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Tommee Tippee Closer to Nature bottles are a familiar sight in UK kitchens for good reason. The wide, soft teat is shaped to feel a bit like the breast, which can make life easier if you are mixing breast and bottle feeding. They suit newborns and stay useful through the first year, and the wide neck means you are not fishing around with a tiny brush at 3am.
What to look for
- Teat flow rate. Slow flow suits 0 months plus, with medium and fast teats to buy separately as your baby gets older and hungrier.
- Anti-colic valve. A valve in the teat lets air escape away from the milk, which can help with wind, trapped air and the grizzly feeds that follow.
- Cleaning and sterilising. Check the bottle is dishwasher, microwave and steam steriliser safe, and that the parts come apart easily so nothing hides milk residue.
Our pick
This pack of six 260ml clear bottles is the sensible starting point for most families. Six bottles is roughly a full day of feeds, so you are not constantly washing up, and the clear plastic makes it easy to see measurements and check everything is properly clean. The breast-like teat is widely accepted by babies, the valve helps cut down on swallowed air, and the wide neck makes mixing formula and scrubbing far less fiddly. It is BPA free and fits the wider Closer to Nature range, so teats and lids carry over as you go.
One honest note: you do not need the fancier decorated or anti-colic editions to get the same feed. Plain clear bottles do the job, and hand washing the teats now and then keeps them softer for longer.