Community Posts, Tips & Support on Breastfeeding

I’m thinking about stopping breastfeeding.. I’m way too stressed out taking care of baby plus cleaning up after everyone including myself. I’m not producing much and my baby is getting rashes. I’m starting to think it’s something I’m eating but I’m wayyy too tired to change my diet. Am I being selfish? When have yal...

How often are you mama’s breastfeeding baby? Do you wait for their cue which sometimes can be 4+ hours or do we wake baby up and feed sooner? Also for how long should a 3 week old be on the nipple for?

Hi mummas. My 8mo little boy has been exclusively breastfed.. apart from the odd bottle of expressed milk between 3-6m… he’s now refusing the bottle. I’d like to go out for some evenings and maybe an overnight without him at some point but I can’t see how I’m going to get there. He had a huge meltdown tonight when ...

Hey guys, my EBF baby completely refuses bottles (has happily taken them on and off till about 2 months ago)… Only me and my partner have tried bottles and not for a long period of time.. Me and my partner are going out on saturday without baby and she’s being babysat at our house by my best friend, ive spoken to a...

Hi mamas. Is anyone exclusively pumping and feeding baby that way? How much are you little ones having pet feed? I’m solely pumping, not adding any formula to it or doing any on the boob. My little one is 2 1/2 weeks old and for the first time before bed had a total of 120ml in his feed. This week we’ve been...

Any ideas on how I could get baby taking a bottle as I am hoping to get my partner to feed baby girl to help me a little. We have tried 3 types of bottles already and she is refusing all of them any tips?!

Hi lovely ladies. I wanted to check if anyone else is in the same boat. My baby is now 5 days old and is not on formula as my milk was not enough for him. I wanted to do both bottle and breast but he is not latching on 😞 I tried so many times and different positions but he is refusing. I’m pumping but I’m so…

I want to buy a portable pump but I don’t want to buy it and not like it and not able to return it… any tips on how I can get around this or solutions

Hey, my little girl is 6 months and we have started giving her purée foods for lunch time and baby porridge for breakfasts. I still breastfeed but not as often as before. I struggled with my supply and I had only just got to a good position when she was 4 months. Now she only feeds 5/6 times from me and she has th...

Please no judgement… I am ebf my baby and he has cmpa and a corn allergy. Have any of you taken a break from breast-feeding just to indulge a bit on some good food? I’m dying here and just want one cheat day wondering how long I would have to pump and dump after eating a meal that he can’t have.

Hi! My son is 15 months and I’m very ready to start weaning off breastfeeding, it’s been very challenging as it’s a comfort for both him and I. Not only that but he refuses to sleep unless he is breastfeed. It’s been great but I have no idea how to start the transition. Any tips would be appreciated! Thanks so much!

I'm still building confidence to BF publicly, but found the Family Room in the Oracal an amazing spot to feed while out. Where else in town are there dedicated spaces for babies to feed and change?

So my EBF baby took a man bottle at 2 weeks no issue but suddenly at 6 weeks is refusing anything we offer, bottles and dummy alike. I have tried a mam bottle and a cheap bottle from b&m baby event, dummy’s we have tried mam, tommee tippee breastfeeding, tommee tippee cherry tip, nuk and the nuk breastfeeding ones a...

For those with little ones about to turn 2 or already have. Are yours still on blue top milk? And if so how many oz per bottle? My little one is 2 in two weeks and still has 9oz of blue top before bed and in the morning. Is this too much? Should I swap to green top?! X

I’m going to be quite vulnerable but I need to just get this all out! It will also be quite long but any advice or your own experiences are greatly appreciated! I had my little one by emergency C-Section on the 24th and have had a really rocky start. My induction took 5 days and was in one day prior so was alread...

Did any of you girls did a protein shake diet during breastfeeding to lose weight? I mean replace 2 meal with the shakes, it is safe? Did effect milk supply? I’m 9 months into breastfeeding and I can’t lose weight so I’m think to go on this route, any suggestions? Thank you

Whole family is sick but my 2 month old. It’s a bad one too. Body aches nose throat. Not fun. I even lost my voice. Baby is not liking that 😂 I’m not sure if it’s okay to save milk when you’re sick?? My kids are 2 and 3. So instead of saving the milk he doesn’t eat in a day. I just have been giving it to them…

Hi! Just a bit of background, with my first pregnancy i leaked constantly from about 30 weeks and was successful in harvesting colostrum on multiple occasions i then went on to successfully breastfeed with no issues. Im now pregnant with baby no 2 (about 2 years since finishing breastfeeding) I’m 37 weeks pregnan...

So, i stopped pumping at 11w pp. I'm now 17w pp and still producing milk, so I figured I'd go back to pumping, build my supply back up. WHY DID NOBODY TELL ME PUMP PARTS GOTTA BE REPLACED??? Ohhhh but pumping and nursing is free. BRUH.

Whenever my baby feeds there seems to be a lot of let down. My boobs produce way more milk than he needs and he almost ends up choking on it from how fast it’s coming. I try and give him rests in between but he gets so sleepy feeding and it’s literally impossible to wake him up. Advice? X