I love the bond that breastfeeding creates for a mother and her child. I know from personal experience the joys (and pains) of breastfeeding. My son has been breastfed since he was born. When I tried to introduce a bottle to him at 4 weeks old, he absolutely refused to take it. Eight months later he is finally starting to take select bottles (2 to be exact), one of them being the BARE Air-Free bottle from Bittylab.
The latch my son makes while feeding from this bottle mimics the latch he has when breastfeeding (lips pursed and all!). The “Perfe-latch” nipple extends when he sucks on it, which is claimed to mimic a mother’s breast while breastfeeding.
Another thing that I like about this bottle is the fact that you are able to express the air out of the bottle using the “air-plug.” As my son drinks, the air plug moves up the bottle continuing that air free feeding.
While my son enjoys using this bottle, there is a downside to it. The air-plug can be easily damaged without proper care (improperly assembled, crushed in the drying rack, etc). When assembling the bottle, you need to make sure that the bottom ring is removed from the bottle before trying to insert the air-plug. If you don’t, it can become damaged and make the bottle unusable. See THIS video for instructions on how to assemble the bottle.
I made a SIMPLE at a glance pros and cons list:
PROS
- mimics breastfeeding
- air free feeding (preventing gassiness)
- bottle completely disassembles for easy cleaning
- antimicrobial
- BPA, PVC, Lead & Phthalate FREE!! Making it safe for baby, green and environmentally friendly.
- very light and easy for little hands to hold
CONS
- air-plug easily damaged
- the “Perfe-latch” nipple can be hard to latch onto at first because the nipple is “sunken”, but once the latch is made it works well!
If you are breastfeeding like I am and having a hard time finding a bottle that will work for your little one (believe me… I went through MANY!) then give BARE Air-Free by Bittylab a try!
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That it is made of safe ingredients!
I like that it has an air-tight/air-free environment inside the bottle to minimize oxidation and slow down bacteria growth
My fave feature is that it is made of safe materials, free of bpa, pvc, lead, phthalates and nitrosamines
That the nipple extends
I love that it mimics breastfeeding and BPA free is great too!
I love that its BPA free! What a great bottle!
I like that its air free
I like that they are designed to be air-free.
i love that this is air free
This sound way easier than the Playtex bag bottles I used with my first two. Go Bare!
I love that it mimics breastfeeding!
I love that its BPA free! What a great bottle!
I Love that it gives ” same breastfeeding latch for less nipple confusion”
It’s BPA, PVC, lead and phthalate free!! Also it mimics breastfeeding.
I love that it is air free and mimics breastfeeding.
It’s air-free
love the air free i think all bottles should have some kid of air free systum cuz it makes baby much happier!
The air free feeding is a great benefit, along with the ability to mimic breastfeeding.
My favorite feature is that it is BPA, PVC, Lead & Phthalate FREE.
I like that it mimics a mother’s breast during breastfeeding.
I love that it mimics breastfeeding.
the best feature about “Bare” is that it mimics breastfeeding!
I like that it’s air free and the nipple that mimics breastfeeding is great!
I like the Air Free Feeding. There’s nothing worse than a gassy baby. I really like how their website has tips for Latching on, gassy babies,feeding formula and self feeding. This bottle grows with the baby which I like too. Thank you 🙂
Love that it’s air-free and mimics breastfeeding!! Such an ingenious idea!
Air free milk
It works like a syringe and reduces gas/colic!
The milk keeps fresher longer because there is no air in the bottle, plus the nipple extends to mimic breast feeding and eliminate confusion for the baby.
I am loving the nipple extension. That is a pretty cool feature.
The whole design is amazing. It would really help with colic because it avoids air intake.
Weening my daughter has been hard… i cold so use this bottle.
The best thing i like about the bare bottle is that it retracts like a real nipple, so as not to have nipple confusion.
These bottles look amazing! I have read up on them as much as I can and would love to win these so that I can use them when our little boy arrives in February!
A new way to get my baby to take a bottle would be helpful. These bottles look really cool. I have been checking back periodically to see when they would be manufactured. I stay home most of the time, but I would like my sitters (usually my mom) to have an easier time of it. I would also like her dad to be able to feed her easier while I am out running errands.
I think the best feature is the air plug which allows air to escape.
That it is PVC, lead and BPA free and mimics breast feeding.
I like that it provides air free feedings my baby gets very gassy even when nursing 🙁