I am currently bottle feeding my second child. With my first child, I think I bought at least one of every kind of bottle sold out there until I found my winner – Playtex Ventaire Wide.  Ventaire offers a Wide and a Normal sized bottle and nipple.  As I had breastfed, I found Wide was the most similar to what the babies were used to, and thus easier for them to drink from.

I chose Ventaire because there are several features to this bottle:

1. The most important feature being a filter that is located at the bottom of the bottle.  This filter allows air to be brought through it rather than the nipple as you child is eating — almost eliminating bubbles that can cause your child to be fussy with tummy aches.
2. As previously stated, the wide nipples are very easy transition from the breast to the bottle.
3. The breakdown of the bottle is very simple to allow for complete cleaning so no old, crusty formula milk builds up in the bottle.

I also noticed that my first daughter (remember, whom was exposed to many different bottles at first) spit up after almost every feeding.  Once I stuck with Playtex Ventaire these after-feeding spit-ups decreased significantly.  My second daughter (whom was strictly on Ventaire from the day we brought her home from the hospital) hardly ever spit up.  Any after-feeding regurgitation she has had could be described it as more of a little dribble.

Now I feel that I must tell you the bad with the good.  My only complaint is with the Playtex Ventaire is the Playtex Ventaire Advance bottles.  When I discovered these I saw that the box touted that they now significantly decreased colic and gas.  I thought these new Ventaire Advance bottles would be even more awesome!  Truth be told:  these bottles have a different type of filter that is placed at the bottom of the bottle and unless you put this new filter in perfectly, the bottle will leak out of the bottom – nice and messy!