Medela Calma

What I like about this teat?
- It's not because it looks like a mother's nipple (far from it) , but it ACTS like one.

This new ‘feeding device’ works differently to your usual bottle. The Calma forces your baby to use the same technique she’s learnt for getting milk from the breast. So why is that good news? Well, it means moving between breast and bottle is easier, because your baby uses the same feeding technique for both.

The Calma has stemmed from years of research. Donna Geddes, a lactation researcher, found that babies feed from the breast in a different way to what was previously thought. Using ultrasound technology, Donna realised that a baby uses a combo of up and down tongue movements to control the flow of breast milk, and that it’s actually a vacuum action that gets the milk out of the breast.

With Calma:

• Mum only needs one type of teat throughout her breastfeeding duration.
• Baby can feed, pause and breathe regularly. 
• Milk will not flow unless a vacuum is created. 
• Milk flow stops when the baby relaxes to pause and breathe. 
• The baby’s natural sucking rhythm will be maintained, enabling easy transition back to the breast.

In my personal opinion, this is a great teat, especially for mothers who send their children to nursery because milk will not flow through the teat unless the baby work on it. So it will reduce the risk of choking.