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Advice on Introducing a Bottle at 3 Months: Best Brands, Teat Size, and Routine Tips?

Hey Queens! 🌹 My little one is 3 months old, and I'm looking for some advice on introducing a bottle. I want to start giving him a bottle but I'm not sure which brand is best for a smooth transition, what's your go-to bottle brand? Also, what size teat would you recommend for this age? Lastly, if you're doing a…

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weaning off the bottle

My 15 month old is still on his bottle I have tried the dr browns straw bottle and he hates it and so do I it’s so hard to suck on. Any straw cups or bottle recommendations to help my baby wean off ?

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Not producing enough milk

Hey mom’s , have any of you experienced not producing enough milk? It’s been tough lately my baby(10 months) hasn’t been drinking her formula (Kendamil Goat infant formula) and has instead been wanting more breast milk but I feel as if there isn’t enough coming out and she’s still hungry afterwards on top of that I...

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Bruh

17 days old and he's taking control of his bottle!! You can make it up next time as well then, big man!! 🤣🥰

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Feeding

How many bottles are u giving your 10 month old 🥴 I feel like I may be over feeding her

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Weaning out bottles

How do you wean your toddler off drinking milk from a bottle? Do you give them a sippy cup or is there something else?

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Confused on milk/bottles

I may be the only one who’s confused here but what type of bottle are we supposed to be feeding our LOs cows milk in and how much are they supposed to be drinking in one day? My LO was never really a big formula drinker but since switching to cows milk, she drinks two 7oz bottles a day in a MAM bottle. I tried to ...

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Formula Feeds (4 week old)

Hey, Please can you tell me how much your baby is eating (oz) per however many hours? My baby is 4 weeks today, she eats anywhere between 3-4.5oz, and usually consumes about 26oz a day, apparently this is too much? What’s everyone else’s babies feeding?

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Milk at 16months

My son has just turned 16 months old and he still has 2 x 7oz bottles of cows milk in his mam bottle. (1 straight away when he wakes up and 1 at bedtime). I really want to try and get him off the bottle but he is still drinking them and enjoys the comfort. How do I transition him off the bottle? Do I stop his milk...

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How much milk should a 3 week old be having ?

I feel like I need to up it as he’s not settling after and looking for more

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Nursery

Has anyone’s lo started nursery between 18-24 months, my lo is 20 months just started and it’s been horrific! Heart breaking! I’ve been told it’s the hardest age, all of my friends did it at 9 months so don’t have anyone to speak to

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Formula feeds…

My 11 month old has recently dropped from 4 bottles (180ml) to two which was already surprising. One in the morning and one at night. But now, he is batting the nighttime feed away and falling asleep fine without it and sleeps throughout. Has anyone else experienced this? Would just one bottle a day be sufficient?...

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Starting pouches

My little one is nearly 6 months and im going to start weaning soon. I was wondering how people do it. Im a first time mum and have no clue whats the best way. Do you give a bit of a pouch before a bottle? Instead of a bottle? Im not sure whats best to do. I know you have to use the same flavour so you can watch f...

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What formula is better?

Having to change formula as my baby is so uncomfortable on this new kendamil 🙁

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calculation for how much formula per day

hi, does anyone know the calculation for how much formula a 6 month old baby needs per day going off their weight? i’ve tried to google it but there’s so many answers. one source says 2.5oz for each lb of body weight and others say 100ml for each kg and after doing both calculations my answers are very different. ...

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How much are people feeding there one month old ?

My LB is on 4oz every 4 hours but still seems hungry after feeding but not sure if to up it or not 😨

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Number of feeds - Formula only

Those who have LOs around 8/9 weeks, and are formula only. How many feeds are you doing now in a 24 hour period, and what kind of volumes? ❤️❤️

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Milk amounts (formula)

Hi all, I was EBF up until 9 weeks with the odd formula bottle at night. It wasn’t suitable for us to continue anymore so we are now on formula only. He is 11 weeks now & plenty of wet nappies etc but he will only have 70-90ml each bottle, 7-8 feeds a day with 2-3hrs between them. It just doesn’t seem right or en...

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How much whole milk?

My daughter turned one two weeks ago and we had started transitioning from formula to cows milk couple of weeks beforehand. How much cows milk are your little ones having in a daily? I’m doing 3 bottles of 5/6oz. Is this too much?

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How often? How much?

How often and how much does your 11 week old feed? We do 3-4hrs feeds at around 140ml- can’t manage to move up from that.

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