The problem with bottle feeding is that artificial nipples often do not simulate the resistance to suckling of a real nipple - babies have to put some effort into it, with gravity fed artificial nipples (if the mother is having a hard time nursing) it\'s actually easier to suckle from the bottle than the breast and so babies learn to prefer the bottle, and give up on the breast accept for comfort suckling. The objective of a new bottle design, which this may well achieve, is to mimic the breast as closely as possible, to encourage breast feeding and thus increase milk supply from the nursing mother. Having watched my wife go through this process, I\'ve discovered it\'s not at all as easy as some think, and results in many women simply giving up and going to the bottle.

I want one!!!!

@PeetEngineer You hit the nail on the head!! One of the many benefits of BARE air-free baby bottle is that it dispenses milk only upon suction and the amount is controlled by the baby\'s sucking strength, like nature intended. Also the Perfe-latch nipple helps training the baby with latching techniques that may alleviate mom\'s sore nipples due to improper latching.

@Dana King Dana you can pre-order from kickstarter, and have your BARE bottle before retailers. http://kck.st/bareairfree

Why re-invent the wheel? Playtex have been selling a system (now called Drop Ins) for at least 22 years. I had 4 children and as soon as they made the progress from breast to bottle they used this system. Firstly, it is far better than what this new system \"seems\" to be because it is far easier to sterilise. The drop in bags are sterile, relatively cheap and therefore a steam steriliser only needs to be used for the holder cylinder, the retaining screw, the cap and the teat. The teats were designed to mimic a mother\'s nipple and although I can\'t speak from personal experience of use, my 4 kids never had a problem moving over. They also didn\'t ever suffer colic or any other problem. So bally hoo for this lady, but in my opinion there\'s something cheaper, with at least 22 years history (my eldest son is 22) that does the job without technical solutions. Please have a look at my site www.loconoco.com which concentrates on low cost or no cost solutions to problems.

I need one now....ugh I will have weaned in December! I pledged $15 to get the bottle! I am so excited....DD2 is 100% BF...will not take bottle! tried them all...this seems perfect! Will hope to use these with baby 3 eventually!

@TheMaster Sorry but Drop ins don\'t even come close to this system. My friend used drop ins and told me how she used them. Here\'s the math: $8 per container, she bought 3 = $24. Her baby drank in the beginning like 10 bottles a day for a about 2 months, then it dropped to 6 bottles for the next 6 months and then 3 bottles a day for about 4 months. Let me do the math for you, 10 (feedings)x60 (days) = 600 liners, a box of 100 liners is $10. Right there is $60 spent in 2 months. Then 6 (feedings) x 180 (days)= 1080 liners, for this she had to buy another 10.8 boxes, adding another $100 dollars. And the 4th quarter she used 360 liners adding up to another $30. (I\'m being kinds and leaving off the .8 + .6 additional liners that equals to 140, another box and a half of liners). In one year she spent over $225 in the Playtex system. I don\'t call that savings. Even if I were to buy 10 BARE bottles I will only spend $150... Now that\'s savings!!! I\'m pregnant, my baby comes in April and I can\'t wait to buy the BARE air-free systems. Thank you Ms Priska Diaz for your invention.

Wow... this looks very interesting!!!! I\'m going to seriously consider trying these bottles out!!! Thanks, Priska Diaz, for trying to come up with a better option! :) I hope they work as great as this article makes them sound.
Hare Krishna! :)

Ahhh, another fine example of man's attempt to aviod parenting their children. I often wonder the level of BPA in those pastic rubber containers that surrogate's a woman's breast, and the amount of pollution those factories make when producing these unnecessary and lazy products. We have the resources and tenologies to make artificial limbs and technologies to shape humanity and what do we use it for? To make an artificial boob so we can dump junior with the bottle and chat with our friends on Facebook. And we wonder why children are forming close personal bonds stronger than with their parents with inanimate objects. We wonder why junior cuddles his bottle, his binky and his teddy bear, when mom dumped him in a crib so she could have more me time. And he literally cries and throw tantrums when mom tries to take his surrogate mother away from him.
Lazy is America's parenting title.

Actually. Any bottle will do just what you described. The reason something like this is very break threw, is because solely breastfed babes tend to refuse any bottle tried, that makes difficult for mom to go grocery shop or leave the baby with Dad for any time at all. My breast fed baby would not take a bottle at all, 8 hours straight without food, I guess she thought she was being punished or something. Also the more natural way to nurse is to suck, when milk comes out so easily, like regular bottle, babies tend to get more ear infections and aspiration. I agree, baby's should be loved and taken care of without so many "surrogates". But for some that's not possible.