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Amount of milk

How much is everyone’s 4 months old drinking during a 24 hour period? My little one is only having 5 bottles of 180ml and will average around 650-750ml a day. She doesn’t wake up during the night for feeds. I’m just wondering if she is having too little? She is only small 9th on the centile and she is following the...

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Milk reduction

Has anyone’s LO started to self wean away from formula? My LO was really poorly about a week ago and both solid/ formula reduced. He’s back on form with his eating but has no interest in milk at all and I mean like less than 10oz (HV not concerned) Not sure if I should be stressing about it or going with the flow 😂

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Extra formula scoops

Hi! My MIL looked after my 4 month old today and has somehow, we think, managed to add an extra 3 scoops of formula to his bottle. What should have been a 6oz bottle with 6 scoops is now possibly a bottle with 9 scoops. Should I be worried? Or, as a one-off incident, will he be fine? He didn't finish the bottle, ...

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EBF baby now taking bottles

Any tips.....just got my EBF 5 month old to accept a bottle of formula today. I would like to incorporate 1 bottle a day. Any suggestions to when I should do this? Any tips of making formula with no machine? Feeling very new to the formula feeding thing and a bit lost. I am doing Pace feeding. Currently she will onl...

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Sma althera

My little one was prescribed this milk for suspected cmpa. I gave her 3 bottles and each time projectile vomited the whole bottle up, more than what she would normal milk. Is this common when changing milks?

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Sterilising

My boy is 1 next week and I’m still cleaning bottles with fairy liquid and Milton tabs and then putting them in the microwave steriliser. Am I wasting my time 😂?

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Drying sterilised bottles

The problem I’m having at the moment is once I’ve sterilised my daughters bottles the condensation on them stays there for what seems like forever and I’ve been told I can’t dry them off with a cloth/tea towel literally anything. I have no idea if it’s fine to leave the condensation in the bottle and feed her or if ...

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How much and how often do you feed baby

Wondering how much and how often everyone feeds their LO. Is there a certain oz you try to aim for over the course of a day?

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Milk 🥛

Hi there, baby boy is now 13 months and still relies on his milk twice, sometimes 3 times a day. However he is really struggling with his bowel movements. He’s bled a few times and has been in pain since starting cows milk. I was told to put him straight onto cows milk and he does love it! But it’s giving him such...

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Changing teat size

Hi mums just wondering when you all change your babies teat size my baby is 12 weeks old and doesn’t really finish a full bottle sometimes gets tired drinking just wondered if it’s time to change to a size 2

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Bottles

Is anyone’s little on down to just 2 bottles a day already? My LO has zero interest in the second bottle, it’s a struggle getting the first and last one in as it is. Taking around 12oz a day

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Silent reflux formula

Has anyone switched from Kendamil to another brand’s anti-reflux formula? I know Kendamil say they don’t create one as don’t believe their formula should be an issue for reflux. My baby is five months old and we’re assuming has silent reflux and switching formula is the only thing left to try for him (in touch with ...

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Milk in weetabix?

This might seem like a super stupid question but for breakfast I use a splash of blue cow milk for babies weetabix is that OK? She has formula and breastmilk as her drinking milk but just found doing a splash of blue milk in her cereal easier than boiling kettle for a tiny oz of formula? I feel like I've been doi...

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Making purees

Stupid question but what's the best way to make up purees? I have a blender so do I literally just blend some carrots for example, or do I need to add water or formula to it???

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Help!

I recently changed my babies formula to hypoallergenic formula as recommended by her doctor. She was doing well but now she is very fussy this is the second time I had to change her formula. I’ve given her mylicon and she is still very fussy I’m not sure what to do if someone can give me advice. She was sleeping 8 h...

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newborn bottled water

with my son I was giving him formula always with bottled water never warmed it up didn’t boil it. He’s almost 2 years old clearly off formula but never had an issue. I was also a ftm so I didn’t know what was correct or what wasn’t. I’ll be having my daughter soon and don’t know if I should stick to the same route w...

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Formula or cows milk

Is everyone giving their LOs cows milk or still giving formula? Or both? Our pediatrician told us to give her cows milk when she turned one. Just curious bc I see other babies still drinking a bottle.

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Sterilising Toys

How often do you all sterilise toys? I feel as though I’m not sterilising half as much as I should be

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Cows milk - how much per day?

How much cows milk are you giving your little ones per day once weaned from formula?

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Feeds

My baby boy is 15 days old and already wants more than 3oz feeding 2/3 hours and sometimes even after 4oz is wanting more ?!? Do I give him more. He’s never sick ….

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