Community Posts, Tips & Support on Baby Feeding

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Teat sizes

My girl is 6 weeks, she is usually drinking 100-120ml per feed and lately its been taking her really long time, she almost always falls asleep towards the end and sometime the nipple collapses from her sucking so hard.

I was going to move her from extra slow flow to slow, but when offered the faster flow she seems to drown - lots of coughing, milk spilling out of her mouth jo matter how much I’m trying to pace her.

I’m not sure if I should just keep offering it to her and give her chance to figure out she doesn’t have to suck so hard anymore or if to switch back to extra slow flow.

* using Tommee Tippee bottles

Bottle preference over breast making me so upset

My LO is 11 weeks and is increasingly preferring the bottle over the breast. He had a severe tongue tie which was released at 4 weeks but issues have remained with his oral function. We’ve battled through so many ups and downs with his feeding, and he keeps having breast refusal or is soooo fussy getting into/staying on the breast that he’s just swallowing so much air. I might have to finally accept that I’ll have to fully pump and do bottles but I already feel distraught about it and like it’s not what ‘I’m meant to do’ as his mummy, that I’ve wasted 11 weeks with everything revolving around BF, that I’ve failed and that I’m losing such a meaningful connection with him. I don’t know how I’m going handle it. I would never think this way if any friends chose to bottle/formula feed but I feel so so upset that my journey may not make it.

Any advice welcome.

Tommee steam steraliser

Does anyone else’s get like this with bits coming off? I wash it and descale with white vinegar all the time. I don’t use tap water. Only mineral.

Help! Sterilising

I have the electric Tommee tippee steriliser and when using the bottles are still wet! Are the products safe to use whilst wet? I’m just paranoid that it’s not 🤣 I sterilise the medela hand pump and still use it when wet but always concerned if I’m doing the right thing. I shake as much water as I can. Some websites say air dry and others say not to

No more bottle

I'm trying really hard to get my daughter off bottles she's almost 3 and it's a bedtime comfort. I've tried switching it for her stuffed animals, shows, her choosing her color binkie, letting her cry it out while trying to comfort. None are working, I've been able to phase out mornings but not bedtime.

formula babies milk intake

hey just wondering how much your babies are drinking per day. i have a 5 week old and she averages at around 24-28oz per day. i’m not sure if this is too much? she was born 8lbs 5oz and was weighed 2 days ago at 10lbs 6oz. does this seem normal for her weight?

How long is it taking your baby to drink bottle

My little one is 6 weeks old and is drinking and gainjng weight well. However, I'm wondering if shes just a slow drinker or if I need to go up a teat size. Shes taking between 30 and 60 minutes to finish a 150ml bottle. The longer stretches are usually due to fussiness and needing to be burped. But she averages around 40 to 45 minutes.

Formula advice

I was just curious if anyone has switched formulas. My 12 week old baby has been on aptamil 1 since birth but due to crap mat pay and the prices of formula nowadays I was wondering if anyone can advise if they switched and (or) if they've used aptamil and changed; which brand did they switch to. Thanks mummas

Bottle to sippy cup

Hi I would appreciate some advice my son has not long turned two. He is not attached to anything like a blanket, dummy or anything, but he’s attached to the baby bottle still! Any advice to wean him off?he refuses to drink if it’s a bottle with anything but a teet on! Thankyou🙂

Weaning off Bottles @ 14m?

My doctor told me at my Baby’s 1y appt that he should be off bottles and only on sippy cups by 14 months. My baby happily drinks anything but milk from a sippy or straw cup, but will only drink milk from his bottles. Unfortunately we use bottles to get him to sleep too.

Anyone know why they need to be off bottles at 14 months? Also any way to get him off bottles / sleeping with a bottle in his mouth besides a drastic cold turkey break? TYIA!!

Combi feeding

Hiya, for those they combi feed, what does that look like for you? E.g how many bottles, how much & when? Thank you!

Anyone else’s baby only feeding 6 times in 24 hours?

Am exclusively BF but have started replacing the last day feed (7pm) with 4-5oz of formula. My baby dropped a centile around 8 weeks and has been on track from there but she never really gives any strong feeding cues/seems hungry and so tends to go 3-4 hours between them.

How much milk?

How much milk are your 1yos having? We’re currently doing 1x 10oz in the morning and 1x 10oz at bedtime but LO isn’t always finishing the morning one and sometimes doesn’t want it at all. She’s at nursery full time so not sure if to just send one in with her instead of doing it first thing or maybe it’s time to stop it altogether. She has breakfast at nursery as soon as she gets there so I’m not too concerned about her being hungry. Just want her to have all the right nutrients etc

Combi Feeding

Mums who combi feed, how many feeds do you do formula in a day, and how much are your little ones drinking in each feed? Just curious.

I do 3 feeds formula, and she has a max of 4 ounce in one go. Very occasionally 5 maybe. She’s 19 weeks.

No judgment- FTM!

I combi feed my baby. Based on advice from relatives (lol) I was told when it comes to bottle feeds, especially at night feeds, just prepare them before we go to bed then reheat when needed.

My health visitor has come and advised against that due to bacteria growth. We thought this may be a reason why baby is in discomfort due to upset tummy.

To make life easier at night I’ve just gone back to breast feeding as he will cry the place down if he has to wait at night lool. If I have to make a bottle from scratch does anyone recommend at cooling device I can use?

Thank you x

Transition formula to cows milk

Hey Mummies !! Any tips on how to wean my little one of formula during night ? He won’t take any milk during the day but at night he wakes up twice and if he doesn’t have milk is going crazy crying like is the end of the world …😭 . I need to transition him to cows milk as 13 months already but not sure what to do with the bottles at night … with my first one I think I just gave him some water and was fine but the second one is more stubborn lol

Bottles

Would you go with mam bottles or tommee tippee?
I exclusively breast fed my first and he refused all bottles so im clueless. There are to many options and im feeling overwhelmed.

What bottle should I choose and why?

Milk intake

Hello
My 8 month old is now well established on 3 meals a day but I am struggling to drop her milk.
I find if I drop a bottle down to 4 in the day she wakes at night. She also gets hangry in the day 😂 she has 9oz. Sometimes she doesn’t always finish them, 1-2 a day but most of the time she does.
When I got her weighed they said she was having too much formula but she isn’t over weight and is tracking her percentile lovely.
She has just learned to stand and is now walking round furniture holding on. She is also a very active baby constantly on the move

Will her milk just drop naturally? Not sure what to do

I try and get her weighed every month but the drop in clinics are when she has her first nap of the day 🙈

Thanks

Dr Brown's bottles...or any bottles, how to sterilise?

I have Mam bottles and they self sterilise in microwave but I am changing bottle type and have no idea how to sterilise?! I want to avoid buying a super expensive steriliser

Moving off formula at 12 months

Can anyone offer advice of how to move from formula to cows milk at 12 months please?
Do you have to wean them over to the cows milk? If so, when, as the guidance is only formula until 12 months and cows milk only in food until that point.
Or do you just give cows milk one day and never give formula again?
Finding it a bit of a mine field! What if she won’t drink the cows milk!