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Formula feed

My little girl is three weeks old today and Shez currently feeding on 5oz ( 150ml) on formula at every feed , really wondering how much Shez going to end up taking by 4 weeks old cos I’m currently using the jul perfect start bottle set and it has only the 150ml and the 300 ml bottle set , and she feeds every 2 and h...

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Bottle steriliser and dryer

Does anyone have a bottle steriliser that also dries? I know it will be an investment but I feel like I spend my life washing sterilising and drying bottles. They never seem to air dry completely either. So wondering if it’s worth getting one that dries too.

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2nd child decision

Our 1st child is 15 months, and we're deciding whether to have a 2nd. If we do, we'd prefer sooner because we're both a bit older (37f, 43m) to minimise complications. For me, the idea of repeating the 1st year of babyhood is quite unappealing, as it is very demanding full time and even more so with a toddler. I l...

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Bottle Feeding Formula.

5 1/2 week old baby. How many ounces are/were they on? Hours?

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Sterilising dummy

I'm packing my hospital bag and want to take a dummy just incase. If I sterilise is now and put it in a dummy case will this stay sterile up until I need to use it? I'm due in 3 weeks.

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Formula box says 3 bottles a day from 7 months to a yr old. - my little one has 2 sometimes (as food has taken over and hard to fit the third bottle in)

Up until about a month ago she was having up to 4 bottles a day. But food has really taken over (she’s a food monster, loves her food!) and drinks water well with no issues. But it’s hard to always fit the third bottle in in the day unless I cut down her food times / food in take. Or add a bottle and sleep feed her...

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Changing bottles after 6 months?

Someone mentioned to me apparently we should be changing their bottle after 6 months as they can degrade or plastic particles or something or other. We have been using the 240ml MAM bottles for about or just over 6 months now. (The ones you wash and then self sterilise them in microwave). Should I be buying new bo...

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Baby development

Suggestions please… I am looking for an app/website/book that gives you info on baby development by age. I’m not necessarily looking for a tracking app as I am worried I would get too bothered if he didn’t do something on time, but just somewhere that says ‘in month 2 babies should do x, here’s how you can help d...

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Switch from plastic to glass bottles - HELP

Hi mums! Would like your help. I am currently using tommee tippee bottles and UV steriliser. I have decided I want to try Dr Browns Glass bottles due to the smell that I couldn’t get rid off and discolouration on the plastic ones. Would it be okay for glass bottles to be in UV steriliser? Many thanks and you ar...

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Combo feeding + solids

Is anyone breastfeeding and giving formula as well while LOs having solids? When do you breastfeed and when do you give formula and how many ml formula do you give??? Will the formula affect his solid intake? I’ve been EBF for a couple months now but I want to wean off breastfeeding so would like to introduce form...

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Kendamill normal stage 2

Hi, so basically I need a price. I can’t buy the regular Kenal anywhere. I can’t find it so I’ve had to go to goats milk but baby is refusing to drink it as soon as I put it in her mouth she pulls away. It must be quite different in taste. Not sure what to do but as there’s a shortage I’m thinking about switching br...

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Bottle grew mould, toss or clean?

A bottle with 2% milk was left out for who knows how long, like over a week at least. We just found it and when I went to wash it I found black mould between the nipple and the screw ring. Is it safe to use again if it's thoroughly cleaned? Or should I just toss it, bottle and all? If it can be saved, what's the b...

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Lazy

My significant others grandma said that I'm lazy for giving my son formula. I gI've him formula and breast milk. I try to give him strictly breastmilk during the day and formula at night because it's easier to make him a bottle. But I'm not producing alot to give him strictly breast milk during the day so I have to ...

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Gone off milk?

Since starting 3 meals a day my little man has just gone off his milk. He’s having 4oz in the morning, 4 mixed in his breakfast, and barely 3oz totalled in 3 different attempts of feeding for the rest of the day including bedtime. I don’t know if I should contact the health visitor, I’m not sure what to do. He used ...

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Daily formula intake

How many times and how much a day is your little one having of milk now? TIA

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Night feeds

How many bottles are you giving baby in the night? My little boy has been ill over the past few weeks with one thing after another. Over the past week he has lost his appetite and is only having 2/3 bottles in the day and is completely off solid foods. He is having his last bottle at around 11/12pm (not his normal...

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How much milk per day?

Hi! How much cows milk (or alternate milk) is ok to give in a day at 12 months?

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Change of formulas

Has anyone’s little one been moved from Nutramigen LGG to Aptamil pepti 1 and seen an improvement of symptoms?

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CMPA Weaning help ♥️

Our daughter has suspected CMPA and I am yet to receive a referral / appt to a dietician about the milk ladder and I probably won’t get seen until she is near 1 😩 Has anyone any useful resources they’ve used to help me please? X

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How many ounces is your baby taking?

Since birth my boy was taking up to 70ml and he's now backing 4 - 6oz each feed and he's only 10 days old 😂. Was born 7lb 1oz and is now 7lb 9oz. He has expressed breastmilk during the day and a formula feed at night or when out and about.

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