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Milk at bedtime

If your child has milk before bed, do they have it in a bottle or a cup? Please comment how much they have (quantity).

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Formula fed babies

Does anyone’s 8 week old only drink 3-5 oz every 4 hours the reason why I say 3 because that’s sometimes all she will drink and sometimes she will finish the bottle? Just seeing if this is normal?

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Preparing toddler for new baby

Hi all, for those of you having another baby, how are you preparing your toddler for a new baby? Any recommendations for toys, books etc. mine will be 2.5 years when the new baby arrives. What can I do between 2 and 2.5 years to prepare my toddler for a new baby?

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Nuby hot shot - why?

When using the Nuby rapid cool, is there a reason for doing the hot shot method and not just using the boiled water straight from the Nuby to the amount you need? Not planning on adding formula direct to the Nuby itself and will be scooping powder directly into the sterilised feeding bottles, then adding the right...

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What bottle teet size?

We are on 0 and baby is 4w bottles are taking a while and wondering if we should be on 1

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Milk

How much milk are your babies having per day? My baby was having around 21oz but now he is only having 16-17oz

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Bottles to beakers?

Anyone else currently struggling to get their little one to change bottles he is currently using the Tommie tippee grippy bottle, but will not put the ones to wean them to beakers In his mouth he knows it’s a different shape and even the ones that have a bottle type top he still won’t touch it as it’s different he w...

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Confused with formula

My baby is 8 months old. Breast fed about 5 feeds a day (not including over night) feeds and on 3 meals a day. I’m currently living abroad and have a massive milk supply stashed in freezer but when we move back home in February I won’t have any freezer milk. I am going to a wedding and away for the weekend when I ...

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1 year old

What’s the advice with formula when your baby turns 1? My baby has solids but I wouldn’t say he has enough to go onto cows milk as he still has been having 4 bottles of around 6-8 ounces of formula a day.

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Bottles

Help! I’ve got twins, and as you can imagine I’m going through formula like crazy to keep the twins going. Bottles we are using are the Tommy Tippee Closer to Nature and Anti Colic. The children grizzle when they want food however the minute we give it to them, they’re not taking it. Or if they do take it, it takes ...

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How much are you feeding your babies please!

Baby is on 4oz already at 2 weeks old. My health visitor advised to put her bottle up to 4oz but she is still draining the bottle every 3 hours. How much are all you mamas who are formula feeding feeding your babies giving them at 2 weeks please!xx

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Going abroad with a baby

Hey, so my boyfriend and i take our wee girl to Torremolinos in May and by then she will be about 6 months old. Has anyone got tips for taking a wee one away that age? My wee girl is also formula fed and we use MAM bottles for her. How has everyone went about making bottles up when abroad? We have a rapid cool & f...

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MAM bottles

What size teat is everyone using? My girl is on size 1 on a MAM bottle but seems to be getting tired after 3oz, would it be worth sizing up? It’s been nearly 7 years since I’ve done this so I feel like a FTM again! Any advice would be appreciated 😊

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7/8 month old amount of milk...

Hi mamas, im EBF at the moment and would like to pump for a bottle once a day. How much do you guys think my 7 month old going to 8 months should have in 1 bottle? Is there a rule based on their weight or should I just go with trial and error and see how much she wants?

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Weaning baby off formula/bottles

Hello, my baby is now one and I am weaning him off formula/bottles. He drinks cow’s milk from his sippy cup in the daytime but at night refuses this and won’t sleep unless I give him formula in a bottle. Any tips please?

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When to increase formula?

My boy is now exclusively formula fed and will be 6 weeks on Monday. He is still feeding around 8 times a day (sometimes more) how much formula should he be having per feed as the guidance on the box is for 5 feeds a day? It’s catch 22 really as I was hoping increasing his feed size might make him go longer betwee...

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Bottle

My 18 month old still takes a bottle with his milk. I’ve tried sippy cups, straw cups and open cups but he only likes to drink milk out of a bottle. He only drinks milk and water but he is completely okay with drinking water out of any cup. How can I get him off the bottle?

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Microplastics

Plastic bottles and containers leach microscopic particles of plastic into our water and food 😫😩….even though the plastic says BPA free it’s still harmful…try to find the most affordable solution for your water, a home filter system, spring water directly from the source, or spring water in glass bottles…try to…

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What is the best milk to give to my 1year old i want to start him on normal milk in the new year

Need help if anyone can suggest some so I can try it on him thanks 😊

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Weaned

Hello 👋🏻 I have successfully weaned off the boob and on to formula. My baby will be 1 year jan 6th so she will only be formula fed for a couple weeks then we are switching to cow milk. I’ve been giving her a 6 oz in the morning 6 oz before a nap and 6 oz at bedtime. Am I giving her enough formula through out the…

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