NUK First Essentials Bottle

• This nipple shape is the choice of hospitals from coast to coast. 
• Watch our Online Courses for more details, but if you are struggling — feedings are too messy, taking too long, involve too much wiggling and crying — or you are just looking for the best, most effective bottle system to help your little one navigate both the breast and bottle, this is it. 
• BPA free, dishwasher safe, easy to use, effective AND incredibly budget friendly (Sometimes the most effective thing is the least expensive thing. Hallelujah!)
• We recommend having 6 of each of the 5oz and 9oz bottles on hand so that you’re ready when your baby is. Be sure to also grab some extra latex nipples to refresh your bottles every 3 months!
• These bottles are also perfect for exclusively bottle fed babies as they are efficient and the flow follows the natural suck/swallow rhythms that serve that little GI process well.

5oz bottles:

• Slow flow, silicone nipples with white collars
• These smaller-sized bottles and nipples are great for the first 2-4 weeks and for preemies. (Jennifer’s 4lb twins loved them!)
• Start bottles around 2 weeks of age for at least one feeding a day. This promotes familiarity that will serve you in the long run. Whether breast feeding or bottle feeding, the ability to do occasional bottles is a helpful skill.
• Picking the same feeding time each day will help you to be even more successful!

9oz bottles:

• Medium flow silicone nipples with white collars
• We start 9oz bottles as babies get stronger and bigger. Most of our clients are enjoying these bottles by one month of age and loving it.
• These bottles work beautifully for breastfed babies, strengthening and training the tongue to land in just the right place.
• We recommend swapping the silicone nipples for latex nipples. These nipples do not collapse like a breast-shaped nipple which makes it easier for babies to switch between breast and bottle feedings.