July 2025 Babies 🇬🇧

I am about to lose my damn mind here! My little boy basically eats nothing but porridge - he gobbles that up and turns his nose up yo almost everything else.

We are under the dietician & speech and language because he was in hospital for a month at birth for various things*, particularly not feeding. The dietician is pushing me to do more milk (I agree he isn’t having enough) AND three meals a day and I am going insane prepping food that he won’t even open his mouth for.

Any other mums going through the same thing? Please DM me because I need help!!! 😵‍💫

*He does have a genetic disorder but he’s developmentally well when it comes to feeding, he just hates almost everything I try feed him!

I breastfeed my little boy but I am disliking it now because of the biting 😭 He’s got 8 teeth already and obviously lots more to come but it’s so painful when he bites my nipple and he’s also started biting my arm/shoulder when we cuddle. I really don’t want to give up breastfeeding because I’m so proud of getting to 8.5 months after a difficult start with a shallow latch, but I don’t know how to stop the biting and I love being able to feed my baby; I am so proud of myself and his growth. Is anyone else going through biting and conflicting ideas of EBF? No hate to formula feeding, but I really don’t like the idea of it. I also can’t be bothered with sterilising/making bottles and formula seems expensive 😅

So my 8 month old caught some kind of cold at soft play. My older child was as bad fever for 2 days and is now fine. My baby now has it but only has a fever /no other symptoms. She’s completely gone off her milk though!

I’m not too worried as she isn’t dehydrated. She’s still weeing lots and if she cries has tears etc. perfectly normal in herself. But her fever goes up to 39.7 sometimes and I can only get her to have an ounce at most of her milk and sips of water.

Not worried, but any tips on getting her to drink more milk? Hoping it’s only 2 days like my older one x

I know NHS guidance is that you sterilise until 1 but curious if you’re still sterilising the bottles

My lg will be 9 months old on 2nd April. We haven’t had a health visitor since she was 2.5 months old and I remember she said the next one would be at 9 months. Has anyone got an appointment booked? I think it might be different in Wales or elsewhere... I’m in the North of England.