ARGH! Crappy Avent Bottles!!!!!! - Baby

MumMum3000 Platinum member

24/07/2008 at 03:37

Hi girls,

Does anyone have problems with Avent bottles?
Mine always seem to leak from under the ring thing and end up soaking poor Ruby!
I recently bought 6 new ones and now it's happening to them too.
I'm thinking of moaning to Avent but don't know if it's worth it! xxx

claire-abelle Platinum member

24/07/2008 at 03:43

I gave up with avent bottles as I thought they were crap too, kept leaking and didn't like the teats. I use boots own brand now and have had no problems and virtually half the price!

icecreamloverpissedoffwithBE Platinum member

24/07/2008 at 03:46

we've never had a problem with ours.

is the teat through the ring fully (so that it clicks into it) ?? is it on tightly... (I know i sound patronising, sorry.)

if you have a problem with them then ring avent and tell them. they should either refund/exchange/something.......

xxxx

Edited: 11/01/2011 at 05:45

mummy2grace Platinum member

24/07/2008 at 04:22

ive had the same problem so i bought asda's own make little angels and they are brill there still wide necked ones and there only ??1.97 for 2

SammyJayden Platinum member

24/07/2008 at 04:50

This happened to me more so when baby was little but havent had it happen for months and months now. I use to find it very annoying!!

mcnamara_kerry Platinum member

24/07/2008 at 04:55

I had the exact same problem when i used avent bottles with my little boy, for ages my OH kept telling me i wasnt screwing them on right but then it started happening to him as well. I found that it did it more when the milk was warm, if the milk was cool then it didnt seem to do it as much.

I bought tommee tippee bottles this time round and they are brill and would reccommend them to everyone. Kerry xxx

serena82

24/07/2008 at 04:57

I read somewhere that if you screw the top on too tight then they are more likely to leak. It has happened to me once or twice but not for months.

sunnymum22 Platinum member

24/07/2008 at 04:58

i found this too and the reason was i was using hot water which made the plastic expand hence not sealing properly when it cooled and shrank so when it was cool we just open the bottle and did it back up to re seal it and never hapened since.hope this helps
xxx

hollysmumbump Platinum member

24/07/2008 at 05:07

i see this is still happening wirth avent bottles then!!I'm breastfeeding this baby but when ih had my older daughter 3 yrs ago i used these bottles and had the same problem!it was so bad at one feed that i had to wrap a mulslin cloth around the ring thing cuz it was pooring on her!!i switched to maam ones after that and they were fab.I think somebody should complain xxx

MummyX5

24/07/2008 at 05:10

The other trick with Avent bottles is not to over-tighten them as that can cause the teat to shift slightly thus causing a leak. I've been using em for nearly 2 yrs and don't have a prob with them.

ollier2001 Platinum member

24/07/2008 at 05:28

well, i'm glad it isnt just mine! :x

with my 4 yr old, i used them, yet dont ever remember them leaking.

when i changes the teat size to 3m for Issy, they started leaking! i have found that as i put the water in, then leave til i am ready to use , when i have put the powder in i just readjust the teat again before shaking. :lol:

very occasionally it may still leak, so i just rethread again, and then they are fine. :\)

[Modified by: ollier2001 on July 24, 2008 01:44 PM]

artyfarty2005 Platinum member

24/07/2008 at 08:38

they only leak when i shake them up but i think thats cos of the pressure from hot liquid

suzanne3

24/07/2008 at 12:19

mine are crap too i thought with it being my third and last baby i would get the best bottles what a load of crap!!! they leak too x:\?

MumMum3000 Platinum member

24/07/2008 at 12:23

Well i'm glad it's not just me!!!
I have checked that they are done up tight, not too tight, and that the teat is pulled through properly and they still leak.
I can feel a major rant to Avent coming on!!!
I have some Mam ones so might use those for now but the Boots ones sound great! Double points too!! xxx

24/07/2008 at 12:39

Don't use Avent, they leak and they contain BPA... I used them for the first couple of months but after I heard about the BPA issue, I binned them all.... Avent bottles were pulled off the shelves in Canada due to BPA but I don't think it's a great loss!
I use MAM now and they are great although it takes a bit of getting used too to insert the vent thing at the bottom...

suzanne3

24/07/2008 at 13:54

sorry to sound thick but whats bpa?
i would love to complain to avent does anyone have an email address? i like the standard bottles with the little discs no leakage with them!:roll:

24/07/2008 at 15:17

BPA is short for some long chemical name -- they've done studies that if avent (and a few other brands) are filled iwth a hot liquid, the bottle lets off this chemical.

suzanne3

24/07/2008 at 15:34

oh dear that dont sound too good maybe i will get new ones asdas own maybe xx

ollier2001 Platinum member

24/07/2008 at 15:43

could this BPA be the same chemical that was in the press a few months back about normal bottled water (like evian etc) when kept in a car, gets warm, chemical released?

if it is, i never heard about it being in babies bottles! that's terrible isnt it!

without wanting to sound niave tho', do not all babies bottles contain it then?

CarriesMom Platinum member

24/07/2008 at 17:25

the BPA thing was all over the news a few months ago - I think the chemical is what makes the bottles clear. BPA free ones (like born free) are kinda yellowy.
I use Avent bottles - their website has a statement on it about BPA - I noticed recently that they're intending to introduce BPA free bottles and they also tell you which of their other products are currently BPA free.
Also remember Asda (I think) saying they were going to start stocking a BPA free range in the next few months