Dr. Brown's Options+ Baby Bottle

I love these bottles. Three babies in and they’re my saving grace. All of my babies had horrible gas and colic. These bottles really made a huge difference. They can need tedious to clean but we rinse directly after each use and they do either in a bottle washer or the dishwasher and I’ve never had issues cleaning. My only reason for 4 stars instead of 5 is that the lid does not stay on so it makes a huge mess in my bottle carrier. The wide neck lid does stay on but it still leaks pretty heavily.

Nipple collapses all the time

I really wanted to love these bottles, but unfortunately they’ve been nothing but frustrating. At first they seemed fine, but after a few weeks of use they started leaking constantly. The problem has only gotten worse over time. It feels like every feeding turns into a mess with milk dripping down the sides, soaking bibs and burp cloths, and wasting so much milk. I even watched all of the “how to fix the issue” videos and tried every suggestion, but nothing worked. For the price and reputation, I expected a much better product. Instead, I find myself dreading using them because they create more cleanup than convenience. Sadly, I can’t recommend these bottles—they just don’t hold up with regular use.

I used Dr.Browns for my son, as well as my twins. I loved the bottles initially and they helped my babies have less gas and reflux. The NICU actually recommended we try these bottles to help with those issues and it worked initially! Unfortunately, they leak so so easily and I do believe this correlates with an inconsistent flow at times, leading to choking because the flow is too fast OR latching on and off due to very little output. It may be user error, but I’ve tried every trick in the book to fix the issue.

I cannot stress how much these bottles suck—every single style made by this company. They all leak! The plastic ones seem to actually seep from the sides of the bottle, but the glass and plastic ones leak from the lid/nipple. The worst part is that the company is aware of it and when I called to ask, I was sent some different lids and given tips to address the leaking, none of which have helped. This company either needs to fix their products or go into a different business.

These are the right size for little baby hands to learn to hold on their own (for us that was around 9-10 months). Our kids did not need to use a bottle until then. The vent works well to keep air out of bottle, so it is worth the extra effort to clean and keep up with. We tried so many kinds of bottles and after 2 kids these are the ones we landed on because of the slim size and because they are compatible with ready to feed formula in 8 oz containers. We bought the 4oz Dr. Brown slim neck bottles for this purpose and we take them everywhere. We just use the top with the vent and screw into the formula bottle. It works great for on the go. Word of caution, they leak like a sieve whether you use as a complete bottle or screw into the formula bottle. It helps to not fill above the line, but sometimes it leaks anyway. We always monitor while the bottle is being drank to avoid a mess and use a burp cloth, bib, or napkin under baby's chin. I have found you can stop the leaking while feeding by turning the bottle a quarter turn. Must be when the vent is turned a certain way that there can be a constant drip. The quarter turn trick works to stop the leak. Overall, since we used bottles starting at 9 months these were perfect. We used the tops of these Dr. Brown bottles for on the go. At 9 months we started with the number 2 nipple and then the number 3 for these Dr. Brown bottles. Once baby was taking 8oz of formula we switched to the Nuk 8oz soft top sippy cup bottles with handles. The Nuk sippy cups were an easy transition at around 9-10 months from a bottle and they have a vent built into the top (so only 2 parts to clean plus handles and lid). Overall If I went back I would buy about 5-6 of these Dr. Brown 4 oz bottles to use starting around 9 months or earlier and skip the Mam ones (with lots of parts to take apart and assemble) and skip the Avent ones that were not as good of size on top or around for baby to hold at 9 months. Most of the other bottles available are the wide neck variety and I wish I would have known there is really no benefit to using the wide neck kind, as the narrow neck bottles worked better for us.

Seems perfect quality. Bottle is thin and easy for baby’s to hold. Nipple is slim. But, super leaky

I have used these bottles for both my kids and will be using them again for my baby on the way! Helps a lot with spitting up. Thank you Dr brown!

I got these as a sample when I was pregnant from the target welcome bag and loved the design and how it's anti colic . But recently I've been noticing that they grow mold very easily especially in the green valve that comes in the bottle. Also the top of the bottle is a little small and formula spills everywhere.

The 2 bottles I have were gifted thankfully. It seems like a good bottle with a great vent system for gas, colic etc. However it leaks pretty bad where the nipple and ring connects and around the area of the ring and bottle. I’ve noticed space all around the nipple and ring to the point I can slide my nail into the side of it. Mind you the nipple came attached to the bottle already so it’s no like I assembled it improperly.

This bottle gave my baby horrible collic, caused spitting up and gas. Bottle also leaks like crazy, stay away from these bottles!

Dislike. The bottles leak too much.

Been using these since day and one love them. Yes they are a pain to clean and take time but it's worth it my daughter

I like these bottles but I found the anti colic parts didn’t really help that much and were hard to clean so we just prefer to use the bottles without them.

These bottles leak all the time. They come with a stopper for travel, but they also leak while baby is drinking out of them. The anti-colic feature is great but also annoying and time consuming to clean.

Leak after one week of usage.

We’ve been using these bottles for 3 months and they leak so bad. It’s so annoying. Baby is soaked in milk and we can’t tell how many ounces he’s actually eating. The preemie nipples are amazing and it’s the reason we continue to use these bottles because although our baby wasn’t a preemie, he drinks too fast and he chokes on other nipples. I wish they would fix this issue.

My daughter is very picky when it comes to her bottle she doesn’t accept most of the nipples we tried dr brows and she was able to latch on from the 1st try . Very easy to clean and leak free.

My baby loved them! Easy to clean and can be used with or without the insert.

The bottles leak and my baby cant figure out how to get the milk out.