Medela Calma Feeding Bottle with Nipple 250ml

It "works" in the same way as it would on the breast: when breastfeeding, the baby creates a vacuum for the milk to flow, thus training the facial muscles.
Suck, swallow, pause and breathe following your natural and individual eating rhythm.
You can combine breast and bottle and, most importantly, you can resume breastfeeding at any time.
It benefits from the nutritional substances and vitamins that breast milk offers.
She continues to enjoy the love and intimacy her mother offers her while breastfeeding.

Why Calm?
Breastfeeding is the best thing for your baby, but you can't always be there to breastfeed naturally. That's why, at Medela, we investigated until we found the solution that best suits you and your baby.

Research, in collaboration with the University of Western Australia, has led to a solution that mimics a baby's natural sucking behavior with the aim of facilitating the transition from breast to bottle and, most importantly, being able to return to breastfeeding. The result is Calm.

Once the breast pump has been chosen and the milk has been expressed, Calma is the best option to feed your baby. With Calma, you can rest assured that your baby is feeding with breast milk through the bottle as he learned when doing it at the breast. This way, your baby continues to drink breast milk when you are not around and when you return you can continue breastfeeding.

Food – Tips and recommendations
At first, it is normal for the baby to be a little reticent when Calma is introduced to him; It may be the first time the baby comes into contact with something other than the mother's breast. Although, for us, Calma seems perfectly normal, for the baby it does not have the smell, taste or appearance of the mother's breast. Therefore, you may need a little patience until your baby accepts Calma.

Here are some tips and recommendations developed with the support of new mothers and experienced mothers. These are tricks that will help your baby get used to Calma if he is a little hesitant at first.

Let another adult (other than the mother) take care of the first feeding with Calma. Also, hold your baby in a different position than when breastfeeding. This helps the baby learn a new way of feeding and makes the transition from breastfeeding to Calma and back to breastfeeding easier.
Dip the tip of the Calma silicone piece in expressed breast milk before starting to feed.
Place Calma at an angle of approximately 45 degrees in relation to the baby's lower lip.
To encourage your baby to open their mouth and accept Calma, stimulate their lip just as you would if you were breastfeeding.
When your baby opens his mouth, place Calma on the tip of his tongue. Do not force Calma into your mouth. The baby will hold Calma as much as he needs; exactly as he learned to do with the breast's nipple.
During the entire feeding process, keep Calma in the position your baby has chosen. To facilitate the release of milk, the baby will have to create a vacuum, just like breastfeeding. Pushing or pulling Calma will only interrupt this process. And it could also cause the baby to choke.
Don't give up on Calma: it may take three or more separate attempts for your baby to learn how to use Calma.
If your baby has already used another teat, remember that Calma works differently. With Calma, milk flow is controlled by the interaction between the baby's sucking behavior and the Calma milk flow control system. This system is not like other conventional teats – it may require a little patience.