Review of "Medela Breastmilk Bottle Set, 5 oz"

As I said in a previous post, I bought these bottles while I was still pregnant because I have a Medela breast pump and I saw my sister-in-law use these bottles with her daughter.  The bottles come with a "wide base slow-flow, silicone nipple".

When we first brought our son home from the hospital, these nipples just did not work for him.  He had been breastfeeding and drinking from Enfamil nipples for about 4 weeks already so we thought he would be fine.  For some reason he couldn't get a good latch on these or the "slow flow" was just way too fast.  The milk would literally squirt out the corners of his mouth and it would drip down his chin and neck.  I feel like by the time he was done eating, he was still hungry because half his milk was on him.  So, we put these nipples away in hopes he would grow into them.

After the preemie nipples started to seem too slow, I decided to give these another try.  The Medela slow flow nipple quickly became my favorite.  He could now eat without losing any milk and his latch on the wide base looked like a latch when breastfeeding.

I also like that these have a lid and can fit on my pump.  Medela also sells handy milk storage lids that show the day you pumped (I use them on all of my bottles).  The only con is that these nipples to collapse sometimes so you have to pull it out of baby's mouth to get air. Perhaps this just means we need to move up a flow speed.