With other conventional teats, baby must learn a new technique. That is, milk just flows from most bottles with little effort. As a result, your baby has to learn to stop the flow to enable natural pausing and breathing. DS is now 7 weeks and EBF. I have a hospital appointment next week and will have to leave him at home for a few hours. This week I have been trying him with expressed milk using the calma teat once a day just to get him used to it. On the first day he seemed to take to it and drank an ounce. On the second day I made the mistake of letting him get too hungry and worked up, and he would not entertain it. Yesterday and today he drank two ounces with little drama. He seems to be able to cope with the calma, despite the rather long and stiff teat. Normal teats make him gag and splutter, invariably upsetting him (and me). I have noticed though that a lot of air seems to enter the calma bottle and this results in uncomfortable wind for him at both ends. I'm going to try tightening the lid more to see if we can overcome this problem. Someone from my breastfeeding group complained that the clear part becomes cloudy but if you clean properly in spout it remains clear.

The reason I say that the Medela Calma is good for those who are not breastfeeding is because the way the mechanism works the baby controls how much milk they get. I was using a mam bottle before this one, which was good but nowhere as near as good as this one. The mam bottle like every other bottle I know gives out a constant flow of milk, which means the milk dribbles down the baby's mouth a lot and the baby cannot pause. When I started using this teat there was a very noticeable difference in the amount of milk dripping down his face. He also seemed to need less time being burped at the end. I guess that's because the flow of milk was better as gulping milk down is one of the causes of wind. Also, because the baby regulates the flow of milk you don't need to buy a different teat for different ages so no need for slow, medium and fast flow teats. Can drink, pause and breathe in a natural rhythm, remaining calm and settled, just like on the breast Calma is a feeding solution designed for breastfed babies. It does not interfere with breastfeeding, and lets your baby feed in a similar way that it learned at the breast. Whether you breastfeed or use Calma, the baby has to create a vacuum for breastmilk to flow. As soon as the baby pauses, the flow is stopped. This is the same way with breastfeeding. Why Medela Calma Solitaire Teat?

Feeding – Tips and tricks

During the entire feeding process, leave Calma in the position that your baby has chosen. To facilitate the milk flow, your baby has to create a vacuum, just like with breastfeeding. Pulling out or pushing in Calma would interrupt this process. It could also make your baby choke. We struggled with latch the first 2 weeks of bubs life so she needed to have some of my milk through a bottle but I still wanted to give us the best chance of being able to breastfeed. My daughter took to them really well! Not only were we still able to establish a good latch and are now 14 months strong into breastfeeding, but this meant she can have a bottle with dad in the mornings and I could nap! She has since started daycare and we used them for that, she has bottle at daycare and seamlessly goes to breast at home which has been such a re ... Read more lief.

All items are sent via Australia Post eParcel service, Australia Post Express eParcel, Aramex or Direct Freight Express Courier Service. With Medela Calma babies do not have to change their natural feeding behavior. Whether you breastfeed or use Calma – the milk flows when the baby applies vacuum. Calma – the unique breastmilk feeding solution for your babyTo encourage your baby to open its mouth to take Calma, stimulate its lip as you would with breastfeeding.