Community Posts, Tips & Support on Baby Feeding

When did you go up to the next size bottle teat and how did you know to change?

At what age do you transition for board books to paper pages? I think my lo is looking for more content but I think she’ll still rip paper pages. She’s turned 18 months on the 8th and I’m not sure if there’s an average time to start her.

My 13mo old is still having formula in bottles at the moment and I know we need to get on with switching to cows milk and cups. But I don't know what kind to switch to and am super overwhelmed! He uses a straw tum tum cup for water but will having milk in the same cup confuse him as he won't know which to expect?

So I have a very irritable 3 month old and my brother starting telling me it could be the formula he eats. We give him enfamil because it’s covered by WIC and he started telling me about how the oils in it isn’t good for people and it got me worried. High end formulas are extremely expensive, he stopped taking my br...

Other than bottles that I know have to be sterilised while using formula, what are you still sterilising? Dummies, beakers, spoons etc? I've been told I don't need to sterilise now but not sure if that applies to everything? Also, are you still giving cooled boiled water to drink or normal tap water now 6months?

How do you clean your Calpol syringe? Have you bothered sterilising it or not? Did you clean/sterilise it before first use?

How often are you feeding your June baby, and how much ml? I know this sounds back to basics but what hunger cues are you waiting for, or do you just feed based on a schedule? I feel like I've got stuck in a pattern of feeding 2-2.5 hourly (180ml each time now) based on previous hunger cues/cries and feel like I n...

Ive decided to combi feed at 5 months and introducing one bottle of formula per day. Does anyone have any advice on which feed i should offer formula?

If your LO has a say 4oz bottle and then an hour and 45mins later is unsettled and mouthing they are hungry, would you offer them another bottle? I'm so worried I'm going to over feed him as my oldest didn't know when he was full and still doesn't at 19months old. My LO is 6weeks old

Anyone else’s baby still feeds 4-5 oz every 3 hrs 🫣🥲 because mine does + night feeds are still going strong This is the only way to make her drink enough milk during 24 hrs I’ve seen a lot of babies now have 3/4 feeds of 7-8 oz during the day I’ve tried to feed her more oz but she just can’t eat more than 4-5…

For anyone who gives one bottle of breast milk a day only and otherwise nurses, how many oz or mL do you give? I’m going to be giving expressed milk and only one bottle so please only comment if that’s what you do. Need to see if we can get baby used to a bottle for when I have a weekend away in March

If you are looking to use MAM bottles are you also buying a steriliser as well as sterilising in the microwave? I’ve seen a tommee tippe UV one but not sure if it’s a waste if I have the self sterile bottles?

Does anyone know where I can get kendamil milk either stage 1 or 2 from?

Do any of you pre make bottles of formula? I was thinking to make a few bottles up ready before bed so during the night I can just get them out of the fridge rather than having to make them when the baby is screaming in the middle of the night?? I know it says you shouldn’t make them in advance but I’ve also been ...

For those that have formula fed babies, do you still give milk in a bottle? I just read another post from another group who said the HV said milk should be drank from a cup at 10m 😳

We were combination feeding until about two weeks ago and now my nearly 6 month old is just on formula (it’s been really gradual). He only takes 5 ounces each feed, 3 hours apart give or take. Sometimes he will have 6 ounces but probably only once a day. Sometimes he doesn’t finish he 5 ounce bottle. Just curious wh...

Hi, I am going on holiday in December and I’m just wondering how do I feed baby on the plane and in the airport. He is formula fed. Do I bring multiple bottles and hot water? I was thinking of getting the ready made formula but then again how do I warm it up and I would still need multiple bottles right? Any advice ...

My son is 7.5 weeks old and we have been supplementing with formula. Lately we’ve been using Enfamil really just because we’ve been given so much. Now that we’re running low on our supply I’d like to start looking into different brands. I’m open to sticking with the Enfamil but would like to know what better brands ...

At what age are we meant to be offering food before milk? My boy has all of a sudden started drinking milk again like hes 6 months old and napping 2½ hours in the day 😵‍💫

How’s everyone making bottles on the go? I’m due in 2 weeks and haven’t thought about it! Prefer not to use the nuby rapid method