Closer to Nature® is Tommee Tippee’s brilliant new feeding range. And it’s going down a storm with mums everywhere – as they’ve been happy to tell us.

I wanted to thank Tommee Tippee for making my life so much easier and safer.

I am a 1st time mum to a beautiful 7 month old little girl. I have used a wide range of your products, breast pads, pump, steriliser, soothers, cups to name but a few, and I am delighted with them all.

My most favourite product, without a doubt, is the Closer to Nature Breast Pads. They are the best on the market and I just love them!!!

I wanted to breastfeed for a long as I could remember and luckily I could. All the others pads I tried were uncomfortable and I would have embarrassing leaks, but I never had that with Tommee Tippee.

The only embarrassing thing that happened with your pad for me was, when I recently went away. I was introducing my daughter, Leilani Rose, to the pool for the 1st time but forgot I still had my pads on in my swimming costume (which is easily done as they are so comfortable) and when they hit the water, well, you know what did.

THEY ABSORBED THE MOISTURE!!!!! I looked hilarious and it was really funny.

I don’t really have a favourite product for my little one as they are all so great.

I would like to thank you again for being such an amazing company and a name I can trust for quality and service. By the way, when I needed help from your customer service team, I am happy to say they were a credit to you, top class.

Bring on baby number 2, and 3 and 4 etc hahahaha xxxx

Claudia Hamilton-Small
Luton
Beds

"I'm a health visitor in Northern Ireland with four children. The baby Christina is seven months old and completely breast fed so as I am due to go back to work very soon, I was very anxious to get her on to a bottle. I say 'very anxious' because she wouldn't have anything to do with the bottles I had tried and we thought we'd end up spooning the milk into her .I saw the Closer to Nature bottles a while ago and bought one, though I didn't really have any confidence in it because of all the difficulties we had had.

I couldn't have been more wrong. Christina took to the bottle straight away, took a full feed and another one later in the day. There was no hesitation at all. I am so impressed with these bottles. I have already told them at work about how great the bottles and teats are and I'll be telling everyone I meet from now on. Thank you very much, Tommee Tippee, for making Christina and me so happy. I still have to go back to work - but I know I don't have to worry any more about the baby feeding thanks to Closer to Nature."

Mrs Fionnurla Rice
Rostrevor
Co Down

"I feel I have to write to express my gratitude for the excellence of your new Closer to Nature bottle and teat range.

I had my baby on April 10 2006 at 27 weeks weighing only 2lbs 3ozs and obviously breast fed him as soon as he was strong enough to feed and in the meantime he was fed by a tube. He was nearing six months old and I was due to go back to work so I was fretting about getting him on to a bottle as I work and my husband stays at home to look after the children.

With my first child I had terrible trouble and it took weeks to get him used to a bottle but with your new Closer to Nature bottles it has been all but immediate for the baby. They are brilliant, the shape is excellent and my breast feels redundant, even though I have a week to go before going back to work! So well done everyone!!

Again, thank you and thank you also for your very informative leaflet enclosed with the bottles."
Katharine Barrett
Castletownroche,
County Cork,
Eire

"I wanted to write and let you know how fantastic the new Tommee Tippee Closer to Nature bottles are. I had been trying since my son was about 5 months old to introduce him to the bottle. I tried several different brands of bottle and teat -including the tommee tippee nuby with no success. He would even refuse a dummy.

In the end I gave up on him using a bottle as nothing I tried worked. I tried to introduce him to a sipper cup and again he refused to drink from all the different types offered to him. Three months later (he is now 8months old) and I was getting desperate as I was going to have to return to work. I just didn't know how I was going to leave him knowing that he wouldn't drink all day.

Then I found the Closer to Nature range. He took a full bottle on his second try and by the fourth time he was grabbing the bottle and pulling it towards himself to feed. His dad fed him for the first time. I believe he has accepted the bottle so easily because he can use the same action as when he is breastfeeding. He didn't have to learn anything new. Now I have a little boy who happily bottle and breastfeeds. I can return to work knowing he enjoys his bottle while I am away and I can breastfeed him when I get home. Andy can also have special cuddles with both his mum and dad now."

Brenda Pimlott
Manchester

"I am currently breastfeeding my 16 week old son. I knew that I would be returning to work before he is fully weaned so I have always tried to express milk and combine a mixture of breast and bottle feeding to enable me to return to work. Unfortunately after several successful weeks of using a bottle he then refused the bottle and would only take milk if he was breastfed. I was obviously concerned as I was due to return to work and unless I could establish bottle feeding again I would be unable to return. I tried several leading brands but with no success. I then tried the closer to nature bottle and he took it instantly with no refusal whatsoever. The way he feeds from the bottle mimics the way he naturally feeds from the breast. I can now easily combine both breast and bottle feeding and return to work safe in the knowledge he will bottle feed.

I am absolutely delighted with the product, I would certainly recommend it to mothers who wish to combine both breast and bottle feeding. I have already told the other ladies at my post natal group and they have had similar success. I felt that I should call as I am a marketing manager myself and I know that too often people call when there are problems rather than when they are happy."

Jackie Miller (a very happy mum)
Whitehaven,
Cumbria

"I just wanted to write and personally thank whoever designed your new Closer to Nature bottle.

I have two daughters and my first daughter had been especially difficult to move from breast to bottle feeding when I returned to work.

I had been experiencing a similar reaction to all other bottles out there from my second daughter Evie who was seven months old.

I would scour the supermarket each week to look for new bottles to tempt her. I saw the Closer to Nature bottle recently and thought I would give it a try but to be honest I was not very hopeful of any success. How wrong I was!

Evie did not need any encouragement to drink from her new bottle which totally surprised me.

She is now a happy drinker and I feel that by being able to combine breast and bottle feeding she has had the perfect start.

Thanks so much for bringing this bottle out on the market. It has made my life a lot less stressful!"

Zoe Lewis,
Claygate in Surrey

"I just wanted to say how delighted I am to have found the new Tommee Tippee Closer to Nature® bottles which enabled me to give my 11 week old daughter Holly a bottle. I am fully breastfeeding her however she still seems a bit hungry and I have been trying for ages to top her up with a bottle but she constantly refuses one - same with dummies.

Having spent a wasted £17.99 on the Adiri breast bottle which again she refused, I found your new bottles in Toys 'R' Us today and thought at £5.89 for 2, it wouldn't be much of a waste of money! However, after a feed from me, she then happily took 3oz of formula from her new bottle - so I am well pleased. Thank you very much."

Claire Massie,
Luton.

"I am writing to give feedback re Closer to Nature® bottles for combination feeding as I am so pleased with this product only purchased today.

I am a breastfeeding mum with a nine week-old baby girl who has tried numerous other brands of bottle/teats to enable my husband to give our baby expressed milk.

My baby would not entertain any other bottle/teat and they would cause her to perform a regurgitating action or make her choke.
As soon as she tried the Closer to Nature® bottle and teat she latched straight on and in fact took 2 feeds in one evening!.

We are so pleased with this product and wanted to say a big 'thank you' as it has already made our lives so much easier.

I will definitely be recommending the product to my fellow breastfeeding mums.

Thanks once again for producing such a fantastic product."

Mrs Sue Slater,
Wakefield.

"To those of you who are involved in the new 'closer to nature' range,

Thank you! It's nearly ten o'clock at night and my five and a half month old baby boy is drinking from a bottle for the first time. I have tried every teat and beaker on the market, but Billy just wouldn't take any of them. After seeing your advert for the new 'closer to nature'® bottle and teat range in Practical Parenting Magazine I went straight out to buy them from 'Babies R Us'. Now all I need is a great new invention to encourage him to take a weaning spoon! The little monkey won't open his mouth for that either!"

Maria Budd,
Stevenage, Hertfordshire

"I have recently purchased your new bottles, Closer to Nature.

My baby is now five months old and so far I have only breast fed him.

I have recently introduced expressed milk using your bottles and the transition was very smooth. The mix of breast and bottle is great and he is happy to swap from one to the other.

I have always liked the wider necked bottles (I have six children!). These ones are lovely, great to hold and the teats are lovely too.

Thank you for a lovely new bottle. It is a great product. I shall purchase some more now that I know my little boy is happy with them."

Mrs C Cox,
Dorset

"My little boy, Henry, is breast fed but I wanted to let my husband give him a bottle to let him have the chance to feed him. We tried six different bottles and teats but Henry wouldn’t have any of them.

Then I saw Closer to Nature® bottles in Boots and could see just from looking at them that they might be the answer.
He took to them straight away and will happily drink breast milk or water out of them and then go back to me.

They have been a godsend and I feel like I have got my life back. Thank you very very much."

Claire Crook,
Shepperton

"This is just a quick note to say a massive thank you for being my saviour!!!

My daughter got oral thrush at 2 days old and after having it for 4 weeks finally passed it on to me.

Feeding was unbearable but Mollie refused to take a bottle. One day I came across your new ‘breast to bottle’ bottles and thought anything was worth a try.

That night Mollie took the bottle with no problems at all. This was lucky because a week later I had to stop feeding altogether. To this day I still use these bottles and they are fantastic.

The air valve works great and Mollie actually gets less wind now than she did being breast fed, so thank you because if it had not been for your great bottles I don’t know what I'd have done.

I have recommended your bottles to my health visitor and all my friends."

Thanks again.
Rachel Mann and Mollie

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