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