Community Posts, Tips & Support on Breastfeeding

My 1 year old has just gone onto cows milk and I’m stressing on how do I keep it cold when I go out and at night time… I have seen people use the stage 3 toddler milk when out and for night time is this alright to mix with cows milk? any tips or advice please🩵

Hi girls I’m 16wks5days and I have had leaking nipples for 2/3 weeks now but it’s getting more and more. My midwife said it’s fine but I just thought it was extremely early to even product milk yet?

My son still feeds every morning, for his nap, once in the evening and then 2-3 times at night. A GP said this was a lot I was just wondering what other people who are still breastfeeding are finding

Has anyone successfully breastfed using nipple shields? I really want to try breastfeeding for the second time after a hellish experience with my first. But my nipples are so incredibly sensitive to touch that I think the only way I’ll manage it is if I use nipple shields every time.

So my baby is turning one this month and my goal was to breastfeed for a year. My pediatrician gave me the okay to start introducing her to regular milk. I have been doing half and half with soy milk and breastmilk. I also have a good amount in my freezer stash. I reduced my pumping to 3 times a day. Any tips on how...

My baby just turned one and we switched to whole milk. She didn't drink much milk before (bottle in the morning, bottle at night) and now she's barely drinking her milk. I've tried 4 different cups and bottles. I also tried chocolate milk. How can I get her to drink more milk?

Hello ladies, I needed some help/experiences and what you did. I had a clogged duct that started Monday night. With breastfeeding, pumping and warm compress it's gotten significantly better but I still have severe chills and fever like symptoms. Will it get better on its own or do I need to see a doctor. I really d...

My LG still has 2 bottles of milk (morning and evenings) and she doesn’t really like plain cow’s milk so we’ve decided to go on 3rd age formula for now. I’m still using normal bottles (the Maam ones with fast flow teat) but wondering if I should switch to a different one? I keep seeing from 1yo they shouldn’t use b...

My LO is 12 weeks and we’ve suddenly found breastfeeding really difficult, one of my nipples is completely cracked and she’s struggling to latch and the other one is starting to hurt as well 😫 Can anyone recommend anything to help please!

Does anyone get really anxious when going out as you’ll most likely have to breastfeed in public? I try and keep going out to short lengths of time to try and avoid having to do it out and about.. I also struggle when people come to visit my house too. Any advice on this?

My midwife gave me some syringes to collect and freeze colostrum and I would like to start doing it this week (38 weeks pregnant), however I'm not sure hot to collect it? My.midwife explained how to massage my breast and I have seen some videos, but my question is: what do you actually use to collect it? I don't thi...

Posting this for anyone that is in the same boat I was a month ago. I’m 16 months PP and have just got my period back! I want to try for baby number 2 towards the end of this year so really want to start getting my cycle back. My daughter was breastfeeding up until last month when I finally weaned her in the night...

I need some advice on when to introduce a dummy to my 3 week old baby. I feel like breastfeeding is established but I’m so worried about nipple confusion and then her not latching. I did try her with a dummy at 5 days old and she did get a bit irritable when I tried to put her on the breast. But I think she needs ...

7 days post c section I have no appetite and I’m worried as I don’t want to affect my milk supply as I’m EBF, anyone feel the same? I thought BF made you hungry

how often should my 16th month old be breasted ? she feeds about 3 times in the night still out of habit i think and about 4 times during the day is this too much?

Any recommendations for nursing bras that actually offer support for bigger, less than pert boobs?!

Has anyone ever had milk bleb on their nipple and can tell me how you got rid of it? The last two days breastfeeding has been really painful on one breast and when I've had a look there's a little white spot on the nipple. Any tips? Thankyou x

My little girl turned 1 on the 13th March and will breastfeed on waking, before her morning and afternoon naps and at bedtime but I'd like to transition her to milk from her cup. How has everyone done this? If I refuse to feed (to sleep) she goes crazy so I need advice on how you went about this please 🙏🏼

I don’t know if the amount my baby is feeding is normal. She’s 10 days old and I’m not joking when I say she is permanently attached to my boob. The second she comes off, she’s crying for more. I must feed her easily between 20 and 30 times a day and the feeds are always at least 10/15 minutes, some of them a lot ...

I’m exclusively pumping and I have got a lump on left breast which doesn’t seem to go. I have done cold presses, taken hot showers been pumping regularly. Nothing seems to help and the lactation consultant never answers the call. I’m so nervous. Any suggestions? Thanks