| I can't imagine that many of you have heard | | | | wind them when necessary. |
| of podee bottles. These are an American brand | | | | |
| of bottle which are imported into the UK. | | | | It was also very useful when out and about. |
| They are a fantastic design which is far more | | | | With a double pushchair I can not fit in the |
| flexible than normal baby bottles. | | | | doorways of many cafes in my local town. But |
| | | | using this system I did not need to. As I |
| They have a system of tubes, on from the | | | | always used the milk at room temperature, |
| bottle to the teat and one from the top of | | | | there was no nee dto heat it - just pop the |
| the bottle into the liquid in the bottle. | | | | required amount of powder in the bottle of |
| This creates a vacuum and allows the bottles | | | | cooled boiled water and shake it up and feed |
| to be used in an upright position. This means | | | | in the buggy. Easy and no need to even stop |
| that the baby can feed sitting up in a | | | | for more than a few minutes. |
| highchair, in a supermarket trolley, in a car | | | | |
| seat, in a pram or anywhere else. The great | | | | Now they are older they can grab the teat |
| thing about the design is that the bottle can | | | | themselves and pop it in their own mouth. We |
| either be propped up somewhere or hung onto | | | | are not restricted time wise when we go out |
| something using the holder, and there is no | | | | as they feed in the pushchair or car. |
| need for anyone to hold the bottle for them. | | | | |
| | | | The deisgn of the bottles is also supposed to |
| I have found this amazingly useful with my | | | | help prevent colic as much less air gets into |
| twins. When I was first alone with them they | | | | the babys tummy due to the vacuum created by |
| were always hungry at the same time. I used | | | | the tube system. |
| to feed one baby an ounce then the next one | | | | |
| and ounce then back to the first etc. It | | | | The bottles are easy to clean, they come with |
| meant that I always had one baby crying and | | | | tiny bottlebrushes to clean them and they are |
| then I had to try to wind them both at once. | | | | easily sterilized in cold water. You can buy |
| With these bottles I could just hold the teat | | | | replacement teats and tubes as they do wear |
| in their mouths and let them feed sitting in | | | | out and my babies tend to bite the tubes and |
| their bouncy chairs and I had free hands to | | | | have bitten through one of them. |