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Water for bottles.

Would you prepare a bottle with boiled water from a restaurant or pub kettle? I'm having a long day out, and I don't think I can take all the water with me. I'm not sure what I should do!

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Milk tubs

I want something to put formula in because the ones they come in just stand out like a sore thumb! Something like the picture, any suggestions??

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Why??

Can someone explain the reasoning behind locking up formula??

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Advice

So my little girl is 13 weeks now, she doesn’t consistently drink the same amount on every bottle. Some bottles she drinks 6oz, some 5oz and some 4oz, is this something to worry about or is it perfectly normal? She always has the amount of ml for her age everyday but she just isn’t consistent with the oz on every bo...

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Bottles

Has anyone transitioned to just two bottles a day yet?

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Mam bottles

When did people go from size 0 to size 1 mam teats?

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Baby rice to thicken formula?

Ok so PLEASE DONT COME AT ME, I’m at my wits end and it’s affecting my mental health so much. My baby has CMPA and severe acid reflux and is in high dose omeprazole and has been for 9 weeks now. (He is 14 weeks old currently). His CMPA milk is good for him but way too thin and we’ve tried different bottles, teats, g...

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🤔 I'm wondering what your little one like for the temp of their milk

So my son does not care what temp he gets along as he can drink it , and he don't realy mind anything about if it just came out the frigid , room temp or warm . So im wondering if you Littles have a preferred temp for their milk (formula / breast milk temp )

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Holding bottle

How do you encourage baby to hold their own bottle whilst feeding? My girl can grasp the sides but doesn’t understand it needs to be tilted upright on an angle for the milk to flow, which is fair enough obviously. We use mam 260ml capacity bottles

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Expressed milk & being out

Hello! I’m considering expressing and introducing a bottle over the next couple of weeks. Anyone who has experience with this, if you’re going out and about do you fill a sterilised bottle beforehand with milk or would you take the bottle and pouch of expressed milk out separately? Also how do we know how much milk ...

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MAM Bottles

Hi, does anyone know if these MAM bottles can be sterilised in the microwave and if so how? As it doesn’t have the base like the other ones :)

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Reflux

Hiya! My little one is 3 weeks old tomorrow. Has been combo fed (expressed and formula). Has about 2/3 bottles of formula a day and would drinking anything from 60-120ml. Maybe 1 4oz a day but would be satisfied. This was only because the prep machine makes a minimum 4oz also. With expressed milk would generally dr...

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Sterilising bottles

So, I don't sterilise anything other than babies bottles and now that he's 8 months I'm thinking of stopping sterilising them. I mean, he drinks tap water and I don't sterilise anything! Has anyone else stopped sterilising bottles?

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Milk

Hi just curious as to how many bottles your 11 month old are having now and how many ounce in each? Also if you've started the transition onto cows milk yet , I'm thinking of using the cravingdale one with the added vitamins in :) thanks xx

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Combi feeding experiences

Hello! I want to try combi feeding our little girl so that my partner can also take some of the pressure off night feeds. Does anyone have any experiences of doing this? I'm worried that it might mean she only wants the bottle and so any advice/experiences welcome!

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How much expressed milk are you giving your baby?

Hi all, I was told early post partum by a breast feeding specialist that babies on expressed milk would only need 120-130ml per feed. My LO has always been really good at sleep but has recently started to wake wanting more feeds in the night and I’m wondering if it’s because he might not be getting enough in the day...

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Formula

Goat milk formula recommendation that isn’t Kendamil?

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Can we wash mam bottles and electric pump parts in dishwasher and then sterilise?

Can we wash mam bottles and electric pump parts in dishwasher and then sterilise?

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Cluster feeding?

So last night my 4 week old started taking so much milk, she’s on 5oz, but started wanting more an hour later and did the same through the night! Just constantly kept wanting more, I hardly had any sleep! Tonight she’s started the same just wanting more and more but not slowing or showing signs she’s full! And start...

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Who uses the Tommie tippie bottles with the anti colic valve?

The instructions said to make sure it’s open after sterilising and washing but I threw the box away. How do I do this? It’s just. Little bit in the teat but I’m so confused how to make sure it’s open I’ve just pressed it together but it doesn’t look any different?

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