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Milk question

Hey mama’s I was wondering when do you increase your LO milk? My mom keeps telling me to increase it a little bit each week but I thought it was based off of how much your baby weights. My 4 month old is 14 lbs so he be getting about 35 oz in a 24 hour period. He is gaining weight and his pediatrician has no problem...

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Last chance before quitting

Long story short; my supply sucks and it's getting worse. I feel it's because he had a lip and tongue tie for the first 10 weeks of his life when I was trying to establish my milk supply. Anyway, my baby drinks 6 ounces every 3 hours, eats purees for lunch and dinner. I pump at 10 am and 1 pm at work. Today I got 2 ...

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Milk

Hello, I’m looking for advice when and how much milk should our babies be having at 18 months old? I’ve looked online and can’t see what’s ‘normal’ when do the drop morning/bedtime bottle?

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How long did you use the small mam size bottles for before moving up?

I’ve got 2 small bottles I’m wondering if I should buy a few more? How long do you use the small bottles for

Incognito
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Feeding

I'm planning on changing to combi feeding with my 11 week old. He has been exclusively breastfed up until this point so I have no idea how much formula to give him, I know the box of formula says 6 ounces, that just seems like a lot so I was wondering how many ounces other babies are taking at this age?

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Mam bottle freebie

Does anyone know what the teat size is on the Mam bottle that is free with the boots parenting club? I threw away the box and my LO seems to guzzle at the bottle so wonder if she maybe needs a smaller teat but I’m not sure if the bottle already has the smallest one

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Introducing bottle to EBF baby

We’re starting to introduce a bottle of expressed milk to our 7 week old so that I can leave him with dad for a few hours but I’m really stuck on how to know how much to give him. This morning we offered him 5oz which he gulped down and immediately wanted more, so I put him on the boob and he fed for another 5 mins....

Incognito
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1yr review

Do they tell you if your child is advanced or behind etc? I think my baby is advanced for their age but I am wondering if they will tell me this at the review.

Incognito
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Formula

Hello girls what’s the best formula for colic and constipation?

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Feeding schedule with 2 bottles only?

I’m now giving my son only a bottle in the morning (5 ounces) and one at night (7 ounces). In addition to breakfast, lunch and dinner, struggling with whether I should give a snack in between too.. What’s everyone else’s schedule like if they are also on two bottles / milk feeds only. Thanks!

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Transition to dairy milk?

My 13month old boy has always fed to sleep or been swayed to sleep. He’s always been a terrible sleeper and has never slept more than four hours at one time. I always need to feed him back to sleep. For those who are transitioning to dairy milk but with a baby that relies on a bottle at night, what are you doing? A...

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MAM teat

Is anyone using teat ‘X’? We’re in size 3 but the last week she’s been taking a couple of sips then stopping and doing this for half the bottle then won’t drink anymore for 20/30 mins. Just wondering if the flow is too slow now as she drinks from a Tommee tippee beaker with water with is free flow. Or wasn’t sure i...

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4m old only drinking 4oz of milk

My little one who is 4m only drinks 4oz of milk and usually every hour, he is on cow and gate milk. He only ever drinks 4oz, if I try to leave a bigger gap between his feeds he screams because he is hungry, I read online that 4month olds should be having 6-8oz but mine isn’t. Am I doing something wrong?

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Baby formula?

ADVICE PLEASE - what formula are people choosing for their babies? There’s so many out there and I don’t know where to start in choosing which one to give her? What is everyone else using or planning to use? 🩷

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Heating up mam bottles

Hi ladies, how do you find is best to heat up expressed milk in mam bottles? I read somewhere you can’t stand them in water like most bottles because of the anti colic ring at the base but I’m not sure if this is true or where I even saw it!

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Cutting overnight bottles

My daughter is 20 months old and LOVES her night time bottle. I want to cut this tonight (we kept it for so long because 1. we didn’t have it in us to overcome the hurdle yet and 2. We had a big overseas trip planned & wanted to keep it as a comfort measure). I know she’ll probably need extra comfort and reassurance...

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Formula

How many ml/oz per day does your baby have? Mine is 4 weeks tomorrow and he has 120ml every 3h but the total amount in the day seems a bit too much so I'm worried I'm overfeeding him 🙈

Incognito
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Portable bottle warmer suggestions

We got the cordless momcosy one but I don't like it as you cannot sterilise the main part. Any suggestions that would work with the MAM bottles? Thanks!

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Teat size

Hi everyone I was just wondering what teat size everyone is using? I'm currently using MAM bottles and was wondering what signs to look out for to move up to the next teat

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Teat size?

Hey everyone I was just wondering what teat size everyone is using? I'm currently using MAM bottles and was wondering what signs to look out for to move up to the next teat?

Incognito
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