Avent's patented anti-vacuum skirt valve prevented air from entering the baby's tummy during feeding and developing painful colic. Avent milk bottles have a wide mouth thus making it easy to clean and fill. You don't have to use a special brush to clean the bottle as your hand can reach into the bottle. Moreover the bottle surface is smooth thus preventing accumulation of germs. The wide opening also makes it easier to fill the bottle with formula milk, juice, etc. and at the same time makes it easier for the baby to grasp. Avent bottle and nipple are also interchangeable thus making it flexible and convenient to use. This means you do not have to hunt for a matching nipple or cap just to fit the milk bottle that the baby is using.
This is Timothy(D.O.B: 12th Feb 2007) at 18months old, holding tightly to his Avent milk bottle and drinking honey water from it.
This is Timothy at 2yrs old and still using the same milk bottle when he was 18mths old, sharing some precious moments with his daddy.
To safely feed Timothy from the bottle, mummy & daddy have taken the following steps:
1) Gently, draw the nipple into Timothy's mouth rather than pushing the nipple into the mouth, so that he is able to control when the feed begins.
2) To minimize swallowing of air, bottle is tilted to allow the contents to fill the nipple and the air to rise to the bottom of the bottle.
3) To avoid arm from becoming too tired, arms are switched in between feeding. This also allows the baby to look at different things around the room when switching between arms.
4) Always on the look out for nipple holes that become too large. This is done by overturning the milk bottle and checking out if the content comes in drip or free flow. Large nipple holes will result in baby choking on the content of the milk bottle.
5) Know when to stop feeding. Do not continue to push the baby to finish up the entire content in the bottle.
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