Community Posts, Tips & Support on Baby Feeding

My baby is 16 weeks and has recently had blood in his poo and it’s quite mucussy. I’m wondering if potential allergy to dairy or something as he is also not putting on weight, he has dropped from 50th to 9th centiles. I want to top up with formula to see if this will help his weight increase alongside breast feedi...

Hi i see lot of posts about cow milk or formula as a bedtime milk before bed , my Lg still dependent on breast milk and she doesn't drink cow milk or formula as a bedtime milk ( i used to give her formula when she was little once or twice a day) now she doesn't drink anymore formula and i heard at 14.month age we sh...

Out of interest how many bottles and how much are your babies drinking per day plus meals? My 8 month old drinks around 25oz of formula per day plus has 3 decent sized meals with a pudding. I do think he’s going to drop his mid morning bottle soon.

what size teats are our little ones using? (please state brand)

My baby turned 11 months old on the 3. She doesn’t really want formula except at night. She eats 3 meals a day and a snack. Doctor said not to worry much about formula except to keep offering it. I know she will drink reg milk as shes stolen my drinks before. Is it too early to see if she’ll drink reg milk at meal t...

Hey so my baby is just turned 4 weeks old and is finishing formula of around 6/7oz roughly 200ml every feed. His birth weight never dropped it only increased…I thought I was over feeding however he is exclusively breastfeed throughout the night - and some feeds in the day. I’m just not sure he should consume so mu...

My combination fed baby is having 250ml of formula before bed than another 500ml of EBM or formula in the night. Our HV said when she wakes at night to give her water instead. For those that have tried this did you put the water in their usual cup (Tumtum straw cup for us) or did you give it in a bottle? I wouldn'...

I’ve been ebf for 6 weeks now but I want to switch to formula. How do I get baby to take a bottle from me?

Hi, so my nearly 5 month old is currently on 7oz every 3 hours ( 5 bottles in 24hours ) I’m thinking of changing it to 8oz every 4 hours ( 4 bottles in 24 hours ) as he’s finishing all the bottle and can go longer than 3 hours. Has anyone changed there bottle routine?

How much milk is everyone’s LO having? He is on 3 meals a day & snacks inbetween. I breastfeed in the morning and then he has a bottle before bed

Hey my baby still drinks Bobbie’s formula because she doesn’t like the whole milk . What milk is your baby drinking?

So my girl is nearly 11 months, she has cows milk with her porridge/breakfast, she only has one bottle before bed. How do we go about going from formula to cows milk? And how often should they be having cows milk? First time mum here 🙈 Please only answer the question and not lecture me about what i should and…

I think that the toddler stage just isn’t for me. I loved the previous stages and looking forward to more independent stage where he can voice his needs

So there’s been a shortage of Kendamil, as anyone who uses it knows. I’ve been driving to all small stores within a half hour radius in order to find any. Our local supermarket got some back in stock today after the shelves being empty for almost a month. The cost now £15. It was £12 prior to this - i’m quite angry...

What are you using for the bottle before bed? My boy is fully off formula and only has cows milk before bed. I've been using a mam bottle, but aware he shouldn't use it much longer for his teeth. What bottles are people using instead for a before bed bottle?

I’ve just introduced formula after having breastfeeding challenges. My 3 month old is having around 8 formula feeds and 2-3 bottles of expressed milk in 24hrs. The formula I’m using is Kendamil and says in 24hr for her age she should have 5 feeds. Anyone else had their baby go over the suggested amount? Not sure if ...

Did anyone try it? 🍼Any feedback?

My LO is 11 weeks and I’m dreading every feed, she is bottle fed and in the middle of a feed she will just begin to refuse the feed, I have been back and forth to the doctors she’s on omeprazole for reflux. She is getting so worked up and screaming every time I put the bottle to her mouth. It’s making me have a brea...

So bottles that have breast milk in them do not need to be sterilised. They can be washed in hot soapy water and rinsed to be used again. However, breast pump equipments says it needs sterilising after each use but surly if washing bottles with soap and water is enough the same can be said for breast pump equipmen...

How do you combi feed I want to breast feed as much as possible but I’m scared my milk is either low or not very fatty and baby is not putting enough weight on and thinking of adding a bit of formula but not sure how to do this without over feeding but also giving as much breast milk as possible!