Community Posts, Tips & Support on Baby Feeding

Anyone else’s baby just falls asleep while feeding and never finishes a bottle like they used to? My baby(almost 4 months) is used to drinking 4-5oz of either breastmilk(pumped) or formula. Lately he has been falling asleep and is not finishing the bottle. Just wan to k ow if its normal he doesn’t seem too intereste...

Just out of interest how often are we sterilising dummies? I try and change my 4 month olds dummy every day but sometimes forget so can be up to 2 days 🫣

Hey! Our 5 week old is on a combination of breast and kendamil(mainly kendamil) however he is constantly grunting and squirming trying to pass wind. When we burp him he also screams now and again like he’s uncomfortable. Is it worth me trying another formula? We’ve tried infacol but made things worse for him.

Babies sleeping through the night that are formula fed, how are your feeding schedules? Thanks xx Edit: baby is 5 months old

My little girl is on the organic kendamil but iv have been put looking for days and cant seem to find it. Thinking of changing her to the original kendamil. Just wanting people opinions on the pink tub kendamil. Thank you x

We are moving on from breastfeeding to formula. I wanted to know how much formula is being given at 7 months old and how often? We have started weaning, breakfast only so far but will soon introduce dinner too..

My little boy (4 months) has bottle aversion and has been taking an average of 600mls of formula per day. I’m worried sick as this is quite a bit below the daily recommended for his age and weight, but he’s been seen by the Health Visitor and Drs and they have no worries (he’s peeing, pooping, is gaining weight, is ...

This may be a really stupid question! But I know when you sterilise a bottle/dummy it is only sterilised for so long! So for my hospital bag I am packing some of the aptamil pre made bottles with sterilised teets… but what do you do with the dummies? Obvs I don’t know what day she will come so how do I keep them ste...

We’re using SMA comfort milk with the Mam bottles and currently on a size 2 teat but I don’t think it’s coming out fast enough for my little boy. We’ve tried the size 3 but it comes out way too fast for him. Would anyone recommend the X teat for it? Or will that come out even faster?

Anyone else’s 3 month old not eat a lot? Mine does anywhere from 40ml-120ml depending on whether he’s also breastfed. But even if it’s been a while since a feed he probably averages like 80-90ml.

My LO is 9 months and is now formula fed. She has been eating on average 20oz of formula (plus 3 solid meals). I feel like 20oz is not a lot. And that's 20oz including what we give her in the middle of the night. Her mouth was bothering her, but now seems to be fine. Do you think 20oz is fine? Should be eating more?...

When did you go up to the next size bottle teat and how did you know to change?

At what age do you transition for board books to paper pages? I think my lo is looking for more content but I think she’ll still rip paper pages. She’s turned 18 months on the 8th and I’m not sure if there’s an average time to start her.

My 13mo old is still having formula in bottles at the moment and I know we need to get on with switching to cows milk and cups. But I don't know what kind to switch to and am super overwhelmed! He uses a straw tum tum cup for water but will having milk in the same cup confuse him as he won't know which to expect?

So I have a very irritable 3 month old and my brother starting telling me it could be the formula he eats. We give him enfamil because it’s covered by WIC and he started telling me about how the oils in it isn’t good for people and it got me worried. High end formulas are extremely expensive, he stopped taking my br...

Other than bottles that I know have to be sterilised while using formula, what are you still sterilising? Dummies, beakers, spoons etc? I've been told I don't need to sterilise now but not sure if that applies to everything? Also, are you still giving cooled boiled water to drink or normal tap water now 6months?

How do you clean your Calpol syringe? Have you bothered sterilising it or not? Did you clean/sterilise it before first use?

How often are you feeding your June baby, and how much ml? I know this sounds back to basics but what hunger cues are you waiting for, or do you just feed based on a schedule? I feel like I've got stuck in a pattern of feeding 2-2.5 hourly (180ml each time now) based on previous hunger cues/cries and feel like I n...

Ive decided to combi feed at 5 months and introducing one bottle of formula per day. Does anyone have any advice on which feed i should offer formula?

If your LO has a say 4oz bottle and then an hour and 45mins later is unsettled and mouthing they are hungry, would you offer them another bottle? I'm so worried I'm going to over feed him as my oldest didn't know when he was full and still doesn't at 19months old. My LO is 6weeks old