Baby Feeding

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Night time feeds

How is everyone making bottles at night time I’m currently doing a flask but can’t cool it quick enough for her she is on 5oz wasn’t sure if rapid cool hot shot method would dissolve the formula as it’s 5 scoops hope that makes sense

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Cows milk

How much milk are you giving your baby? I feel like I’m giving him too much but he only has a bottle in the morning and night and sometimes at lunch

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Possible dairy intolerance

Does anyone else have experience of this- I am intolerant to dairy so don't eat anything with dairy in and have exclusively breastfed my baby (he's 9 months). So until weaning he wasn't exposed to dairy. We are obviously now weaning and I have introduced small amounts of dairy such as greek yoghurt but I'm unsure if...

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Formula intake

Am I overthinking this? I make a 6oz bottle. Formula displaces the water to like 7/8oz. My LO didn’t finish the bottle so it’s sitting at the 5oz line. Does that mean he only drank an ounce?

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man dummies size up?

my little ones 8 and a half months now and never used to like his dummy but things changed, he only takes the mam original 0-6 dummies (same teat as the ones that come in the mini mam bottles) the next size up in the same dummy has a different shape teat and i dont think hed take it but im worried the current dummy ...

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Warming breast milk

Hey Mums, Once I have established my milk supply I plan to pump and introduce one bottle a day so my husband can help with a night feed or even a ‘bedtime feed’ so I can at least still do bedtime with my twin girls who will be 5 when their baby sis comes along! ❤️ My question is what bottle warmer is best to he...

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bottle warmer

i am looking for a portable bottle warmer.. what is the best one to get ?

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Milk question .. HELP!!..

So my baby turns 1 in 3 weeks and I’m freaking out, do I just stop formula altogether? I never went onto number 2 formula at 6 months I just kept her on number 1 which she is still taking 3x 7/8oz bottles a day plus 3 meals… do I just completely stop with formula at 1 and switch over to whole milk or do I go onto th...

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Sterilising bottles

Guys honest answers, when did we stop sterilising bottles 🥲 I’m 6 months in and I’m over it now, this kid licks everything 😂I only wash his water bottle and bowl/cutlery in hot soapy water so surely bottles will be fine to do the same? Or not 🙈don’t judge 😂

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Teat size

How will I know when to move up a teat size. My LO is 4weeks and she’s currently on the size 1 mam teats but is taking a while to finish a bottle now and will fall sleep?

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How to know when to increase formula?

Probably a stupid question. So guidelines tend to say 150ml to 200ml per KG of baby's weight in 24 hours. How do you know when to increase it when you aren't given the opportunity to weigh the baby regularly? So once baby is over birth weight, they aren't weighed by HV or GP very often. So I know what he was when ...

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Mixing omeprazole with milk?

Just been to GP and the doc told me I can mix omeprazole with milk as my LB absolutely hates having it and refuses to open his mouth. He is 6 months old. I read online that you can’t mix with milk, should I still try it?

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Are 2 different types of bottles enough to start bottle feeding with?

I’m getting different type of glass bottles I’ll comment them below, but is that enough? Do I need more or does baby just get accustomed to whatever bottle I feed with, glass are expensive (one is 16 a bottle and the other is 20 a bottle) I will be buying more than just 2 bottles of course but I’m asking about diffe...

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Formula

My baby is now on CMPA formula, to make it I put in 150ml of water and when I add the powder, shake it and let it settle it take it up to over 160ml. If my baby finishes the whole bottle do I class it as a 160ml+ bottle or a 150ml bottle?

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Rejects Formula/Bottles

Hi Mums, my 11 week old is currently EBF and I’ve been trying to get him to take 1 bottle before the night sleep or 1 odd bottle when we are out for a few hrs during the day- which he upright rejects. He used to take bottles fine till he was 5weeks old after which he started to EBF. We have tried different formula b...

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Bottle recommendations for a breastfed baby

We’re currently going through teat confusion as baby is 10 days old so had only had the bottle teats from the hospital before coming home. He’s combi fed (exclusively breast milk) and my boobs are starting to end up cut because of the latch and we need a bottle we can stick to because I just bought some of the dispo...

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