Community Posts, Tips & Support on Baby Feeding

Does anyone sterilise bottles with just boiling water? If so how do you do it please as I’m currently using the Milton cold water steriliser and I have been for a few months but I really don’t like how it smells and how the smell stays on the bottles, even when he’s drinking it I can smell it. It’s diluted bleach an...

I am a first time mum and I was abit clueless and didn’t realise I needed to swap teat sizes! My daughter is 11 weeks old and has been on size 0 mam and I tried her with a 1 and it went down a lot better but obviously she’s meant to be on 2! Do I keep her on 1 (I’m going to have to buy more teats) or do I jump str...

What teats is everyone using? My little boy is 6 weeks and still on a 0. I read online that a 2 teat is normally used when 2 months old but a 1 is still quite fast for him. Is anyone else the same?

When did you all transition to cows milk? My daughter is 11 months next week so not sure when to start? Did you go straight from formula to cows milk or did you wean them on to it?

Hi everyone, so I have a three week old son and I’ve been curious if the sterilizing bottles after every use is something that is necessary or something I can do once a week or every three days because my friend said that it’s fine if I do it like that was reading some stuff and I saw her some women say they do it e...

I’ve recently had to switch my baby from Nutramigen to Aptamil Pepti so I’m a bit confused about the preparation. With Nutramigen we used to prepare with completely cooled boiled water (room temperature) but I’m reading different instructions.. to prepare Aptamil Pepti with boiled water after it has left to cool for...

I know best practice is to sterilise bottles, dummies etc until 12months …. Has anyone stopped sooner? Seems crazy to carry on when their hands / objects / weaning equipment in their mouth constantly? Thoughts …. 💭

We currently have a 3 yo and 1yo. With my birth control, it could take between 6m-1y to regulate my cycle enough to conceive. For those of you with a 4,2, baby; how it is realistically?

Anyone had any issues with upset tummies in their little ones who are on Kendamil. Thinking of swapping so looking for any advise…

Hi all I’ve just ended EBF and moving on to formula. This weekend we’re going camping , I don’t really want to use ready-made formula all weekend as expensive and lots of plastic waste Is there a safe way to make up formula from powder while camping; we will have a camping stove so we can boil water , but obvious...

Can someone please explain when weaning to babies still have the same amount of bottles? May sound stupid but I was told babies still need the same bottles due to nutritional values… however my baby now doesn’t want as many bottles as he’s eating( which makes sense …) … so I’m unsure of what a daily plan now looks...

My LO is 7 months and is mostly having 3 meals a day now but I’m concerned she’s dropping her milk feeds too early. She has around 4oz first thing in the morning, maybe 2oz in the middle of the day and about another 4/5oz at bedtime meaning she’s only getting around 10oz a day! Every bottle I offer is- what was her ...

Is everyone changing their baby’s dummies when they hit 6months? is this something we need to do? the 6month+ dummies seem massive and my little girl is only petite i feel like it’ll be too big for her mouth at this stage?

Are you still sterilising bottles?

What’s your baby’s routine please

My son still uses a bottle for bed as he still likes to have milk. I've tried using a different bottle and he had a full meltdown and refused to drink out of it. He is currently being referred for ADHD. What bottles do people use for their toddlers? He will be 3 end of next month. Just want something that be better ...

Is anyone finding that they get a lot more water than what they’re programming it to give? It ends up being nearly an oz more and I’ve tried it with just water to check as I know the formula would make it slightly higher

Where’s your toddler at ?

Hi everyone. Has anyone made bottles in Italy? Can you tell me which bottled water to buy? Thank you

Curious what mums are doing when bottle feeding now as paced feeding seems to be the newer way but I don’t ever see it out in public. Paced feeding being more upright, tipping bottle back and forth for baby to control, not filling teat up etc etc Old school being laying in arms almost horizontal? Bottle in mouth ...