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Newborn stage is my least favourite!

I'm putting it out there ! The newborn stage is not my favourite at all 🙃 it's relentless. My girl was 6 weeks early, so we also got it for 6 weeks longer than usual. I'm a second time mum , and I thought I would be more chill as you know more of what you're doing, but the babies are so different . Because Ada…

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Teat size

For those of you using MAM bottles, what teat size do you use with your 6 weeks old baby? I'm using size 0 and my lo doesn't take excessively long to drink however he seems to work so hard to get the milk and falls asleep after half a bottle or so. Just wondering if I should go up to size 1? Will this make him take ...

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Advice formula feeding

My little one is almost 5 months old! He use to feed 210 ml in one go however he is now only taking 90 ml. He starts playing and pushing the bottle out after drinking the 90 ml. Does anyone have advice? Feeding him has become a challenge 😩 I feed him every 3 1/2 to 4 hours. It makes no difference how long he goes…

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switching formula brands?

has anyone here changed the brand of formula you’re using? not for health reasons or anything. I realised the formula I’m currently using is more expensive than other brands so I would like to get a less expensive one to save a bit of money. I’ve looked on the nhs website etc and it seems like it should be fine as l...

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Formula

My little boy is 1 next month but I think he’s gone off his milk, for a while now he barely even takes a 7oz bottle which freaks me out tbh as my eyes are never off his soft spot because rather than drinking water aswell he likes to just spit that out everywhere. What has anyone else in this situation done if they’v...

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Formula feeding

Hi ladies, My little girl is almost 9 months old and i’m struggling to work out how much milk she needs to be having as it varies every day. Granted, shes also teething at the moment so i understand that could also be a varying factor but i’ll give a bit of insight, usually she would drink 260ml of milk in each bot...

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Baby not taking bottle properly

I'm really stressed about this, I combi feed and never had an issue my husband giving him a bottle once at night or morning. He's suddenly started turning his head away, gagging and crying. Anyone else had this before? What do I do. He will happily suck on it if the bottle is pointed upwards and no milk is coming ou...

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Sterilising baby bottles

I’m 24 weeks pregnant with my first baby and looking for the best method for sterilising bottles, teething toys, dummies, breast pump parts etc. I’m hoping to breast feed to begin with but then potentially pump and/or formula feed if need be. I was planning on using the cold water bucket method as you seem to be ab...

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Weaning

Can someone please explain weaning to me… I understand it’s slowly introducing them to solid foods and can be done the traditional way or BL way but the whole transition from bottles to food confuses me. When do you make it three meals a day and then when it’s like this how do you know when to give bottles rather t...

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Evening feeding - formula?!

I am formula feeding my newborn (only 5 days old) and she seems a very hungry baby particularly in evening time, I am feeding and burping in a constant cycle for a good 3 hours and she's having about 40ml at a time, chugging so much! I'm worried this is too much though? But she is constantly licking her lips, hands ...

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Formula

Anyone else’s baby being really fussy with bottles all of a sudden, my LG just isn’t interested in her bottles and sometimes only has around 3oz of each one?

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Kendamil goat formula vs kabrita goat formula

So I use kendamil but they are always going out of stock so I want to get another formula that’s close to it has anyone tried Kabrita?

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Formula for reflux

What is the best formula for silent reflux?? Baby is combo fed now with breast milk and kendamil.

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not drinking

my baby is 3 months old and the last 2 days he will not drink his milk, he’s gone from taking 5oz every 2/3 hours to barely even taking 2oz, he’s only had 330ml today and i’m so stressed cos normally he has had double that by now!! is anyone else going through this just now? xx

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How do you sterlise/clean Calpol syringe?

Don’t know if this is a silly question but I’m a FTM and have no clue 😂 It’s plastic so won’t boiling water melt it? x

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Feeding

I’m a bit overwhelmed with what’s best to buy. We are formula feeding has anyone got any links on what bottles we should be buying and same with sterilisers? Thank you x

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Formula schedule

Morning mamas. We’ve recently stopped breastfeeding due to biting 🤦‍♀️ LG has been combi fed since birth and was having 2/3 bottles a day already and then BF when needed. My question now is what sort of schedule should I use along with solids? Should she be getting a bottle in the morning before breakfast, as I…

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Bottle teat

Do we have to upgrade tests for babies. She’s currently on a 1, dribbles and gulps a lot with a 2. Even when she’s older do we have to upgrade because if she was BF it would be the same flow all the time so why do we have to change the flow with bottles??

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Enfamil Formula

Any mamas need Enfamil for their babies?? i have 3 new cans (completely sealed) My son switched to Neuropro Gentlease

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How much is too much??

My almost 4 month old drinks 5-6 oz of formula and an hour later is screaming for more I’ll top her off with 3 oz this seems like too much. Thoughts I have a doctor’s appointment soon

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