Community Posts, Tips & Support on Baby Feeding

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Formula baby

My baby boy is getting only formula since month 2, he was gaining weight really slowly but gaining, 2 weeks ago we went to the pediatrician for his 4 months vaccines and notice he only gained .2 lbs, so basically from may to June he didn't gained any weight, he is 12.5lb now, was 12.3, the pediatrician on April said he was doing fine and could let him sleep 6hrs straight in the night, now they want me to go back and feed him every 3hrs at night and 2 hrs at day but my baby isn't really interested to eat that often, he gets 4oz every feeding, gets around 30-32 oz a day, anyone having the same issue? I feel like a bad mom, I wish I could just give him breast milk, he is an active and happy baby so I don't understand what's wrong.

Concerned about weight?!

My baby was 7lbs 5oz when he was born. He was on the 25th percentile. My husband is very tall and lanKy. My little one started to drop percentiles around 7-9 weeks. He also developed a milk allergy so he’s on special formula. I thought the milk would help him gain back weight but hes no longer on the 25th and continues to be following a new line of somewhere between 25 to 13. The reason I’m worried is because people keep pointing out he’s really skinny. He’s now 6kg. Yes he may be skinny but he’s 16 weeks and 3-6 sleep suits are too short on him but 3-6 around his waist is too big. I try to offer him milk but he will let me know when he’s not hungry. He drinks 5oz 6 times a day. I feel like the comments are driving me insane and makes me feel like a bad mum. Im a ftm. I find feeding stressful now because if he misses a meal i automatically think hes going to lose weight. Anyone in a similar situation?

Formula feeding

Good prep machines and sterilisers ?

Formula Feeds

Those whose babies have already turned one, have you stopped formula altogether or continuing for a bit?

My baby turned one at the beginning of the month, but she is showing no signs of wanting to give up her milk. She will cry all day until she gets it, so cutting out the midday bottle isn't great.

She has a bottle in the morning after breakfast, then she wants another after lunch and then has a bedtime bottle.

I still have a tub of formula to use up, so not looking to stop just yet, and I don't mind continuing onto stage 3 if need be. But just wondering if others are continuing and how did you cut down the feeds?

Thanks mumma's!

Moving breastfed baby to formula

I have breastfed my baby from the breast exclusively for 8 months. I need to get him onto formula now but he just isn't interested. He likes having water from the bottle but then when I put formula milk in the bottle he just rejects it. Helpppp! Any advice on bottles, tips, milk type, aaaaanything. I just need some help in getting him onto formula.

Packing for abroad!

Due to fly with my 11.5 month old, 4 hour flight. She’s bottle fed with formula.
Can anyone suggest some things you think I might of forgot to pack? I’m worried about forgetting something but I feel like I have a list as long as my arm🤣

Also how is everyone sterilising bottles abroad? Is it Milton tablets? Never used Milton so worried about the whole new rinsing off thing and stuff?
Thank you! X

Sterilisers

Hi FTM here, I'm due in August and struggling with deciding on a solution for sterilising. I'm hoping to breastfeed but also want to pump and use bottles so my partner can do some of the feeds but still use my breast milk.

There are so many different options out there online, just wondering what people find the bed? A bowl with sterile solution and doing it yourself or a machine? Which at better, steam or UV machines? There are so many brands it's so overwhelming for a first time mum.
Thank in advance 😊

How much milk is your baby drinking?

My 10 month old is roughly 10kg in weight, has 3 meals alongside 3 bottles of 10oz. What is everyone else’s baby drinking and what is there weight? I’m wondering if I’m over feeding my baby as his milk always seems to come up x

Tips on Introducing Bottle Feeding

My baby is 4 weeks old, and EBF. I’m keen to introduce a bottle, with expressed milk to give me some freedom/flexibility down the line.
For the last 3 days I’ve expressed instead of one feed, and my partner has given this milk in a bottle instead. Minor reluctance, but generally it has gone well and the baby has finished the milk each time.
I plan to continue this once/day but not to try to build any kind of stock until at least 8weeks, to protect the balance of my supply.
Have any of you done similar before and it has/hasn’t worked?
Does anyone have any tips/learnt anything that I should I know?

First birthday ideas

Anyone got any advice on pressies? My little one turns 1 in few months and don’t have a clue what to get🥹

Feeding! How are you all doing it?

Hello! I gave birth to twins just over 4 weeks ago and as they were prem (just) we combi fed from the beginning with a little formula top up. Last week, I sadly got mastitis and had to be admitted to hospital for a week with sepsis. My supply has really taken a hit and we’re having to feed a lot of formula.

How many of you multiples mamas are formula/combi/breastfeeding? I’d love to know as I’m feeling really guilty that they’re having mainly formula now.

Thanks! X

Weaning - meal times

For those of you have just started weaning and are on one meal a day still, what time are you doing this and how are you fitting it in around milk feeds?

Bottles

My LO is on three bottles a day but could probably be on two. He barely drinks much milk at all- seems fine in himself and on three meals a day. Anyone else?

Routine

I need hkep... not sure about routines at all and ive been told I'm offering LG too much milk.

She drinks 7oz in the morning around am, 6-7oz around 12pm and then 8oz at bedtime (6:30-7-30)

Shes in nursery 4 days a week while I work so I'm not sure how much milk they're giving her as sometimes I feel they're giving her too much. She isnt a fan of food and will eat but hwr portions are tiny and she often refuses food if she doesn’t like the texture. Weve only started snacks this month as she wasn't a fan before but now she likes it. I need to get better at giving her fruit snacks or cheeses but as I'm allergic we tend not to have any.

I'm also worried about swapping formula for milk as she doesn't like change. There's a lot of mum guilt, not too much support and I hesitate to ask my partner as it'll become a blaming session or him making me feel worse (unintentionally, but still)

Can anyone offer suggestions? What is your routine? How much milk are your babies on? How much food do they eat? How many snacks? I really want to get better at making her food but she just rejects everything I make and it makes me feel shit honestly, I think in not blending smooth enough but also she needs to get uses to texture so?? Literally lost

Sorry for typos!

Bf trouble

My baby is 7 weeks. I was able to make stock pile in the freezer before I went back to work. This is my first week back and my milk is slowing down. I really don't want to use formula if I don't have to. I am pumping every 3 hours during the day. I feed her directly before I go to work and over night. How do I produce more milk? At first, I was getting 2oz combined and now I'm barely getting 1. Help please. I feel so discouraged. I only have a few more days of the freezer stash and she eats about 4oz now. Thank you in advance.

Feeding

How much are all your little ones drinking in a full day? My little girl is 9 weeks tomorrow and drinks between 120-150ml fir each bottle she goes every 3 hours ish but will then tend to go for a long stretch through the night as we give her a bath to settle her for the night. Shes had 750ml for this entire day.

Aptamil pepti vs nutramigen

My son is currently on aptamil pepti however does not like the taste of it so is refusing his bottles & hardly drinks so the doctor has now prescribed us nutramigen instead but I’ve heard this tastes even worse so don’t think I’m going to have much luck? Has anyone else’s little one been on both and which did they prefer / drink more on?

Petrol confusion

This is obviously not baby related but I’ve had my car since about April and only filled it up once but I had my sister in law with me to help (first car). I need to fill it up with E5 petrol apparently but the petrol station on the coast road only says “ESSO Synergy Supreme +99” does anyone know if this is this E5? Last time I had to drive all the way by the Silverlink and past the railway museum and I don’t want to go on my own and get stressed.

Prep

I’m coming up to 32weeks when should I start prepping eg raspberry tea and dates etc.
Is there any other suggestions to help or that have helped with having their babies early?