Community Posts, Tips & Support on Baby Feeding

Anyone else’s one year year-old not drink milk? I’m making sure she has two portions of calcium a day instead. Don’t know how I can get her used to milk as I would like her to have it as extra calcium x

Right so my boy is 12 months now and I’m getting rid of the steriliser. Should I be changing his bottles to something else? We use dr brown at the moment. But I don’t know if I should be changing them now to something different. He only really has bottles before bed and 1 in the night and one before his afternoon n...

Those using Cow & Gate do you buy the £12 1.2kg value box and pour it into the previous formula tub? It's better value for money but just a bit fiddly it being in bags rather than a tub.

I need your help ladies, how can I stop giving milk during the night? I'm trying to lessen the amount of bottles my LG has but she'll literally wake up crying & saying 'milk, milk' during the early hours of the morning & won't settle until I give her milk. She's eating during the day but not a lot of food, guess. ...

Alright mommas, does anyone have suggestions on how to store bottles? As much as I would love to just be able to store them on my bottle drying rack, there’s too many bottles for that. We’ve got a decently small kitchen and most of our shelves are already being used by our dishes and food (no pantry) except for the ...

I am a combo feeder! We are about 60/40 these days. We have been using Bobbie formula when we don’t BF. This formula I believe has been causing minor constipation. I like to be as natural as possible. Does anyone have any formula suggestions??

So my daughter turned 4 months in the 18th. She had been eating about 6 ounces of formula 5 times a day (about 30 ounces a day). Her pediatrician said I should see if she'll take a bit more during each feed because we are trying to get her to gain weight. The issue is, she started eating less after that appointment....

For weaning meals, say purées/porridge how much are you giving? My daughter is combined fed (EBF) and 2x bottles of formula a day. I’ve introduced 2 meals now- porridge during 2nd wake window and purées during 3rd (3 naps a day) and she absolutely demolished it. Always mouth open wanting more but when we polished a ...

My nearly 9month old is still on teat size 2 (Mam bottle) Is anyone finding the same? I find that size 3 comes out a little too much for her

How much milk are your nearly 2 year olds having on a daily basis? And is that a bottle or cup?

What’s the best way to make up bottles when out please? I don’t want to use the ready made bottles as I used one previously and there were bits in it I just didn’t want to use that moving forwards. I’m aware that once bottle is made it only lasts 2 hours and sometimes I’m out for longer, if I put boiling water in th...

Hi, my little boy will be 4 months next week. He's been exclusively breastfeeding but for the last couple of weeks I started to introduce formula. Unfortunately, it's so difficult I can't get him to drink it. He knew a bottle because from time to time I expressed so my partner could feed him. But I try formula twice...

Bringing some premade bottles to the hospital just in case, and the premade individual bottles dont come with nipples and there are none in the stores which is crazy! Can i just pour into his bottles that we plan on using at home? I know the hospital will most likely have some they can give us and they will give us ...

Has anyone else's little one not moved up teats yet? My little girl is still on size 1. She does seem to take a while to drink and get fed up now but when I move to size 2 she struggles with the fast flow 😖

Is anyone out of the fussy / itty bitty feeding stage yet? I stresses me out SO MUCH! LB will barely feed all day and then between 7-10 he’ll have 2-3 dream feeds totally about 9oz! I know it passes as he’s our second child but my god does it wind me up!

Hi ladies, just after some advice if you have any… I’ve recently been moving from breastfeeding to formula feeding. Today we had our final breastfeed (😭) but she is happy thriving and that’s all that matters. Because she was breast fed, when I first introduced a bottle I used a number 1 teat. Fast forward to now,…

Ladies, looking to see if anyone can relate or going/gone through the same. My LO - 5 days old, has jaundice, been put on a feeding plan, part breast milk with a top up of formula (50ml). We are persevering with breast feeding but not sure how much he’s getting as that is a struggle. But at least we know he’s gettin...

anyone else out there who is giving formula bottles in the day and then boobing the feeds before bed, overnight and first thing in the morning? Just wondering how much formula you’re giving in the daytime as we’ve just transitioned from EBF and it’s hard to find any combi advice…

Can someone please help me out? I mix the water with the formula, and it looks like this. Why???? Any suggestions

What dosage are people giving in Calpol now thier toddlers are turning 2… my LB turns 2 tomorrow and I noticed the Calpol says the dosage can increase…. But he’s a tiny 2 year old only 10kg…. But worried I’d be giving him too much if I were to follow the guidelines on the box. But at the same time want to make sure ...