MAM or Dr Brown bottles

My 12 week old twins (5 weeks corrected age) have suffered with reflux since 4 weeks old. We have tried sma althera and they were put on liquid omeprazole which we didn't see any difference on. We are now just using anti reflux aptamil which they like and have stopped the vomiting ( they used to soak through their clothes) they still have congestion, hiccups and lots of wind! I've been told the Dr brown bottles are better in helping with the wind than the MAM colic bottles? Has anyone made the change and noticed a difference?

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Yes got them no difference at all in fact I think they were worse for us x

I use Dr Browns - they did help my little boy massively but I’m not sure it was the bottle as such. My little boy has a high palette and had a tongue tie so struggled to get a good latch with MAM. The Dr browns ones were hugely better for his latch! They can be a pain in the arse and leak! 😭 x

Hi i started on dr brown bottles and they didnt help us so we switched to mam bottles and they were better for us xx

@Sarah yes I've heard the Dr brown leak a lot! I'm also wondering if the MAM teat isn't the best for the twins but they've had them since birth and managed. Their discomfort is their wind so I'm trying to think of anything and everything to help. Thank you! X

@Gabrielle thank you! They're not exactly cheap either and we need double 🙈 thank you x

@Zeenat thanks so much! The MAM are very easy to sterilise too so that's a plus. Thank you x

My baby spits up a lot less when using dr browns x

We started on mam but my little one never seemed to get a good latch which then caused her to get excess wind, we swapped to dr browns but the narrow neck not the wide neck and never looked back, things were much better for us x

We started with MAM and found there were still lots of bubbles causing reflux / wind issues so changed to Dr Browns and they have honestly been a game changer! Out LO is so so much better 😀

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