If you’re unsure if they’re ready, rest assured there’s no exact science to when it’s time to change up the flow rate on your baby’s bottle. Whether your little one takes their feed slowly or gulps it down quickly, there’s a teat that’s right for them.

The type of bottle you use can be a significant factor in causing (or reducing) reflux in your baby. We’ve put together this handy ‘asked and answered’ guide for parents to help you understand the different sizes, styles, and flow rates of baby bottle teats. Hi my lo is 7 weeks old was struggling to finish his bottle on a num 1 teat sometimes he only took 3-4 oz norm has 7oz so I put him up to a level 2 he has been fine now all of a sudden I think he has colic could this be the teat change?Sometimes this is manifested by regurgitation, but it can also happen that food remains in the baby’s throat. Please tick if you would like to receive news, offers and information from our trusted and carefully selected partners that we think you might like. i know teat size is a trivial decision but im just not confident in making choices no matter how small!

If your baby has to let go of the teat, is spilling milk, is getting too much milk to swallow or milk is dripping between the lips and the teat, the flow rate might be too fast and you should change to a teat with a lower flow rate. The following are signs that indicate the teat is too slow for the baby or signs that shows a baby needs a faster flow teat. We would like to keep in touch with you about our services, support, events, campaigns, and fundraising. The ages are only guides though - you know your baby better than anyone and will be able to tell when they’re ready for a faster flow. She seems to be ok to start and then she keeps spitting the teat out but when I give it her back she grabs it like she is starving and she keeps doing it till she's finished the bottle.This means it will hold enough milk when held in a horizontal position, rather than have to be tipped up so your baby can access the milk. Its weird though because she also has a habit of spitting some milk back out aswell, this is why I'm not sure about switching her teats! When a teat is too big, the milk flow could be so fast, making the baby have so much milk in his mouth. My ds is 10 mth and is still on size 1, he's happy and still finishes bottles so I'm not bothering to change them.

We recommend that you use this teat for thicker liquids such as AR (thickened) milk, milk mixed with baby rice, milk mixed with baby food, soup… Once baby is ready for an even faster flow, we recommend that you use the Philips Avent Thick Feed teat. In fact, with guaranteed acceptance* and built-in anti-colic valve, it could just be the best thing for baby, since you! You can also use the Natural teats with screw ring in combination with the Classic/Classic+ feeding Bottles. If a baby is feeding with a too slow teat, they may suck so vigorously and suck in more air than normal.

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Practical and emotional support with feeding your baby and general enquiries for parents, members and volunteers. There are two reasons why a teat will collapse, one is an indication that your baby is ready for a faster flowing teat, or that the valve has reformed within the teat. I'm having problems with moving my son Jake onto the Avent stage 2 and he's 4 months and 3 weeks old. An indication of progress to the next teat flow can be observed through a baby’s body language and feeding behaviour (examples can be found below). Make friends with other parents-to-be and new parents in your local area for support and friendship by seeing what NCT activities are happening nearby.Some of our partners may process your data as a part of their legitimate business interest without asking for consent. In which case babies would have very little control over how they feed: milk would flow into their mouth faster than they can swallow it. The ages are only guides though – you know your baby better than anyone and will be able to tell when they’re ready for a faster flow.