MAM Easy Start Anti-Colic+ Bottles Review 2026 — What 1,415 Parents Say
Plenty of anti-colic bottles promise less gas. The harder problem is a breastfed baby who simply will not take a bottle at all — and that is the problem MAM leans on with its flatter, pre-compressed SkinSoft nipple. We read 1,415 verified buyer reviews of the Easy Start Anti-Colic+ to see how often that actually works, and what parents give up in exchange.
Parents who had already failed with three or four other brands report these are the bottles their baby finally accepted — that theme runs through the reviews more strongly than the anti-colic claim itself. The trade-offs are real: six pieces per bottle to wash, a vent that can be audible during feeds, and a minority who report leaks from the base or the seam.
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What is it?
It is MAM’s vented anti-colic baby bottle, sold as a multi-bottle starter set. Each 9 oz bottle has a removable vented base that lets air escape below the milk rather than through it, and a wide, flattened SkinSoft silicone nipple designed to sit further into the mouth than a typical teat. The base doubles as a self-steriliser: add water, microwave for three minutes, and the parts stay clean for up to 48 hours if left untouched. Bottles ship with a medium-flow nipple and accept every other MAM flow size. Pack size and colourway vary by listing variant, so check which set is selected before ordering.
Who it’s for
- Age: marketed from 2+ months, but reviewers use them with newborns and preemies too.
- Best for parents who are fighting bottle refusal, or combining breast and bottle.
- Think of it as an acceptance-first bottle that happens to be anti-colic.
- Not ideal if you want the fewest parts to wash or a slim bottle to grip.
What 1,415 parents actually said
Across 1,415 ratings the Easy Start Anti-Colic+ averages 4.6 / 5, with 91% of parents at four or five stars. The dominant theme is acceptance rather than colic: reviewer after reviewer describes arriving here after several other brands failed. One parent of a premature, tongue-tied baby wrote that they had tried four top-name brands and several flow rates without success before this one worked. Another described a breastfed baby who would take an ounce or two and swat the bottle away, then drink six ounces from a MAM. Reflux and spit-up improvements come up repeatedly, though parents frame them as improvement rather than elimination — one put it plainly: it does not stop the crying, it just makes the day easier. The criticism is consistent and narrow. The bottle is built from six pieces, which several call annoying to wash even while conceding that the wide opening makes the inside easier to reach than a narrow bottle. A minority report leaking — from the seam in one case, and more expensively, from the base while warming, wasting the expressed milk inside. A few find the bottle bulky and awkward to hold, the caps stiff to remove, and the vent audible enough to distract a baby being fed to sleep.
What parents loved
The most repeated theme by far: parents who had cycled through three, four or more brands describe this as the one that finally worked, including for premature and tongue-tied babies.
— Verified buyerParents of refluxy babies describe noticeably less spitting up after switching and credit the vented base — framed as a real improvement rather than a cure.
— Verified buyerThe wide opening means no forcing a brush down a narrow neck, and the base sterilises in the microwave in three minutes — a feature several buyers say sold them on the bottle.
— Verified buyerWhat frustrated some parents
The most common gripe: every bottle is an assembly job. Parents who like the cleaning access still call the part count annoying, and it multiplies across a day of feeds.
— Critical reviewerOne buyer had a bottle leak from the base inside a bottle warmer and lose the expressed milk in it. Another reported side leaks. Not universal, but costly when it happens.
— Critical reviewerSmaller complaints that recur: the bottle is described as awkward and bulky in the hand, the caps as tricky to pull off, and the anti-colic vent as loud enough to distract a baby being fed to sleep.
— Critical reviewerBest for / skip if
Best for
- Breastfed babies who refuse other bottles
- Mixed breast and bottle feeding
- Parents dealing with gas or reflux
- Anyone who wants microwave self-sterilising
Skip if
- You want the fewest possible parts to wash
- You need a slim bottle that is easy to grip
- You feed to sleep and need near-silence
- You only want a single bottle, not a set
Our verdict
At 8.3 / 10, the Easy Start Anti-Colic+ earns its score on the thing that matters more than the marketing: bottle-refusing babies take it. The 4.6-star average across 1,415 ratings is held up by parents who arrived here after other brands failed, and the anti-colic benefit reads as a genuine but secondary win. Buy it knowing you are trading dishwashing time for acceptance — six pieces per bottle is the price of the vented base, and a small number of owners have had one leak. If your baby already takes a simpler bottle happily, there is no reason to switch.
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We do not test products ourselves. Every verdict here is synthesised from verified Amazon buyer reviews, so you get the consensus of thousands of parents rather than one person's take.