A container assembly includes a container body, a container capable of being received within the container body, and a collar. The container body includes an upper end having a first compression surface. The container includes a first flange configured to engage the first compression surface. The collar is capable of being releasably secured to the container body. The collar includes a second compression surface. A dispensing portion includes a second flange configured to engage the second compression surface. When securing the collar to the container body, the first compression surface engages the first flange and the second compression surface engages the second flange to cause the first flange to sealingly engage the second flange.

Embodiments of the systems and methods described herein include a system of improved silicone bottle containers, adapters, and nipples that support the collection, storage, and feeding of breast milk. In some embodiments, a bottle system may include a bottle formed from molded silicone rubber including a bottom end having a recess, and a top end having an opening configured to receive and dispel contents, wherein the top end is spaced apart from the bottom end, and an inner adapter composed of molded standard thermo-plastic configured to engage with the top end of the bottle. The bottle system may also include a flat cap, nipple, nipple cover, nipple adapter, and/or breast pump adapter.

A kit of parts for a feeder has a body and a bung that can slide within the body. A periphery of the bung can form a sliding seal between that periphery and the internal side walls of the body. A base cap has an aperture and is mountable at a lower end of the body to substantially occlude that end and allow airflow through the aperture into the body as the bung moves away. The kit has a teat mouthpiece for liquid foods, a sipper mouthpiece for pureed food, and a spout mouthpiece for mashed food and a pump attachment. The pump attachment has a pump and a spoon. The pump has a pump bung which moves reciprocatingly within the body and forms a sliding seal with the internal side walls. A valve allows food to flow from the feeder but prevents the flow of food into the feeder.

Apparatus and methods provide for a feeding bottle. According to embodiments described herein, a feeding bottle may include a container and a one-piece nipple assembly. The one-piece nipple assembly may include a ring substrate encompassed by a dome overmold with a nipple head. The nipple head and dome overmold may include a texture gradient and variable wall thickness to simulate a human breast. The interior of the nipple assembly 104 may additionally include an internal flow assist mechanism for assisting the fluid flow while the nipple head is bitten or pulled.

A container for feeding a patient includes a deformable receptacle having a cavity for holding a flowable food product and a rigid cover attachable to the upper end of the deformable receptacle. The rigid cover may have a male feeding tube connector that is uniquely connectable to a female feeding tube connector of a feeding tube or may have a female feeding tube connector that is uniquely connectable to a male feeding tube connector of a syringe. With the male and female feeding tube connectors connected, the deformable receptacle and the feeding tube or syringe are in fluid tight fluid communication to allow the flowable food product to be forced out of the opening of the deformable receptacle and into the feeding tube or syringe when the deformable receptacle is squeezed.

A teething device can include a base having a handle, and a coupling on an opposite end. The base and coupling can be formed from a first material having a first hardness. A reservoir may be configured to contain a liquid therein. The reservoir may be coupled and sealed to the base coupling and configured to provide a watertight seal. The reservoir can have at least one self-sealing aperture. The self-sealing aperture can have a default position wherein the self-sealing aperture is configured to be substantially closed to essentially prevent the liquid from flowing therethrough, and a flexed position wherein the self-sealing aperture is configured to be opened to allow the liquid to flow therethrough. In addition, the reservoir can be formed from a second material having a second hardness that is softer than the first hardness, such that the reservoir is configured to be used as a teething device.

A bottle teat consisting of a soft elastic material for a drinking bottle, in particular for infants and small children, having: a teat flange, a hollow teat sleeve that projects upward from the teat flange and is connected at its bottom end to the teat flange, a hollow suction part that is connected at its bottom end to the top end of the hollow teat sleeve and projects upward therefrom, a dome-shaped palate-contacting region on a side of the mouthpiece facing the palate, at least one drinking hole in the palate-contacting region that extends from the outside to the inside of the mouthpiece, wherein: an elevated surface that bulges to the outside is on the outside of the palate-contacting region, and the at least one drinking hole is arranged in the elevated surface so that the suction part with the elevated surface can be pressed in a sealing manner against an inwardly bulging sealing surface on the inside of the cap bottom of a cap to cover the bottle teat.

A teething device can include a base having a handle, and a coupling on an opposite end. The base and coupling can be formed from a first material having a first hardness. A reservoir may be configured to contain a liquid therein. The reservoir may be coupled and sealed to the base coupling and configured to provide a watertight seal. The reservoir can have at least one self-sealing aperture. The self-sealing aperture can have a default position wherein the self-sealing aperture is configured to be substantially closed to essentially prevent the liquid from flowing therethrough, and a flexed position wherein the self-sealing aperture is configured to be opened to allow the liquid to flow therethrough. In addition, the reservoir can be formed from a second material having a second hardness that is softer than the first hardness.

A container assembly includes a container body, a container capable of being received within the container body, and a collar. The container body includes an upper end having a first compression surface. The container includes a first flange configured to engage the first compression surface. The collar is capable of being releasably secured to the container body. The collar includes a second compression surface. A dispensing portion includes a second flange configured to engage the second compression surface. When securing the collar to the container body, the first compression surface engages the first flange and the second compression surface engages the second flange to cause the first flange to sealingly engage the second flange.

A reusable food pouch having a removably insertable one-way valve is disclosed herein. The one-way valve may be used with the reusable food pouch if food product having a water-like consistency is being stored in the reusable food pouch to prevent spills if the reusable food pouch is inadvertently laid on its side. Conversely, the one-way valve may be removed from the reusable food pouch if the food product has a consistency more like thick oatmeal and/or applesauce to allow for free flow of the food product through a spout of the reusable food pouch.