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How much does your little ones drink? (10 weeks old)

My baby girl is on 5oz bottles for about 3 weeks now as she was draining the 4oz bottles all the time. Now she’s starting to drain the 5oz bottles. Is she too young to move up to 6?

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Nuby Rapid Cool Question

Hey, does anyone have a nuby rapid cool set? If so, how can I sterilise them without a UV steriliser or Milton tablet cold water sterilising, can I just boil it in hot water??

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feeding

hi mums! had my little boy 3 days ago. we are currently using aptamil formula which he copes well with, on the tub it says you can make the bottle and use within 2 hours. we have done this a couple of times due to him feeding and then falling asleep and waking up then wanting a feed(within the 2 hours) does anyone e...

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Aldi Mamia Milk

Hi! Has anybody used the Mamia Aldi formula milk? I'm currently using Aptamil but it's so expensive and I have an Aldi minutes down the road. Thank you x

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Introducing a bottle

I have a 2 month old who had a tongue and lip tie release at 1 week old. He is struggling with getting off nipple shields and taking bottles. We are trying to introduce a bottle so that I can get a break and do my pottery which requires me to be out of the house for 3.5 hours. I also want my husband to be able to he...

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Domperidone

Does anyone know where I can source domperidone from without a GP?

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BLW?

4 months just hit and pediatrician cleared for purées. He eats 60% breast milk & 40% formula. Pediatrician said I could probably replace formula entirely if he likes his purées and he has a great interest in food. How much did you feed your baby to replace formula if you also happened to combo feed?

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Bottle aversion

Any tips on how to beat bottle aversion? My little boys 6 months old and has never had an issue with his bottles. Having anything upto 40oz a day! The last 2-3 days he’s really messed about like we’re trying to kill him when giving him a bottle. Any tips on how to deal with this? So far today he’s only had 12oz, he’...

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Milk allergy/intollerance?

I’ve recently started giving my newly 1year old cows milk and he’s now got diarrhoea, it may be a coincidence as he’s also got slap cheek and I know some viral infections can cause diarrhoea BUT it seems too much of a coincidence to me 🤔 he’s always had cows milk formula and since 6 months he’s had cows milk in…

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Stressing

We’re under a boil water advisory for who knows how long…… trying to keep up with water for formula and water to wash his bottles is stressing me out. I had some water stored but I could only save up a little bit.

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Cows milk

NHS website says the following but how much QTY is 2x servings of dairy? Like how many grams of cheddar and how many of grams of full fat yogurt? We’re transitioning to cows milk and I don’t want to overfeed dairy. What if baby has 100ml of cows milk then how much yogurt and dairy is it 250ml? Because baby might ha...

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Can’t find plastic free bottles?

Has anyone found any silicone bottles where the milk or boiling water can’t touch any plastic parts? We’ve used glass bottles for the most part but they’re hard to pack and always risk them breaking. Now that we are onto powdered formula for top ups I get nervous about putting boiling water into glass and temperatur...

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Feeding

Anyone else’s 3 month become really fussy with their milk? It seems that my son will drain some bottles (he’s having 7oz) but sometimes will only take 2-3 oz and then fall into a sleep. It’s not every bottle but sometimes every other, I can’t make sense of it🤦🏽‍♀️🙈

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Starting to give cows milk

Has anyone started weaning their baby off their usual milk to switch to cows milk? Our baby is one in 3 weeks and she has been refusing her bottle in nursery and isn't fussed throughout the day at home. Wondering whether to start gradually adding cows milk to her formula 🤔

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Baby sick after every bottle

Long story short is this normal, my LO is on 6/7oz every 3-4 hours, we will get through mid feed and next thing he’s bringing A LOT of milk back up. We continue with feed as he wants more, however we get to the end of bottle and then he’s bringing a lot back up again. He’s fine in himself, (he has got a bit of conge...

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not drinking milk

my lo is 11 months, he no longer wants to drink his milk I've tried different teat sizes different temperature, different positions. WHAT DO I DO? leave him take him doctors or is this normal? I feel like im fighting every feed to give him milk, it make me feel shit it makes him upset I don't know what to do

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Anyone else toddler

All of a sudden increasing milk? He was only having milk before bed and in the morning now he's back to having a big one before bed in the night and morning. He's having his meals so not sure what's happening but water dosnt cut it in the night he wants milk and he's drinking about 6oz

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Cleaning pump parts

Is it ok to rinse and sanitize pump parts immediately after use to use again? Trying to save on bottle washing after a couple uses. Please and thank you for any info on cleaning pumping parts

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2 year old

I hate this stage. When does it get better.. the separation anxiety, the yelling, the hitting, I feel myself going insane.

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Anyone used this bottle sterilizer or other similar brands.

I already know imma be too busy to sterilize bottles by hand, so I was looking at this brand. Idk if I can use other brands of bottles that fit in it too?

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