Community Posts, Tips & Support on Baby Feeding

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Has anyone used these bottles?

Was wondering if anyone has used these and if they’re worth it? They’re around £25 a bottle but are meant to good?

Bottle recommendations

We have tried so many bottles and baby jugs cannot latch right.

We have tried:

Tommee Tippee - too narrow
Nuby - too wide
Mam- liked these but bottles kept leaking
Lansihoh - too wide

Just feels as though there either too narrow or too wide for her. She hasn’t got tongue tie and has only had these issues as she has got older. She is 3 months now.

Any other suggestions please

FTM - Formula feeding

Heyy my LO is 2+6 days and we're currently making formula bottles up ahead of time putting them in the fridge, then when she wakes put it in the Nuby warmer. I am wanting to breast feed however the supply isn't there yet, due to GD and C-section, I have a feeding advisor helping me through it. However I have to leave the house for a few hours one day next week and haven't a clue how to feed her, considering
buying ready made bottles but haven't got the money to do that every time I go out. Any advice would be great thank you.

Bottle washer

Is there a cheaper version of a bottle washer that works as good as momcozy or should i just get the momcozy? :)

Cmpa milk on planes

We’re going on holiday in October. Our daughter is on aptamil pepti 1. Can this go on hand luggage? She’s on 1 tin a week. I’m scared of putting it in check in luggage as I can’t just buy it over there if luggage gets lost or anything happens.

Night time formula feeds

My baby doesn't like to wait at night for a feed for too long so looking for a quick safe way of making his bottle up, I brought a prep machine and it says heats to 70 but when I held thermometer over the water in tank it was reading 63 degrees so now worried he will get ill, can I make up a feed by boiling kettle adding powder and then leave in fridge and give to him straight from fridge as he will drink at any temperature? He drinks every 3 hours, sorry for long post ..

Creating an oversupply

Can you share tried and true recipes for helping you produce more milk? My baby needs to supplement with formula, just 6 ounces a day, but the Dr said I could use my breastmilk to mix with the formula. So while I typically just latch her whenever she wants, I want to make a small stash

Please no comments about my baby getting enough with my milk, there are medical reasons for it

*Cross posting

Milk

How much milk are your little ones drinking during the day?

Hot shot bottle method!

We use a prep machine for bottles, and also the nuby hot shot method when out. I’ve got suspicions that the prep machine is making my baby gassy, so I want to stop using it but all the other bottle making methods feel like it takes forever, and my baby likes to scream!

The nuby hot shot method is what we usually use when not using the prep machine, but I feel like it’s always a little bit too hot so it ends up taking ages because I want to leave it for a few mins.

Is it possible to have one flask with boiled water, and another with cool boiled water, and then add the hot shot for the formula, and fill the rest of the bottle with the cool boiled water? Or can I not store the cool boiled water? Also, do I have to sterilise the flask every time even if it’s only having boiled water in it? I know it will be hard to measure the correct amount of water, but it’s usually just a bit over the actual oz isn’t it.

Looking the Dec 2024 mom's

FTM With dec 2024 baby give or take a month. I don't know how to handle my daughter when she just wants to take everything so similar age range is help and gives less anxiety for me so I don't have to worry about my daughter being unfair or pushed around.

What stage of parenting are you in? And what's your favourite part of this stage?

I'll go first Ive got a 3.5yo and a almost 6 months old. I'm loving the immersive imaginative play with my eldest and the baby giggles with my youngest 😀

Sterilising

How does everyone sterilise bottles? I currently have MAM and use the microwave but sterilise my rapid cools using the cold water

coming to terms with almost having a toddler

anyone else struggling to come to terms with the fact that their baby is almost a toddler 🥹. i love watching her grow up and it’s gone by so fast! i struggled a lot those first 6 months and i never believed it when people would tell me it does get easier but it really does. she really is my best friend.

Baby Formula HELP

Long story short.. my 6week old baby(3weeks corrected) has been in aptamil since birth.

He has developed symptom of CMPA - rash/spots on face, loose nappies, discomfort etc. GP has advised to try a different formula for a few weeks to see if anything improves before trialling a dairy free formula.

Any suggestions?

Frustrated

I’ve created a horrible loop I can’t get out of
So my son feeds a lot so I started supplementing with formula at times and I would pump after his feeding
Well now he’s been crying at my breast and doesn’t feed as long and I’m noticing my supply going down.
What do I do if he doesn’t want to feed on my breast ?

Sterilising

When did you stop sterilising?

Feeding frequency

My girl is 12 days old and has a really good appetite, I'm express feeding with a bottle and usually give her around 80/90ml a feed about 8 times in 24 hours. They said to feed every 2/3 hours but she can go longer, and I feel bad waking her up from her sleep to feed her, is she okay to go longer? At her 5 day check up she didn't lose any weight and actually put an oz on! FTM here and just worried I'm not feeding her enough cause I can't seem to hit 9-12 sessions a day!

Teat Size

My little one is just over 2 weeks, he was drinking 5oz which seems ridiculous but he was finishing a few bottles and not bringing anything up, he's gone back to more 4 but it's suddenly taking him ages to finish them but also he's falling asleep early drinking it. Would you recommend going to size 2 teats?

Sick after bottle feeding

I just fed my 5 week old some formula ( 110ml ) and normally he burps well but he didn’t so I thought it’s fine. Put him down and he kind of projectile vomited some of the milk, made me panic. I picked him up and tried to burp him, he looked so uncomfortable but eventually settled and now I’m sat up in a chair scared to pop him down! Does that happen to many of you? He’s fast asleep now snoring away ( he snores normally )

Milk intake

Anyone else have an 8-month-old, nearly 9 months, who suddenly doesn’t seem to be enjoying milk anymore? 😩

My little one has hardly been drinking his milk properly over the past week. If I make an 8oz bottle, the most I’m getting him to drink is around 3–4oz. Even today, I made a 6oz bottle after he’d had a bit of lunch and he only drank 2oz.

He’s absolutely fine with his food and is eating his meals well, which is the only thing reassuring me, but I’m just worried that he’s not getting enough of his actual milk intake.

Has anyone else gone through this around 8–9 months? Did you change anything with their meals/timing of milk, or just follow their lead? Any tips would be really appreciated because I’m getting worried seeing so much milk left in the bottles!