Philips Avent Natural Essentials Gift Set

[This review was collected as part of a promotion.] I love these bottles ! My newborn does too, compared to other brands and I like that they had a mix of different sizes!

[This review was collected as part of a promotion.] I had this product on my registry and then much to my excitement I received it from Stellar Product Testing Panel to try! I’d like to start by saying every product in this bundle is amazing. The bottles included are our favorite, especially since we are both bottle and breast feeding. The bottles flow mimics the breast flow making it easy and familiar for our baby. The pacifiers are also our favorite! The baby dictates what he wants, and this is one of the only pacifiers he will take! This is also the same one they gave us at the hospital, so it’s OB, pediatrician and nurse approved! We removed the snuggle buddy from the pacifier for now being in the newborn stage but we are excited to try that out when the baby is a little older. The bottle warmer is super user friendly. We waited until 2am with a screaming baby to try to use it and luckily it was a piece of cake! It warms the bottle quickly and quietly- we are a huge fan! We love all of the components of this set! I would highly recommend adding it to your registry! It’s a newborn must have.

[This review was collected as part of a promotion.] I recently received this gift set to test out as part of the Stellar Product Testing Panel, and I think it has a lot of great qualities. The thing I was most excited for was the bottle warmer, as this is our third child but we've never actually had one before. I really like the sleek, minimalist design that can work for a lot of decor styles and can stay on the kitchen counter without being a major eyesore. I also love a feature I discovered by accident - on the bottom it has a little place you can wrap the cord around to only have out the length you need and not have a big long cord wrapping around the counter. The functions on the warmer are very simple to figure out and use, so you're not trying to deal with some complicated machine, especially while sleep-deprived. However I do wish there was a bit more control over the temperature. If you use the slow-warm setting (which would be rare for me, we usually need it NOW! haha) it will hold it at a good temperature, but when using the quick-warm you can easily overheat the milk. It's also a little tricky to know how much water to put in (you're supposed to put it up to the level of milk in the bottle, but if you've got a smaller amount it's hard to see in there to tell where it should be). However it was really easy to use and it really was fast so we were pleased with it's performance. I have a few of these Philips' bottles now and I love that the parts are interchangeable. This way I'm not constantly looking around trying to find the exact right nipple for the bottle I have, everything can all be switched up easily. The bottles are a good shape for my little one to practice holding up by himself, and these are one of the few nipple shapes he has been happy to use. So far they also don't seem to leak when not being drunk out of, which is a major plus as that's always annoying to have milk dripping out all over the place! I think I like the style of this bottle brush better than the one I've always had before, because the bristle's are just on one side - so when you pull it out you're not spraying yourself with water! And the back end seems to be ridged for cleaning the inside of the nipple, which is useful as gunk can easily get trapped in there. My only wish is that it would be able to stand upright on its own. We have not used the sterilizing bags yet, but I've always wanted to try some and I like the idea of being able to get a deep-clean without harsh chemicals or potentially degrading the plastic. Finally, I had mixed thoughts on the snuggle giraffe pacifier. I really wanted to love it, and there are some great features, but it's not without its downsides. The size of the animal is slightly larger than other similar products we have, which for our baby is not a big deal but for really young/small babies it could be too big and heavy for them to be able to keep it in their mouth. The material though is super soft which I really liked, and is perfect for being up against infants' sensitive skin. I really love the ability the remove the pacifier because my main issue with our other ones is that its permanently attached so it makes it hard to get a good clean on the pacifier. This one pops off easily so you can actually sanitize it, as well as switch out for others (if you're out and about, or as baby grows). On the other hand, we have found that it seems to come off a little TOO easily. While just playing around with it, my baby has accidentally pulled the giraffe off, or when it's gotten stuck under him in the carseat or in the diaper bag; I feel like it would work just a little bit better if it were attached with velcro or a looped string. It's not a huge downside, and I'd say the benefit outweighs the negative, but it would be a nice little change. All in all, this gift set comes with some great products, perfect for a friend with a new baby (even the experienced mama's starting from square one again!). It's cute, sleek, and definitely functional.

[This review was collected as part of a promotion.] If you are looking to buy a gift set for new parents, this is it! I have always loved Advent bottles and this set comes with 4. Two smaller bottles for when baby is newborn and two larger for when baby is older. My little one is older so he doesn’t use the smaller bottles anymore so we use the larger bottles. I like the wide mouths of the bottles, not only are they easy to pour into, they attach to my Spectra pump! This set also comes with a cute little snuggle giraffe that you can attach a pacifier to. My little one does not take a pacifier but loved snuggling the giraffe! The smuggler is nice because you can attach and detach different pacifiers and it allows for easy washing! The set also comes with a bottle warmer, which we use daily! The advent bottles fit perfectly in but i can also fit my other bottles (medela and dr browns) in as well! I have also used it to heat up baby food! I received this product as part of the Stellar Product Testing Panel.

[This review was collected as part of a promotion.] I received the Philips Avent Natural All In One Gift Set With Snuggle Giraffe as a part of the Stellar Product Testing Panel and mark my words this is the perfect starter set for any expectant mama and this would also make for the perfect baby shower gift because it comes with so many goodies. This set comes with four natural flow bottles, two of which are four ounce bottles and the other two are nine ounce bottles. As stated before, these are natural flow bottles which makes it easy for your little one to swallow, breathe and take pauses during their feeding which helps prevent the baby from choking. The nipple is very similar to the natural nipple on breast which is perfect for breast feeding mothers looking for a bottle that won’t cause nipple confusion. The bottle is made up of four parts including the top making cleaning a breeze. Speaking of cleaning, this set also includes a bottle brush as well… how convenient is this! In addition, the Philips Avent All In One Gift Set also comes with a bottle warmer that is super easy to use and heats milk without having to worry about hotspots that can burn your baby’s tongue . If you are a breast feeding mama or an exclusive pumper, you know the struggle of going through disposable breast milk bags but something that is really unique about this set is that it comes with sealing discs for the bottles which converts the bottle into containers which reduces the need for storage bags. I am very big on sterilizing bottles especially due to the fact I’m a preemie mama I want to keep things as clean and sanitized as possible and this kit actually includes five microwaveable sterilizer bags which can be used to sterilize all things baby related such as nipples, bottles, and even your breast pump part too! On to the last and probably my most favorite feature of this set would be the two ultra soft pacifiers and the soothie pacifier that comes with the detachable giraffe as well. My daughter absolutely loves squeezing her little tiny hands on the giraffe as a way to comfort her when I can’t hold her 24/7. Now if this adorable giraffe won’t sell you on this gift set I don’t know what will! The only downside I notice is that I can only fit one bottle on the side of my baby’s diaper bag because of the shape as where I’m used to normally fitting two bottles in the pouch. Another feature I disliked was the measuring units were on opposite sides so on one side, the ml units were shown and on the other side, the ounces were shown. All in all this is literally the perfect starter set and it is great for any expectant mom who maybe confused what brand to choose because the Philips Avent All In One Gift Set definitely meets every single need!

[This review was collected as part of a promotion.] (I received this set as a member of the Stellar Product Testing Panel). As a breastfeeding mother, this bottle set great because the bottles are "slow flow" and comparable to the flow of nursing. My husband and daughter enjoy getting to help feed my baby and warm her bottles easily and quickly, with the included warmer. I love the included pacifiers and my daughter was receptive to them. This is a great set to include on your registry to get you set up and ready to go with breastfeeding or combo-feeding.

[This review was collected as part of a promotion.] It was awesome to receive the Philips Avent Natural All In One Gift Set With Snuggle Giraffe as part of the Stellar Product Testing Panel. My daughter was already familiar with the snuggle soother animals which we use in her crib for sleep always with 2 different pacifiers so she has options. I love that you can use the Avent pacifiers connected to the giraffe’s mouth but also connect a pacifier of a different brand to the hand. Best yet is the fact that the pacifiers do disconnect to make it easier to wash them. This gift set included 2 sizes of the Avent natural bottles (4oz and 9oz) with size 0 and 1 nipples. Because it’s a starter set, the nipple sizes are the lowest. These nipple sizes are too low for my 9.5 month old, so I switched them out for other 4s and some 3s I had on hand. The included pacifiers are listed as being for 0-3 and 0-6 but she still uses the 0-3 type on her Avent Monkey soother that’s been in her crib for months and I attached a 3-6 Avent Super Soothie to the giraffe along with another brand she likes on the hand. So all in all, most of the items were usable, and we can save the 0 and 1 nipples for a little sibling. The 4oz bottles are generally too small for a full feed but they are perfect for a snack size feed and I can do a smaller pumping session into them with the Avent hand pump I have or pour into them to store the milk I’m in using another pump. I was most nervous about the bottle warmer included in this set since we have an older model Avent warmer and after a while of using it have since switched to using just a metal cup of hot water to warm my bags of frozen milk because it took longer with that warmer and wasn’t as accurate to get the milk to the right temp, but this newer model far exceeded my expectations. It was a lot easier to use, having better functionality and so I was able to heat any amount of milk up quickly to the right temperature! All in all this is an excellent gift set for someone with a new baby or babies, and even for those with older babies like us!

[This review was collected as part of a promotion.] I was given this baby bottle gift set to try as part of the Stellar Product Testing Panel. I’ve used Avent bottles in the past and these are actually my preferred bottles to attach (seamlessly) to my breast pump. These bottles are easy to use and don’t leak which is unbelievable frustrating if you are putting liquid gold in them. I’ve never, even after two kids, owned a bottle warmer until now. What a game changer! This set has all of the basics I would have loved to start off with when I had my first. I would most likely supplement with glass bottles, they make the exact same style in glass, because I found the fatty milk separation seems to leave less of a lasting mark on glass. Both of my babies have loved these bottles and they are the kind I recommend to friends that are using a similar pump to mine. I got this set after my child had already become extremely partial to a different brand of pacifier so we didn’t have any luck their. The little snuggle buddy is fine on it’s own as a toy. For me, the best part about the set is that it’s the bottles I recommend with the extra bells and whistles that I didn’t realize would be helpful the first time around. This is a great choice for a first time parent.