Community Posts, Tips & Support on Baby Feeding

Hi all, Just wondering if anyone can offer advice about using Formula in the Hospital - I breastfed first time round so didn't need to worry about this but this time it's not an option and I don't want to express either. I know you can get the RTF bottles but I worry that the baby won't get on with them or will li...

Can anybody advise on which mam bottles I should be buying for newborn. Some say ignore newborn and go straight to bigger ones as they grow out so quickly. I've looked online ,I see newborn bottles, is it just the teat you change? xx

Any tips on removing morning bottle please? I have tried everything!

Question for all the mommas who formula feed! Have you guys had to replace your bottles? I scrub them and sterilize them but the bottles just don’t seem to be super clean? Almost foggy looking.

i am an under supplier so we’ve taken a lot of donated milk but we’re at the point we need to sub with formula. we’ve spent hundreds of dollars on formula and everyone he throws up the ENTIRE bottle. normally an hour after his feed. has anyone else experienced this? he NEVER even spits up breast milk. i have no clue...

My LO is 4 months and is EBF. I think my supply is getting low and my frozen stash is high in lipase so he doesn’t want to drink it. I may have to introduce formula to him. Has anyone had to do this and has any issues? Worried he’s going to refuse it. Also, if anyone else has had frozen breastmilk high in lipase, ...

I been home since I had baby May 2nd! I just started a new job and training will be with camera on for 5 weeks (9 hour shift with 1 hr lunch) Please give me tips on how to manage with an almost 6 month old.

Which formula do you recommend for combi feeding? (To use it from time to time when I’m away) (no I don’t want to express)

My 3 month has just started to demand food every 2 hours… he’s taking 5-6oz each time. Surely this is too much too often?? 😫 He will suck at the bottle as if he’s starved 😭

Hey I am currently 37 weeks so not long now until baby’s arrival. Our first and only other daughter is 5. She has been really excited about becoming a big sister but has been extra clingy to me the last couple of months. Tonight she became really upset and tearful at bedtime and told me how worried she is, that she’...

My baby has just gone up to 210ml 6x a day (so 1260ml per day) while also breastfeeding a couple times per day. But I’ve just read that 5-6 month olds should be on around 1000ml a day so now I’m worried I’m overfeeding him?? He’s not a particularly big baby on the 5th centile

How is everyone doing with this? My daughter is 14 months and we’re trying to move away from bottle. Any tips?

I’m struggling to pump enough for my daughter to be fed by family when I return to work, so I need to start using formula too. I’m so confused about it though, how do I know how much she needs and when? She’s EBF, eats 3 meals a day and breast feeds at 6am, 9am, 12pm, 2pm, 4pm, bedtime and then twice through the n...

I am currently 30 weeks and still so unsure about what formula to use. I know some can be so expensive but I just want to get what’s best for my baby. Does anyone have any recommendations?

After reading some reviews apparently there’s a clorine/bleach smell after taking the bottles out? Has anyone else experienced this? Surely it wouldn’t be used in maternity wards if this was the case and baby could taste/intergest chlorine tasting bottles

I’m sure the HV will give advice…. But thought I’d ask the mums! How are you planning to move from formula bottles to alternative milk? Think we’re going to do full fat goats milk as my partner did that with his older boys (though assume full fat cows is fine!) Is it a case of transitioning a bottle a day over a ...

Does anyone recommend any bottle warmers? I have Mam Bottles for reference

so basically i have a 6 month old who refuses to take a bottle so therefore he’s exclusively breastfed. anyways for the past 3ish days when he’s nursed he pulls away crying acting like he’s hungry and tries to eat again then repeats. i did find a bottle he’ll take but the only issue is i’ve tried 7 different formula...

How much milk is everyone feeding baba? Our doctor has said we may be over feeding our little boy so I’m curious

Anyone elses baby’s gone off their milk? He eats 2-3 meals a day he will always finish his morning bottle but afternoon and before bed one’s he has a couple oz and that’s it. He’s meant to be having 21 oz and is having 18 at max. I’ve tried dropping the amount of food and still no change. He just screams until he ge...