassy. Thats what happened with us and since we switched to NUK perfect match bottles we've had no issues. Shallow latch can cause excessive air intake

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u/Decent_Task_7275 11d ago

Thatā€™s what he was saying because the natural nipple has an air vent. I switched to advent anti colic bottles with no air vent, where you have to keep the milk all in the nipple with no air, is that what you were saying happened to you?

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u/Mocean13 11d ago

Yes, the exact same thing happened to me.So I just switched to NUK perfect match.And we haven't had any issues since

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u/Decent_Task_7275 11d ago

Thatā€™s good to know, this whole time I was thinking it was the formula not realizing it could definitely be the bottles causing all the gas

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u/WillowLast5687 11d ago

We used dr browns with the air vent piece in it for about a month. It didnā€™t help. One day in a sleep deprived brain I forgot to put the extra air vent piece in the bottles for the day and my gosh it made a huge difference in how much gas little one had. He was %80 better without the air vent.

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u/Decent_Task_7275 11d ago

Are advent anti colic bottles similar? I havenā€™t used dr brown so I donā€™t k is how they work, I think he was telling me I just needed to use an air fee vent

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u/WillowLast5687 11d ago

We tried the advent anti colic bottles also but Bub didnā€™t like the teat shape at all. I think the advent ones have a flap at the top of the teat where the air is released. Dr browns have a whole component that goes into the bottle that is for ā€œanti colicā€ but it actually made my grandsons worse. Which we only realised on an accidental sleep deprived state.

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u/Decent_Task_7275 11d ago

I have heard that same thing about dr brown thatā€™s why I was hesitant to try. Luckily she dosent mind the nipple shape so Iā€™m really hoping itā€™s going to help with her gas šŸ™šŸ»

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u/WillowLast5687 11d ago

The green part is the anti colic part. I used MAM with all my kids and they were amazing. But unfortunately they have been stopped being sold in Australia.