Community Posts, Tips & Support on Baby Feeding

Does anyone have any tips and tricks on giving an EBF baby a bottle of expressed milk? My little boy is 7 weeks today and since last Sunday, we’ve tried giving him one bottle a day, but he instantly cries and gets himself into a massive state. We’re currently using the MAM bottles with a size 1 teat, we started on...

I'm so angry and upset at my husband. He fed our LO formula from an old bottle (used). The bottle used was made at 5am, and he then used that same bottle to make a new feed at 9am. He made the bottle half asleep and didn't check. I'm very unhappy and have already had an argument with him about it. Please advise me o...

How much are you getting out and about and are you breastfeeding or formula feeding? I always wanted to breastfeed but can’t help but resent it when I feel tied to the sofa cluster feeding constantly. Everyone I know of who is getting out and about lots seems to be formula feeding and I can’t help but wonder if I’d ...

I use Kendamill and it's worked really well for us but it's getting so hard to get hold of at the moment. Has anyone changed from Kendamill to a different brand? I'm worried because my little one gets terrible reflux and upset tummy so I want to find one as similar to Kendamill as possible. Any recommendations please…

And how often do they feed

Those of us that r lucky enough to have r little bundles, and that r bottle feeding..... how much r they drinking at a time and how many hours between feeds. Roman is 8 days old and has anywhere between 60-90mls per feed every 3-4 hours.

I am planning on formula feeding my baby from birth. I was just wondering how often are you supposed to feed a newborn and what age do you increase the amount/times you feed?

How many times do y'all use the same bottle in a day?

I exclusively breastfeed and baby is 3w+4. His latch has only ever been mediocre at best but I think I have a really good supply which has been making up for it. His last feed was so painful I was in tears and then I had a guilt breakdown about potentially introducing a bottle. I don't like the idea of pumping breas...

At what point are you guys increasing formula per feed? My 14 week old is on 6oz per feed except for 4oz in middle of night as trying to phase out night feed and he falls asleep at 4oz. This is already more than suggested. He drains each bottle now and rarely has any leftover. He comfortably goes 4 hours between fee...

My 12 week old hasn’t had a bottle in 8 hours he is just refusing his bottle and feeding every 5/6/7/8 hours it’s just a new thing over the past few days is this normal it’s sending me up the wall with worry im like trying to force him to drink but he’s going mental and only wants his dummy .. hes only fed 4times to...

When did everyone’s baby start smiling ?

Hiya so my 12 week old is waiting 5/6/7 hours between feeds is this normal hes 12.6 pounds so hes healthy weight but past few days hes just been waiting that long between feeds and will only drink around 5oz maybe 6? Should I be worried as it’s stressing me out he goes mad if I try feed him before he just wants his ...

How does everyone do the hot shot method with a 7oz bottle without it being too hot?

We recently bought the aptamil anti reflux formula, but I can’t see anywhere if I can prepare it using the perfect prep machine. Is it okay to prepare it this way? Thanks!

How many ounces of formula do other’s 7 week olds drink? My LB is drinking 5-6 oz every like 2 hours maybe 3 max. He’s on Pepti 1 for a CMPA and carabel added to the formula to thicken it due to reflux and is stlll drinking 5-6 oz, does anyone else’s LO drink this much at this age. Feel like I can’t fill him at th...

Is it okay for my 8 month old to only be taking 20oz expressed milk in 24 hours? this is between 4 bottles during the day and also has 3 meals a day but she just has a picky blw lunch that she doesn’t really eat much of.

Hello I sterilise our Nuby rapid cool using the Milton cold water method. However I've just read you shouldn't put metal in with Milton? But it's advised by Nuby to use the cold water method? Also do people use bottles straight from the water I've noticed my little one has a little cough and worried maybe it's fro...

Looking for some advice please! Our LO is breastfed throughout the day, and then we were giving him a bottle of formula before bed to help with sleep (and so he could always take a bottle...) This was going great until he hit 10 weeks, when he suddenly started refusing the bottle! We have tried to reintroduce it in ...

My baby is 16 weeks old and has always been mixed fed - breastfed and formula bottles. Around 4 weeks ago he decided to refuse bottles, I changed teats and he would (reluctantly) drink them. Now he completely refuses all bottles. We are trying daily, has anyone got any tips??