Community Posts, Tips & Support on Breastfeeding

any mammas out there with a little baby? my baby was born on the 9th centile and since 6 months they’ve been on the 2nd. they have been eating the ideal amount of food but i just found out it’s my breast milk this whole time i thought it was fine 😭 i am going to move her to formula now so pray for me that she…

My little girl loves weaning and her meal times are a decent portion but she will cry after eating for a feed? Has milk then is brand new 🤣 Is this normal?

Can someone please explain in the most basic steps, how do I freeze my breast milk and then give it to my baby? E.g. what do I freeze it in? The breast milk bags? Then when we finally want to give him some of the frozen milk - do I have to get it out early and leave it in the fridge to de-frost? Or do you just get ...

I breast feed and give one bottle a day of formula to my baby. Today my LO has been hysterical and when I’ve tried to feed her she’s refused my boob. I didn’t know what else to do so I tried a bottle of breast milk and she drank it, it was only 60ml so I tried her on the breast after and she was hysterical again and...

My boy started daycare 3 weeks ago. He is 4.5 months. I’ve been sending him with 5-6 3.5 oz bottles of breast milk. The teacher sent a note today suggesting I increase to 5oz a bottle. It is a struggle to pump enough to send to daycare now. I’m worried I may have to add formula bottles. We did combo feed in the begi...

Anyone else’s 1 year old refuse to drink water and cows milk? Water is a complete refusal no matter what I offer it in. Tried like 6 different cups/bottles and cows milk she will as long as it has some formula in. (Have been gradually decreasing the formula but now it’s nearly all cows milk she’s starting to refuse ...

Does anyone still give their little one milk?

My little one is 11 days old, on day 5 he had lost weight (7% off) which was ok but today he has been weighed again and has lost a little more so is now 9.9% under his birth weight. I’ve been solely breastfeeding and now I’m feeling terrible as he’s clearly not getting enough from me. My midwife has suggested I expr...

I made a rash decision to quit pumping because it was painful. Now as I'm dealing with the excruciating pain of drying up, I wonder if I made the right decision. Is it too late to get my supply back? I'm not completely dry, but almost there. Maybe I didn't try everything possible to make it work 😔

I'm a scientist who does a lot of fieldwork with students. A typically day in the field is usually 8-10 hours of working in wetlands and hiking to capture amphibians and reptiles. I'm on leave and my guy is 8 weeks old next week. He is BF but with one bottle at night. I'm considering whether I can (or even want to...

I breastfed my oldest until 2yo so never needed to pump. Then with my youngest I was only able to breastfeed until 6mo as he had to unfortunately go to daycare. I TRIED to pump for his bottles but I could never get the pumps to work properly! I produce a LOT of milk (my kids were huge eaters) but the pump could only...

My son who is now 7 months has been exclusively breastfed but I’m now at a point where I don’t want to breastfeed anymore. My partner and I have both tried to get him to take a bottle but he won’t! He just screams as soon as we try, we have offered him different types of bottle as well! Can anyone give some help ...

Hi everyone, looking for budget friendly breast pump suggestions! Possibly single or double I'm not too fussed but ideally something I can order from Amazon so it arrives ASAP. Little one is having no problems latching onto my left breast but struggling with my right breast so currently really uncomfortable. So ju...

Can anyone recommend bottles that are good to use alongside breastfeeding?

My daughter is 6 months and breast feed technically I pump and put in a bottle for her. But I’m starting to get down on myself because my breast are clogging and i really want to breast feed until she doesn’t need milk anymore . And I’m really feeling discouraged because this is really stressful my breast aren’t emp...

How many times in a 24hour period are you breastfeeding now your baby is eating food? My baby isn’t eating anything really that I give her and is just playing with it and I am wondering if it’s because I’m still breastfeeding her 6-7 times a day.

I'm writing this with a broken heart,my baby didn't gained much for past 2 weeks, she is 10 weeks now and only 4.30kg . What I need to include in my diet as a super food. I'm producing enough milk

I have a baby who is about one month and six days old, and I’ve noticed she’s been having a lot of spit-ups lately. I mentioned it to her pediatrician, but they reassured me that it’s normal. Still, it doesn’t feel normal to me—especially since she hasn’t spit up this much before. I do occasionally bottle-feed her,...

My daughter has 1 bottle of milk a day (in the original mam bottles) and she falls asleep whilst drinking it. I kind of want to move away from the mam bottles but is there anything I can use instead for her to lay down and drink it with without it spilling/leaking everywhere!?

How are we dealing with nipple biting? My little one has started getting bottom teeth and made me nipple bleed twice now 😅 sooo painful! Help! X