Tommee Tippee Vari Flow teats/medium flow teats - when to change over from slow flow?

Meels-Spot · Mar 27th, 2009, 09:48 AM

My LO is 8 weeks old and has about 150-200mls per feed which can take quite a while, and I just wondered when you should change from the level one/slow flow teats onto the next level teat? I looked on the TT website and it says 3 months plus for the level 2 medium flow teats, or you can use the vari flow ones from birth, but I wondered how you know if they need to change up and have a faster flow?

Any experiences with the vari flow teats?

alio · Mar 27th, 2009, 15:26 PM

we changed to vari flow at about 2-3 weeks and they reduced fin's wind brilliantly... but he has a strong suck reflex. i would just try and see how they work for you.

Soontobe · Mar 28th, 2009, 07:22 AM

i went to the 3-6 month teats at around 8-9 weeks lol...he fed so much better after doing so!!

1st_baby · Mar 28th, 2009, 10:58 AM

When you see your lil is getting annoyed with his teet and/or when he falls sleep before finishing his milk which is the result of him getting tired of sucking too hard with the slow teet

Meels-Spot · Mar 29th, 2009, 07:27 AM

Does having a faster flow teat increase wind though?

jackiea85 · Mar 29th, 2009, 07:32 AM

Joseph was really colicky so we tried vari-flo teats when he was about 6 weeks old, they really did help. He still had colic but definitely less screaming! I think part of the problem with the newborn teats was that he was sucking to get more out but the flow was too slow for him so he was just getting air instead x

shampain · Mar 29th, 2009, 07:34 AM

We had Patrick on the vari flow teats at about 6-7 week and he was fine with them but the past few weeks he started to bite down on them and open the valve which made a load of milk come out which choked him and made him sick so now we have gone back to the slow flow ones and hes fine on them.Next wk we are just gonna buy him some medium flow ones. x

**Wobbles** · Mar 29th, 2009, 07:43 AM

Tomme closer to nature? We went to teat 2 within a handful of weaks with our Caitlin

charliebear · Mar 29th, 2009, 16:03 PM

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Originally Posted by 1st_baby

When you see your lil is getting annoyed with his teet and/or when he falls sleep before finishing his milk which is the result of him getting tired of sucking too hard with the slow teet

This is when we changed, tested both medium and vari-flo, went with vari-flo in the end they suited LO better.

nat mum · Oct 18th, 2011, 09:32 AM

I have just given my 7 month old a bottle for the first time and was unsure of which teat to use after searching the web too. Trying her with a bottle once every day now for a few days she seems most comfortable with a size 3.

Mar 27th, 2009, 09:48 AM	#1
Meels-Spot Mum (Mom) Active BnB Member Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: Oxfordshire Posts: 332	Tommee Tippee Vari Flow teats/medium flow teats - when to change over from slow flow? My LO is 8 weeks old and has about 150-200mls per feed which can take quite a while, and I just wondered when you should change from the level one/slow flow teats onto the next level teat? I looked on the TT website and it says 3 months plus for the level 2 medium flow teats, or you can use the vari flow ones from birth, but I wondered how you know if they need to change up and have a faster flow? Any experiences with the vari flow teats?

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alio Mum (Mom) BnB Addict Join Date: Jun 2008 Posts: 2,942	we changed to vari flow at about 2-3 weeks and they reduced fin's wind brilliantly... but he has a strong suck reflex. i would just try and see how they work for you.

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Soontobe Mum (Mom) Active BnB Member Join Date: Sep 2007 Posts: 945	i went to the 3-6 month teats at around 8-9 weeks lol...he fed so much better after doing so!!

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1st_baby Mum (Mom) Inactive Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: montreal Posts: 3,873	When you see your lil is getting annoyed with his teet and/or when he falls sleep before finishing his milk which is the result of him getting tired of sucking too hard with the slow teet

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Meels-Spot Mum (Mom) Active BnB Member Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: Oxfordshire Posts: 332	Does having a faster flow teat increase wind though?

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jackiea85 Other Chat Happy BnB Member Join Date: Sep 2008 Posts: 2,398	Joseph was really colicky so we tried vari-flo teats when he was about 6 weeks old, they really did help. He still had colic but definitely less screaming! I think part of the problem with the newborn teats was that he was sucking to get more out but the flow was too slow for him so he was just getting air instead x

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shampain Mum (Mom) Chat Happy BnB Member Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: Birkenshaw, Bradford Posts: 2,247	We had Patrick on the vari flow teats at about 6-7 week and he was fine with them but the past few weeks he started to bite down on them and open the valve which made a load of milk come out which choked him and made him sick so now we have gone back to the slow flow ones and hes fine on them.Next wk we are just gonna buy him some medium flow ones. x

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nat mum Mum (Mom) New BnB member Join Date: Oct 2011 Location: Melbourne Australia Posts: 1	From breast to bottle I have just given my 7 month old a bottle for the first time and was unsure of which teat to use after searching the web too. Trying her with a bottle once every day now for a few days she seems most comfortable with a size 3.

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