Haakaa Nipple Shield: Breastfeeding Essentials Kit with Protective Carry Case

Naomi Woolman: I’ve been exclusively pumping for 3 months and baby has never latched. I was gutted but stopped trying to directly breastfeed as it was just to soul crushing trying at every feed. I was intrigued at this nipple shield as it really protruded like a teat. I’m so glad I tried!! He latched straight away and I was shocked to see it full of milk after a bit of sucking to get the nipple really drawn in. Amazing! Not sure marketing it as a nipple shield is right as it’s very thick and not natural at all. It’s more like a bottle attachment for your breast! It’s so nice to leave the pump for a while. Give it a go!

United Kingdom on Nov 29, 2023

Ravina Mair: They only way my 8 month old finally latched, after being bottle fed throughout. I use it for night time feeds. Saves me the hassle of pumping at night and making a bottle

Canada on Nov 07, 2023

Laura S.: I have dealt with a shallow latched baby due to my forceful letdown mostly. I left the hospital with a different shield but it was a pain in the butt to stay on. I have large breasts, and at the start very flat nipples. The other shield didn't work ideal. It still choked her on milk too.

I bought both of these larger shaped shields because I really had to try something, anything.

Buy it!! It fit the shape of my breast, it stayed on. But the kicker is the reservation of milk in the nipple shield. It gave her time to drink.

The orthodontic nipple shield by hakka she didn't enjoy as much. This one was perfect. I also could feed her milk from the shield as she was a bottle rejecting breast preferred baby. She would unlatch, or fight to poorly latch, but she took to this one well. She had wind pain too with needing burping 30 minutes after feeds. The vent on this was the boss! No longer had to do that. Feedings were greatly improved. She now just uses a weighted straw bottle.

She just cut her first tooth and I did have to use this again for the big eruption day. The cases make them easy to store or travel with. My other shield brand had no case at all. I had...

United States on Oct 30, 2022

Ang: This was easy attach & it did not move around. It was when I went to remove it that it caused damage. My nipples hurt so much after using it. It was very difficult to remove & it caused me a lot of pain. I took this to my lactation appointment & the nurse advised me that it was the worst nipple shield to use. Not only can it cause damage but it will decrease your milk flow since there is no nipple stimulation. I wish I could return it & get my money back but I threw the box out :(

United States on Jun 17, 2022

Elena H.: Ich wollte wieder stillen aber meine Tochter ist extrem an die avent Flaschen gewöhnt . Habe es mit anderen stillhütchen vergeblich probiert und bin dayrauf gestoßen. Wahnsinn
Es klappt . Ich hatte die Hoffnung verloren aber mit diesem stillhütchen hat es von 1 anlegen gleich funktioniert. Auch rutschen sie nicht weg .

Germany on May 21, 2022

Gayathri M Iyengar: Best for super sore nipples, difficulty in feeding, and if you sometimes bottle feed your baby, baby easily switch backs to this with ease. Glad I found this

India on Jul 06, 2021

Rachael shanks: I just received this today and tried it out and I breastfed my 7 week old baby boy for the first time since leaving the hospital! When he was born he latched well and was doing great but he ended up having to go to the NICU due to low blood sugar and had to be bottle fed formula. He got used to the bottle and when I would try to breastfeed him he would just yell at me. I never gave up, kept pumping and tried everything, this product was my final attempt to get him on the boob and I am finally having success! It took a little for both of us to get the hang of it but we managed to get almost a full feeding! Thank you Haakaa!

Canada on Jul 11, 2020

Sam P: Great. My baby boy has a shallow latch and I’ve tried to correct him but when I try to open his mouth wider he just bites harder so breastfeeding was very painful. I had almost given up on breastfeeding and settled for pumping which is very time consuming. This product allows me to breastfeed my son, so I am super grateful.

It does require a baby with a strong suck to work and I do follow the directions of priming the nipple so it’s ready and also filling the shield with some milk to get him started. It takes about a minute but with a baby that’s an eternity so he does scream at me sometimes if I’m not fast enough.

Also you need to hold the shield on tighr when baby first starts feeding. This shield has fallen off which is super frustrating because there is milk in it so yeah, be prepared to have milk stains while using this product. This is the reason I didn’t give it 4 stars. It can also
get uncomfortable after a while. Your nipple is getting tugged at and for a long period nobody likes that. When that happens I take the shield off and put it back on. That does help. The fact that I get to breastfeed instead of pump makes all the cons worth it...

United States on Apr 10, 2019

Sophia: This was an interesting concept shield. I tried it as a desperate effort to woo my 11 week old back to breast, who would guzzle the bottle hungrily but scream at the breast all of a sudden. I had been using the Medela contact shields basically since week one to help with latch and they were working great with good latch and good feeds. I thought that one shaped more like the bottle he loved might make him feed better on me. I tried it and he would take it for a few seconds and then scream. Finally I tried taking off the shields altogether and he liked that best, so our problem was that he was inpatient with the letdown and slow flow through shields. If you suspect that is your issue then this won't work, as it takes even longer for baby to get milk since there is such a big space between nipple and shield tip. Also I found the shield to feel very unnatural compared to Medela, as baby is totally separated from boob, he seems so far away and the sensation is quite different and weaker. Letdown is much slower to come with this. And you cannot nurse in some positions, especially the "laid back" or biological nursing position which takes advantage of baby's natural latching instinct,...

United States on Apr 03, 2019

candice l Johnson: I've ordered hundreds of products from Amazon. Been Prime since 06' and have never written a review until now. I am so happy I cried. My son is 10 weeks old. He had to take a bottle in the hospital and then for several days until milk came in. He also had a tongue tie that we didn't discover for 2 weeks. He got used to bottle nipples, had the issues with his his ability to latch and TMI I have wide nipples (not like his bottles and binky) we went to a lactation specialist for several weeks and thought he is just not gonna breastfeed. I go back to work in 2 weeks and thought there has to be a better breast shield than the Medela ones (they just didn't work for us and baby hated it) The Haakaa one came today and we tried it at our next feeding. It was magic!! He instantly latched and was on for 15 minutes. He got really fussy and I thought oh no this is it. We then tried a bottle and realized he was full and just didn't want anymore. It worked...I cant believe it!

A couple notes

1.) I have a good milk supply and fast let down. I took advice from another review and let all the air out and then used a manual pump just a couple pumps to "prime" the nipple. Baby had no...

United States on Nov 21, 2018