Community Posts, Tips & Support on Baby Feeding

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Sterilising bottles and pump parts

How often should I be sterilising my baby’s bottles and pumping parts? I normally breastfeed and pump twice a day, give a bottle 1-2 times a day. I wash the bottles immediately but what about sterilisation?

L
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Formula and solids

I've started giving food to my little one. She eats quite well considering we have only just started, she usually eats 15-20 spoon fulls. Because of this I am skipping a feed when she eats, which in my case would be 150 ml of formula. I usually gave her 150 ml 7 times a day. I feel she's hungrier jn the evenings. T...

Incognito
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How can husband help with feeding?

I am EBF for seven weeks and probably getting 3 to 5 hours of sleep every 24 hours. My body is exhausted. I have some pumped (haakaa) milk in the freezer, and I’m too tired to figure out how to use my spectra pump. I’m too tired to figure out how to combo feed with formula, too. I’m open to both. My husband is wi...

J
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Feeding

LO feeds every two hours is four months and has 3oz is this normal? How can I get her to have more and go longer? Formula feed in the day breast through the night

Incognito
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Formula feeds

Hey looking for some advise, my LG is 3 months and 3 weeks and is formula feed on aptimil has been since birth she was having 5 oz every 4 hours and the last bottle being 6oz average 28oz total a day. This week she’s just not interested at all in milk is only drinking 3/4 oz every 4 hours. She’s also pooing 3 tim...

E
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Am I supposed to be feeding her 3x per day?

My 9.5mo old has 6-7 4oz bottles of formula per day (including nights) and 2 solid meals a day (lunch at daycare and dinner at home). Am I supposed to be feeding her breakfast too…?

P
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Please tell me I’m not alone

My boy will be 15mo next week and is still drinking formula. He’s waking 2x in the night for bottles and has 2/3 throughout the day of about 6oz. He does eat food but not amazingly and I think it’s because he’s filling up on formula. We’ve tried cows milk several times since January but he suffers with chronic con...

Incognito
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3 meals and 3 bottles schedule

Hi mamas, my little boy barely drinks his 11am and 3pm bottles so I want to try him on a 3 bottle schedule instead of 4. What time do you give the middle bottle?

Incognito
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Formula question

So my baby is almost 4 weeks and I was told to ensure they are fed 8 feeds within a 24 hour period and no longer than 3 hours between feeds. On the back of the formula tub it mentions feeds of 5-7 within a 24 hour period which would mean longer stints between feeds. Any ideas? I’m so confused.

Incognito
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Am I insane? Stressing over formula feeding

Right this is going to sound insane to a lot of people but my girl is 19 weeks and is sleeping 12 hours 6pm-6am without a feed as she stated refusing her 11pm dream feed last week to the point of Getting upset about it so stopped and she’s just slept through ever since. At 6am, she wakes up happy (hungry yes but not...

Incognito
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Formula feeding / top up feeds

My little boy is a very hungry boy and at the moment we always offer 5oz feeds. Today at 4 he finished 5oz in about 20 mins and now he’s had a 3oz feed 2hrs30 later. Usually we like to try and wait min 3 hrs but ideally 4 if he allows it. Of course if he’s hungry we feed him but trying to gauge if he’s actually hung...

S
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Combi feeding before weaning

Advice needed please My girl is 5 months and EBF. I reluctantly want to start combi feeding... Mainly so when I do KIT days in June it won't be such a shock to the system. And so I can find a formula that works for her before we start weaning. Any advice? Also what formula has worked for others transitioning from ...

K
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Supplementing

Hello mamas ! I recently had to get my gallbladder removed & due to me being In the hospital for a few days . My supply did drop for a few days . I am supplementing. I just want to know if anyone has any rules when it comes to supplementing , like is there a certain schedule or the amount of times a day you give the...

C
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Baby wasting formula

My 2 week old never finishes 3oz is it normal to never have empty bottles after a feed I’m a first time mum and learning so not quite sure

Incognito
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Travel steriliser

EDIT: we use Suavinex bottles Hey mamas 😀 Do you have any recommendations for portable steriliser when travelling? (Ideally steam steriliser) I will be soon travelling with my LO who is 4 months and formula fed, therefore looking for advice because I don’t want to carry the big steam steriliser with me. Thanks in…

V
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Baby formula have you decided what you will use?

I used kendamil last time but know there's an issue with getting it sometimes. Considering others. What have you chosen and why?

Incognito
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Transferring to cows / oat milk

Hi , my boy is still having formula milk 2x day . I don’t see the harm, he eats well and in my opinion formula ensures he got vitamins . Also financially it is better for us because we don’t drink milk at home so I don’t have to buy milk just for him . But I understand that I must transfer him to cows milk . How di...

A
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Does anyone else combi feed with bottles?

My LO has tongue tie at birth so went down the pumping and formula route as he was a big baby. He's now 10 weeks. I get confused about how much I should be feeding him with this mixed feeding and find myself wasting a lot of breast milk which can be quite frustrating. He seems to want to eat breast milk every 2 hour...

Z
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Guys I need help. My daughter is born on the 21/12/2021. I want to know when will she start reception.

I had someone tell me she is starting this year, but I am really confused. When should I start looking at potential schools for her?

M
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Routine

Hello :) anyone mind sharing what their daily schedule/routine seems to be currently with their January baby? And if formula fed- how much are they drinking and how often etc? Just trying to see if my LO is around the same? Thanks all :)

S
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