Features:

  • Silicone
  • Two replacement silicone nipples
  • Level 1 is ideal for feeding newborns
  • Exclusive for Dr. Brown's Natural Flow Standard baby bottles
  • Dishwasher safe top rack only
These are the BEST for breastfed babies!!!! Not such a fast flow.

Okay....so I am a breastfeeding mamma but I also work full time so I knew my son would eventually have to take a bottle. I had registered for the Avent Naturals and the Dr. Brown's bottles and had gotten the Level 1 slow flow nipples like I was told. At about 3 weeks after breastfeeding was established, I started pumping and had my husband give my son a bottle to start getting him used to them. We started with the Avent and he did fine with them...but he finished the bottle so fast! He was done in less than 10 minutes but would nurse for a good 20 minutes on each side at a regular feeding. Even with the slowest fliw nipple the milk was dripping out of his mouth and he also spit up more. I researched bottles that were good for breastfed babies and found medela Calma and Breastflow. I ordered them and my son took both of them but he still would finish the bottle way too quickly. The whole issue with bottles in general for breastfed babies is that sometimes baby gets too used of the ease of getting milk with the bottle and doesn't want to go back to the breast. At the breast babies have to work for it. I didn't want to jeopardize our nursing relationship so I kept reading and found a few posts from moms who had recommended the preemie nipples from Dr. Brown's. I didn't even know they made preemie nipples. I thought..what the heck??! I got them in and it has made a huge difference. It takes my son a least 20 if not 30 minutes to finish a 3.5 - 4 ounce bottle. He has to work for it just like at the breast. And because he's not drowning in milk he doesn't drip or spit up anymore. Dr. Brown's really should market these for breastfed babies. I've told several friends who breastfeed about these and all have switched!!

Great for my little one- even at 7 weeks old.

These have made a huge difference for my daughter, who was in NICU for about a week as she would lose oxygen when she tried to feed. The problem only subsided when she was put on slow flow nipples. However, as she has grown and we've gotten into bigger bottles, it seemed she was struggling with even the Level 1 nipples of many brands. I ordered these and I could immediately tell she was more comfortable feeding with them, and less milk leaked from her mouth, she coughed and spit up less, and overall it just made her feeding time more relaxing for everyone. I use them in the Dr. Brown's bottles but also found that they fit the "Parent's Choice" bottles from Walmart. She is now 7 weeks old and we'll be using them indefinitely. UPDATE: My daughter is now 16 weeks old (4 months) and we are still using these preemie nipples. I contemplated moving up to level 1, but she still seems comfortable and content with these, to the extent that I went ahead and ordered a fresh set.

Brown’s were our best bet, then I realized they made Ultra Preemie

These have been a lifesaver!! Our little one was born about a month early and had issues keeping up with flow, either directly from the breast or pumped milk in a bottle. We tried countless brands of “slow flow” and specialty bottles, and he would still gag, choke, gurgle, cough, etc. He always swallowed a bunch of air while he was gasping, trying to keep up. This led to an upset tummy and a very fussy baby. These are the only truly slow-flow nipples I’ve found. (Before this we thought regular Preemie nipples from Dr. Brown’s were our best bet, then I realized they made Ultra Preemie. There’s a huge difference, in my opinion! I would skip the regular Preemie and go straight to these, if you’re needing something slow.) He handles bottles like a champ now, and he’s even taking some feedings straight from the breast now that he’s learned to pace himself a bit. I definitely believe these nipples helped, and he’s had zero issues switching from bottle to breast. I absolutely would recommend buying these if you are having any troubles with feeding or need a slow-flow nipple. These have been amazing! **Update: Nearly 9 months later, we’re still using ultra preemie and sometimes preemie nipples. He takes 2 bottles a day and breastfeeds the rest of the time. He has zero problem switching from breast to bottle becasue he still has to work for the bottle since the flow is slow. We’ve tried transitioning to other brands or faster flows, but we always come back to these. Highly recommend for breastfed babies!!!

Good quality and slow flow

My daughter choked and sputtered a lot when bottle feeding. A speech pathologist told me she was having trouble learning the suck/swallow/breathe pattern of drinking, so she recommended Dr. Brown's bottles, since they have a slower flow. This has completely remedied my daughter's feeding problems. The bottles and nipples are specially designed to help prevent babies from getting gassy, which is a benefit, but I like them because they're slower flow than a lot of nipples on the market, so they're completely manageable for my daughter. The Speech pathologist also told me there is no need to graduate to a higher flow nipple; she said this is just a marketing gimmick bottle companies use, but babies are perfectly fine using #1 nipples all through their bottle-feeding days, if necessary. I'm going to stick with this level as long as needed: my daughter's 6 months now and this level is still working for her.

Saved My Newborn and My Sanity

To keep it short on why this helped my 1 month old son and me: I am writing this review right now after I just used the premie nipple and this is the first time I’ve been able to feed him without him screaming at me constantly for a half hour wanting more food, or his acid reflux problems, or gas In about a week! Some background info about my and my baby’s journey these first few weeks: He was 8 lbs 11oz. Not an early term baby at all, or a premie. However, after my family and even my pediatrician kept saying, “oh if he’s hungry feed him more.” I would feed him more. I would feed him 3-4oz per feeding of breast milk and formula. I’m a first time mom, and I felt like that was too much, but he just wouldn’t stop screaming, and he was acting like he was still hungry. Finally, I took him to a different doctor, and he told me I was feeding him too much and it was causing him to have acid reflux, hence the screaming. Plus, he also is a very gassy baby, so that is also not helping the situation. But I’ve been feeding him so much at once now he is used to getting a lot. I already switched from the Phillips bottles to dr. Brown bottles, and I had the size 1 nipple, and I had dropped him back down to wear he should be eating: 1-2 oz per feeding. The Phillips was practically shooting it in his mouth, and while the 1 size nipple from dr brown helped, he was still screaming at me and having the same issue as if I hadn’t stopped over feeding him and he was still getting a lot at once. I finally bought these thinking, “if I can help him eat it slower, he might feel fuller faster, and might not keep acting like he’s hungry and maybe help his reflux. And he likes to suck, so this seems like a good idea” I was right and it helped him so much. I literally cried tears of joy when he just went back to sleep without screaming at me after he ate. Please other first time moms: trust your instincts, you’re not wrong. I’ve felt like I was wrong for the past two weeks, and today is the one time I felt right in ordering these.

Excellent but baby had to work too hard to get milk

These are great nipples. The hospital NICU recommend them, as well as Medela, for our child who is a preemie. We found that the preemie nipples' slow flow require him to work too hard to get milk, so we're sticking to the #1 flow (also Dr. Brown). Actually, the hospital gave us a pack of preemie, so when these arrived in the mail, I requested to return them but they said it wasn't necessary yet refunded me! I appreciate that. Since they aren't opened, I'll try to donate to the NICU for another baby.

Wish we Had from the beginning

Wish we had these in the hospital with our own bottles to strt her off right. We were given similac in a pre made bottle with that nipple an hour after she was born , and that apparently sent us on a bad path to get her to latch, wish I would have had my own dr brown ultra preemie bottles and better formula with us and learned about pace feeding so being on a bottle was just as difficult as latching to the boob. Apparently once she learned how easy a bottle was there was no turning back , at least not without a lot of crying and screaming. Also love that these do not leak , ever , but now that she is two months old I still use them, I use them on her first flight so she is really sucking hard to help with the pressure , and I use it when she is in a pretty outfit for family events and I wanna reduce the chance of leaking or spit up, these make that possible :-) lastly if she has eaten and is ready for bed and a little fussy and wants to suck ( she won’t take a paci ) I’ll give her an ounce with these nipples and she knocks out before she has finished. But at 2 months now these are not practical to keep her on full time, she starts to fall asleep before getting a full meal in , which means she is not eating enough during meal time and gets hungry an hour later , so we have moved her to preemie and ones, but will still use the ultra in certain situations.

Best bottles ever

Since we are first time parents we absolutely have no clue about baby products , so we bought philips avent, playtex bottles on others recommendations.but unfortunately they didnt work for our baby and he had colic.its such a hard time for us to see our baby suffer . So one day after some research we came across these, Then one day we saw these at Target and we bought few bottles and ordered some nipples as well from Amazon . Its the best thing we have ever done . His colic is gone just like that . I know the cleaning of these bottles is bit complex than others but trust me these are the best for babies who have colic issues .

Perfect for nursing moms!!

Thank goodness for Dr. Brown's and these preemie nipples!! I'm exclusively breastfeeding my 2-month old baby and I started pumping to introduce bottle feeding so that daddy and other caretakers can help with feedings. I started with Lansinoh medium flow which was way too fast. She was guzzling 4oz in under 10 minutes and I could hear her swallowing every 2 seconds!! Every breastfeeding mother knows baby has to really work their sucking reflex in order to get the milk and there are several seconds in between swallows. So I put away the Lansinoh bottles to be used when she's around 6 months. I then tried a sample that I received which was Phillips Avent Natural slow flow. This was better but still too fast, plus it leaked if you held it a certain way. I started researching nipples that had the slowest possible flow and everyone pointed to these preemie nipples. Although my baby isn't a preemie, this is the best nipple for her and honestly I feel Dr. Brown's should market this nipple for breastfeeding babies because it's the only one on the market that closely mimicks mother's flow. I use these nipples with the Dr. Brown's Newborn Feeding set. The set comes with level 1 nipples but I swap them out for these. The preemie nipple combined with the ventilation system in the newborn bottles make for the best bottle feeding experience. It takes her at least 25-30 minutes to finish 4 oz. Overall, baby and I are very pleased with these.

Perfect for nipple confusion babies

I want to start by saying I’m a NICU nurse and I’ve had a lot of experience with difficult to feed preemies. The Dr. Brown’s bottle is a solid recommendation for most babies but I hate cleaning all those little parts. So for my son I tried to avoid using Dr. Brown’s bottles solely for that reason. Due to my son not being able to transfer milk that well, I primarily exclusively pump for him but love to nurse him whenever he allows. Around 6 months my son started on a nursing strike that pretty much lasted until he was 9 months. My son loves pacis and I tried nipple shields without much success. Once the nursing strike started I did some research and switched him back to slow flow nipples on the bottles we used (Nuk and Medela), and not only was he still not wanting to nurse, he was also collapsing the nipples when he would suck. After doing more research on bottles, I saw that Dr. Brown’s were described as a “vacuum-less system”. I decided to buy one and use the preemie nipple and to my surprise (and excitement) he accepted the bottle just fine, taking much longer to drink it (which he needed since he would suck down 6 oz in 5 minutes with his other bottles), could not and did not collapse the nipple, and started accepting the breast again. Since switching entirely to the Dr. Brown’s bottles with the preemie nipples my son nurses twice a day now at 9 months, more than he’s ever nursed in our breastfeeding journey. I 110% recommend these to any moms with babies struggling with nipple confusion, as well as reflux babies.

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