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From the community

Recent discussions

Was the nursery carer wrong for saying this?

My baby is starting nursery (she’s 13 months). Today was her first settling in hour. My baby has CMPA and we are working on introducing dairy to her with a dietician. For now she can’t have cows milk. She’s still breastfed. They said she can have oatmilk with breakfast and I’m happy with this as we do this at home too. However they also offer them milk to drink and I said I’m happy to provide breastmilk. The manager emailed me about it earlier and said it’s fine as long as it’s clearly labeled. The nursery worker seemed not keen and said she can drink oat milk and she can have breastmilk at home. Is it just me or was that comment wrong?

Overnight oats 8mo old question

I want to make some overnight oats for my 8 month old to make breakfast a little easier this week but I keep seeing recipes using cow’s milk. Might be a bit silly to ask but do I substitute the cow’s milk for water instead or is cow’s milk safe to consume in overnight oats for the little one? Sorry if it’s dumb I just don’t want to harm my baby by giving them something their little body can’t handle yet 😣

Introducing a bottle to breastfed baby - how much milk to give?

My baby is 5 weeks old and is exclusively breastfed. She latches well and is gaining weight well so feel like we've established breastfeeding. I'd like to start introducing a bottle of expressed breastmilk once a day so that my husband can do one feed in the evening so that I can get a longer stretch of sleep to get me through the night. I've got a hakka to catch milk from the other breast while feeding during the day but have no idea how much milk my baby will need for one feed! How much expressed milk should I be giving roughly? Also any tips about introducing a bottle?

Crying BF baby

My baby is almost 20 weeks and is EBF. I find during some feeds (excluding the night feeds when she’s pretty much asleep) she gets quite worked up and cries at the breast. When I squeeze my boobs there’s plenty of milk and I stop regularly to burp / aid digestion. I’ve tried quiet places, putting a muslin around her so she’s not distracted etc. It tends to happen with my left breast but can sometimes happen with the right breast too. She poos and wees a lot during the day.
Is anyone else going through this?

Have I missed my window

Hi everyone looking for some advice as a first time mum.

I tried breastfeeding after birth and really struggled to get my little girl to latch and got really anxious in the hospital that I switched to formula to ensure she was getting food.

My breasts became engored and I wanted to try expressing but struggled. She's 8 days old now and partner help try hand expressing with me. We did get some drops out and the colours looked like a golden colour. Im just wondering if I missed my window of opportunity

Breastfeeding

My baby is 19 weeks today, he is EBF and I’m starting the process to put him on formula due to my own health issues (huge lump in breast which is making BF extremely painful).
I feel so guilty that our BF journey is ending early but I’m in agony with my right breast everyday 😢
Would it be best to reduce BF or just move straight to bottles?

Milk bleb help

Does anyone have any tips for getting rid of a milk bleb? It’s been on my nipple for a couple weeks now and it’s painful to feed on that side. It’s almost totally gone a couple times but then keeps coming back. If you have any advice on what worked for you I’m all ears, thank you!

Triple feeding

Anyone in the triple feeding trenches rn

Open cup

Is your toddler fully on open cups and for milk time before bed ? Are you brushing their teeth before bed after milk?

9 month old

Tell me you’re nursing a 9-month old without telling me you’re nursing a 9-month old 😂

Cluster feeding

My baby at the end of her 2 months started cluster feeding now she 3 she started between 5pm-9pm wants 2 oz every hour and she does formula and breast milk and she been doing this everyday does anyone else deal with this???

EBF but staying away overnight so need to a milk stash

Hi all,

I’m going to a hen do overnight so will be away from my ebf 7 month old.
I don’t pump anymore I only did at the start to build supply and to help engorgement through the night as my LO slept through pretty much from a month old.

Now hoping to gain some time back for myself I’m wanting to build a supply so others can feed him but not sure how this will work?

He goes down about 7.30/8 and I won’t feed him again until earliest 5.30am but usually after 6. My body’s got used to no feeds between this time so when I’ve been pumping around 10pm to try to get some extra milk stored hardly anything is coming out?

Not sure what the best plan is to get the most milk I can’t do it in the day as it would mean him missing a feed and I don’t want to use formula. If I keep pumping 10pm will my milk start to increase for that time? If so how long can this take?
Would love to hear what worked for others in a similar position

Thanks in Advance!

Breast pump

Curious what everyone’s planning, what breast pump are you going with, and have you gotten it yet or waiting a bit longer?”

Breastfeeding

Just wondering if you can get pregnant whilst breastfeeding, how high or low are the chances? And does baby’s age matter? My baby is nearly 6 months old

Bras!

EBF - How many nursing bras do you have? Where have you shopped?

Bottle Refusal

My 10 week old is EBF, however my partner would give her a bottle of expressed milk so that I could have a bath etc. She has now suddenly started refusing to drink from one. She will only drink for a minute or so if I give it to her. I have tried different teat/flow sizes but doesn’t seem to make a difference. Any tips on how I can get her to drink from a bottle again as I am now officially trapped 😆

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