Our story
A bottle designed by a mom who wouldn’t give up
Minbie began with one question from our founder Julia: why should giving your baby a bottle mean giving up on breastfeeding?
Julia is a designer, mother and grandmother. She set out to make a bottle nipple that works with a baby’s instinctive breastfeeding motion instead of against it. Every contour had to have a purpose, and that thinking led to Minbie’s patented nipple.
- 400,000+parents have used Minbie
- 18,800+parent reviews, 4.7 average
- 20,000+bottles donated to families in need
- Patentednipple and pacifier designs
Meet the founders
A mother and son, and a family business
Minbie was founded in Melbourne, Australia by mother-and-son team Julia and Torquhil. What started as a determination to solve one feeding problem has grown into a brand trusted by hundreds of thousands of families around the world.
We’re still family owned and family run. Julia’s own granddaughters grew up with Minbie, and every product still has to pass the same test: would we give it to our own family?
How Minbie came to be
From a feeding problem to a patented solution
The problem
Breastfed babies often refuse bottles, or start preferring the easier flow of a conventional nipple. Parents were stuck choosing between sharing feeds and protecting breastfeeding.
The design
Julia studied how babies latch and feed at the breast, then designed a nipple around it: latching surfaces, a streamlined bulge, tip contours and a palate-friendly shape.
The patent
The result was patented and recognized with design awards, then joined by an orthodontic pacifier designed with the same care for growing mouths.
Today
More than 400,000 parents have used Minbie to share feeds, return to work and keep breastfeeding for as long as they choose.
What we believe
Fed is best. Supported is best, too.
Breastfeeding-first designIf you want to breastfeed, a bottle shouldn’t get in the way. Our nipple is designed to protect the latch.- Room for real lifeA partner’s turn, a first day back at work, or a night of sleep. Sharing feeds should be easy.
- No guilt, no pressureBreastfeed, bottle-feed, combine or switch. Every family deserves practical support.
In parents’ words
The difference a familiar feed makes
“My baby took to it straight away and went back to the breast after, so Dad and others can now help with the many feeds a newborn needs.”
“My baby has very bad reflux and colic, and I was dreading going back to work because she struggled to keep a bottle down. Minbie was the only bottle that actually slowed her down so she could keep everything down. It hasn’t affected our breastfeeding either.”
“We tried 4 different brands of pacifiers, big brands and aesthetic ones, and the koala is the only one she’ll take. I have no difficulty breastfeeding her. We don’t go anywhere without it!”
Giving back
20,000+ bottles donated
We partner with organizations that support families who need it most, donating bottles so more parents can feed with confidence.
- 18,800+ parent reviews4.7 average, from real Minbie families
- Patented, award-winning design
- Female-foundedDesigned by Julia, a mom of three
- Ships fast from ChicagoFree US shipping over $40
