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From the community

Recent discussions

Waking up during the night and feeding

This is going to sound stupid but I have a lot of anxiety around feeding so here goes...

Baby ended up having a hospital visit the other weel - projectile vomited was bright yellow, off his milk (5 weeks old at the time) he was 4 weeks premature and was in NICU for a few reasons one being his blood sugars being too low and unstable because of all this we were worried, the out of hours GP was concerned about his tense stomach and called CAU at a larger hospital who said to go down... to be told I was overfeeding him and to only give him 70ml every 3hrs, not to feed him before 3hrs and to not offer a bottle first when he cries and that crying can be for many different reasons not just hunger which I do understand.
I had a chat with my health visitor team because he was just demolishing 70ml bottles and was wanting more, now my HV always said to feed on demand... anyway they were like "what a load of rubbish, theyve just picked over feeding out of thin air because theres no obvious cause, 1 projectile vomiting is ok more would be a concern the 3hr rule is rubbish etc." Anyway we agreed to up his bottles.
Back to my point/question. He is 7 weeks old now, at what point during his night time wake ups am I supposed to know if hes hungry or just fussing?? Because the other night he ended up going 6hrs from his last bottle and that involved me soothing him and giving his dummy back what felt like every 15mins until he eventually started crying and I decided 6hrs was too long for him and he downed his bottle. And again last night I managed to grt him to wait until 3.5hrs but it means he has had 3 bottles before 12pm and if he keeps up hes going to have more milk today than he should be for his weight and I just feel confused should I be trying to avoid giving him a bottle during the night or not??
Even the cow and gate guidelines say for 120ml to give 6 times a day but then he doesnt "always" finish them sometimes he will take 90ml, 100ml, 110ml.... so i guess it evens out?

I dont need comments about how you cant over feed a baby, i need gentle advice i feel so anxious and upset about everything related to my baby right now

Warming cows milk

Baby boy is 1 tomorrow! How has it happened?! The last week I’ve been slowly mixing formula with cows milk 5oz formula 1 oz cows. So it’s been warm. Has/is anyone warming cows milk in a bottle warmer? Just until we keen on cows milk. My daughter hated warm formula and took to cold cows milk with ease but boy is a bit fussy on how cold it is.

How does everyone sterilise?

My daughter will only take Lanisoh bottles which I'm gutted because I have loads of MAMs that are easy to sterilise in the microwave. Any tips on the best method/what to do when out and about or visiting friends/families?

Combo Feeding - Help!

I was so determined to EBF with my second baby and she’s doing well but my milk supply is dropping drastically. We’ve exhausted my limited freezer stash and by the time i have a chance to pump in the day it’s used for the night feed by my partner. By the time she goes to bed I’m producing little to none, so I’m looking at one formula bottle a day, at night.

It’s been so long since my last so I can’t remember the process of making a formula bottle (quick is preferable lol) before I pull out the baby brezza. (In my head I’ll depend on it less without that magic godsend).

Starting with Kendamjl regular - what are the tips?! And how do I keep my supply from dropping further going to more pumping.

Rant over! 🙃

Not feeding as much

My baby girl is 5 weeks old and she’s suddenly today not wanting to finish a bottle (formula fed)and will have say around 60 ml and then fall asleep.

We have changed to the anti colic bottles from Tommee tippee she seems to take the bottle well but will often get sleepy during the feed shall we up the teat to a number 2 or leave the number 1 on! I hate the fact that she’s not eating as much (feel guilty I’m not giving her enough)

She’s also not pooped in a day and seems to need one but can’t go. Done all the usual exercises and given her a warm bath. Any advice please feel silly asking chat GPT all the time 🤣

What are your feeding schedules for 4 months old, fully formula fed?

My little one has been doing 3 hourly feeds from first bottle being at 7am, I’ve noticed now though that sometimes she isn’t hungry enough or actually asleep at the times I’d normally feed her. Just curious if any other fully formula fed mammas had a routine with the bottles that has now changed and if so what?

How much formula should a 1 week baby be drinking?

FTM - My baby is wanting more than 90ml each feed which is already alot for his age i think. I did ask my midwife she said as long as he has wet/poo nappies and is burping not vomitting up milk its fine to give him 90ml. However today 90ml doesnt seem to be enough and is wanting more... formula fed only at the moment.

How much formula is too much??

LO is 5 weeks old and is having 120ml (4oz) bottles every 3-4 hours and doesn’t seem satisfied by them half the time and just cries endlessly after. It already feels like I’m over feeding him but should I just move up to 150? He is difficult to burp but is burping and I don’t think is gassy after and I’m already pacing feeds so it’s taking half hour to 45 minutes to drink the 120

Latching issues with the bottle

Our 4 week old is having issues with wind and is in pain most of the time. Everytime he has a bottle he is sucking in so much air and doing a clicking sound. It looks like his bottom lip is curled in and his tongue is sticking out slightly when he is drinking. We are currently using dr brown bottles and we are looking to switch to MAM, which we have tried a few and looks like he is doing the same with them. Its driving me mad, the poor kid is just gulping air and I don't know how to stop him from doing it. Every night for a good few hours he just screams in pain. Anyone got any tips, advice or anything to help him out?

Bottles and regular food balance

Moms ! I need serious advice!! I’m trying to figure out the best balance between 8OZ bottles with formula in it and regular foods . I still want my baby to get all the nutrition she needs , but it’s also time for her to start puréed foods . What should I do ??

Kendamil to Aptamil Reflux

My 6 week old has been struggling with reflux so GP suggested switching to anti reflux milk so we chose aptamil.
Our plan was to swap out a bottle a day to transition but we gave him his first Aptamil bottle this morning and he was like a different baby, small spit up and happy whilst awake until I gave him his Kendamil bottle and it’s been 10x worse with being sick, screaming and crying non stop. The car is the only thing that has got him settled.
Is it safe for me to do another Aptamil reflux bottle today? Should I just make the switch completely or just carry on swapping out a bottle?

Formula and slow feeding babies

My baby is 16 weeks old and currently drinks around 150–180ml during each wake window. She is a very slow drinker, so she’ll usually drink about half of her feed when she wakes up, then have small amounts throughout the rest of her wake window (just over 2 hours).

The problem is that formula is only safe to use for an hour once feeding has started, so we end up wasting quite a lot of formula and going through lots of bottles.

How can I encourage her to drink more of her feed at the beginning of her wake window? Or is there a better way to prepare the formula to avoid so much waste?

Would it be better to offer smaller, more frequent bottles? My worry is that sometimes she suddenly wants more, and if I’ve only prepared a small bottle, it runs out. If I make another bottle straight away, she often won’t take it for a while, even though she seems hungry.

I’d really appreciate any advice or tips!

Formula to cows milk

Hi guys, hoping I could get some advice on this because I’m a big stuck on what to do. My little girl has recently turned 1 and the last few weeks before she turned 1- I started adding cows milk into her morning porridge which she seemed to take to/like very easily. Now she’s one I’ve started adding a bit of cows milk into her 2 bottles a day. She normally has 2 x 9oz of formula a day, so I started by adding just 1oz of cows milk in her bottles (so 8oz formula 1oz cows) and it seemed fine, so now I’ve upped it to (7oz formula 2oz cows) which again has been fine. I’m thinking to just now do a direct switch. Is that okay? Can I do that? Or should I just keep going with the gradual? She has 3 meals a day FYI with water at every meal. 🩷🩷🩷🩷

Feeding

My 5 week old is currently drinking 150ml every 3 hours but for the past few days he’s been showing hunger cues every 1.5/2 hours. On my kendamil tub it says 150ml is recommended for 3 month olds but I’m worried he’s not getting enough food. Do I up his formula to 180ml or keep topping him up? I worry if I just top him up each time he’s gonna end up drinking less more frequently as each top up we only give him 90ml as don’t want to overfeed him. Picture added of my squish 🥰

Edit: thank you for all the responses. We’re going to up his formula for a few feeds and see how he goes with it and if not will drop it back down :)

Question

I’m currently exclusively pumping and my baby is almost 2 months (on Monday). I want to transition to formula fully how can I do this smoothly? Any similar experiences or advice welcome ;)

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