My baby bottle reviews

The only time I started using baby bottles was when I was putting Mara in daycare. I had started her on a bottle here and there with her daddy, Wedge, so that she wouldn't be resistant to bottles. The bottles I got from my baby shower were Dr. Browns, Avent wide mouth bottles, and The First Years Breastflow bottles. I later bought some Playtex Drop In System bottles with liners because they have a pumping system I tried out which I ended up not liking at all. All my milk would leak when I stored it in the fridge and I hate wasting anything I pumped.

Dr. Browns - Reduce colic/gas was their main marketing strategy. I didn't like them. Mara did end up getting real gassy, but I don't think it was primarily because of bottle feeding. I had to switch strategies feeding her and that helped a lot with her gas. (I did the 10 mins on one side, 10 on the other and that seemed to be giving her a lot of gas because she seemed to be getting a lot of the foremilk which I later found out is more gassier. Since I produced so much I just let her feed on one side until she was done and that eliminated most of her gas problems.) The Dr. Brown bottles had too many pieces to put together and was a pain to clean everyday. Also, they always leaked for me, and some eventually just cracked and leaked all over our bottle warmer. We were not happy with these bottles and it was the reason why I didn't really pump into bottles. These are standard size bottles and fit my Ameda Purely Your's breastpump, but with all the leaking and cracking I gave up on them.

Avent - I liked these bottles but was disappointed they didn't fit directly with my breastpump. They warmed up nicely, held up to heat and no leaks. Mara seemed to like to feed from these as well.

The First Years Breastflow - I never used this but my husband did and he didn't like it. Most of milk would go into a 2nd "staging" area of the nipple (to simulate breastfeeding) or whatever and so we couldn't really gauge how much she was drinking. Mara also didn't like feeding from it.

Playtex Drop In systems - I had major problems with these just leaking at the screw part. No matter what I did, it just leaked if it was slightly tipped, maybe it is better for formula, maybe breastmilk is thinner and I just had issues with it. I bought it because I was thinking I could pump into these, store and drop in a bottle and not clean so much bottles after work. Well...I ended up cleaning my clothes, the bags I transported the milk in, my car, as well as the coolers I stored the milk in.
Now that I am considering supplementing with formula, I may give these Playtex another go and see if I like it.
**Update - These work well with formula, I never had any leaks but you can't really fill up more than 8 ozs on the large size.