Medela say their latest studies with researchers from the University of Western Australia show that creating a vacuum is essential to successfully breastfeed. Babies learn very early on that they have to produce a vacuum for the breastmilk to flow. Their natural way of sucking requires intensive work during breastfeeding!

Ordinary silicone teats foster an unnatural feeding technique - Calma address this completely.

When you give your baby a feed with expressed breastmilk using a regular style bottle fitted with a standard format silicone teat, your baby learns (or has to learn) a different suckling technique as to when he or she is breastfeeding. When the milk is being taken from a conventional feeder or feeding bottle, and baby wants to pause or breathe the bottle cannot act like a natural breast so it starts to bubble and allow air to enter as baby has caused a vacuum within the bottle. So the baby can choke more easily or develop difficulties attempting to breath whilst feeding.

The solution... Calma - the best teat for your baby

For Mum's wanting to bottle feed her child breastmilk, the Medela Calma is the ideal solution. Calma was developed based on the results of studies with the University of Western Australia. That's why Calma is the ideal teat for babies who are being breastfed with breastmilk, as it allows them to suck, swallow and breathe, as they have already learned on the breast. This is the only bottle feeding system developed to mimic breastfeeding; this allows baby to switch between breast and (Calma) bottle whenever necessary.

As with breastfeeding, your baby can: