Bottles, warmers and sterilisers (view report contents)
About this guide
You may think that once you’ve decided what type of milk to feed your baby, that's the end of the matter. However, a survey of disabled parents showed that feeding equipment caused problems for nearly six in ten with poor strength, poor grip or poor sight. Even if you decide to breastfeed, you may well find yourself buying some feeding bottles in your baby’s first year.
When you start to look at baby feeding equipment, you may well be bewildered by the range and types available. This guide covers a wide range, bought in shops and by mail order. In total we assessed:
- 44 feeding bottles
- 18 sterilisers and
- 10 bottle warmers.
The products were assessed by an advisory panel for ease of use, taking into account limited strength and grip, one handedness, poor sight and learning difficulties.
The guide should help you to find feeding equipment that will be easier to use whatever your ability.
This guide was first published in 2002, however contact, product and price details were updated in 2007.
Acknowledgements
We are grateful to the Department of Health for funding this series of projects on childcare equipment and its ease of use by disabled parents.
Our thanks go to a panel of disabled parents and professionals (see opposite) who supported the research.
Report produced by Ricability
Research Jeanette Attan, Lindsey Etchell, Dylan Simanowitz
Design Sarah Watson
Photography Ginette Chapman
Illustration Cyrus Deboo
Printing WPG Ltd
Ricability is an independent charity that researches and publishes unbiased information on products and services to enable older and disabled people to live more independently. Contact Ricability for further copies of this guide and others in the series Ð Baby carriers and Safety gates in 2002 with more to come in 2003 and 2004.
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Our panel
The panel included both disabled parents and professionals. The organisations represented were:
- Disability Pregnancy and Parenting international (DPPi)
- Royal National Institute of the Blind (RNIB)
- Arthritis Care
- MENCAP
- Stroke Association
- Ricability.
We also had help with the project from the Disabled Parents Network.
Report Contents
About this guide
Feeding bottles
Bottle Buying guide
Bottle Warmers
Bottle warmer buying guide
Preparing baby milk
Sterilisers
Steriliser buying guide
Steriliser summaries
Helpful Organisations
Suppliers list
