Medela SoftCup Silicone Advanced Cup Feeder - Soft and ergonomic feeder, an easy way to cup-feed for babies with sucking difficulties

Amazing little invention. Great for stopping nipple confusion if you’re breastfeeding.

In case you didn't know what this was it is a cup feeder for babies. Basically if your little one is not bottle fed and is struggling with breastfeeding then cup feeding is a short-term solution. Ask your midwife for advice.The upside to cup feeding is that your little one doesn't get nipple confusion and shouldn't get spoilt from using a fast flowing teat.The downside to cup feeding is that it can get very messy, you have to concentrate to ensure the milk doesn't choke baby and feeds can take ages.This Advanced Cup Feeder is designed to make cup feeding much easier as:1) Only a small amount of feed is actively being fed to baby at any time - so less chances of flooding baby's mouth2) A reservoir tops up the active feed when you squeeze it - so you can control the speed of feed3) The mouth piece is very soft plastic (BPA free too) - cups tend to be hard palstic5) The mouth piece is also contoured and shaped to fit into a baby's mouth6) You can use any Medela bottle with this. The one that comes with it is only 80ml.

The media could not be loaded. This is meant to make feeding easy…but perhaps not for a fussy 7 month old who doesn’t take a bottle.The whole point of getting this was to give my daughter water, since she doesn’t take bottle or couldn’t drink enough from a sippy cup…And she suffers constipation. GP said to give her 3-5ml of water daily.I would usually have to give her water via a syringe and cup, but she hates it and would scream EVERYTIME!Thought I’d try this and see if it’s easier for her…The fact that you have to squeeze the water to come out, defeats the purpose of easy feeding.But worst is despite squeezing (see video), hardly anything comes out, and if you squeeze hard, the top falls apart and water spills everywhere.Save yourself and don’t even try this!I do not recommend this product…returned for a refund! Amazon prime refund straight away.

We've got this Medela SoftCup for our 2-month daughter.Found that really helpful, much better than a usual spoon.Would recommend it.

The softcup was recommended to me by a friend who was in the same boat. I was looking for an alternative feeding system for my 5 weeks old as I was planning to return at work when he turns 8 weeks. I wanted to continue breastfeeding him and avoid the breast/bottle confusion. We started the "training" as soon as the bottle arrived, it was indeed very messy initially and he was not very happy, but as soon as I stopped feeding him myself and let my mum doing it while I am not around, he accepted it extremely well. I would totally recommend it to anyone who is returning early at work and wants to continue breastfeeding and avoid the bottle feeding confusion. But be aware that it needs a bit of training indeed as it can get frustrating and messy initially, and it needs to be used by anyone else except yourself, as the baby will always prefer the breast towards the cup.

Better than cups, but still spills and there is always a little residue that spills.

Medela is just amazing with all their products! The science behind their products is just exactly what you are looking for! My girl was premature and is still on oxygen so weight gain is one of the main concerns right now. She was pump feeding before and when started bottle she started to lose weight which is a bit of a concern for her healthcare visitors. So for now I have started this bottle and now she drinks the milk and doesn’t get tired like with the usual bottle. Hats of to the inventors of this product!

Very helpful if you don’t want to give a bottle to your baby. I started to use it when my baby was 2 months old.