Community Posts, Tips & Support on Breastfeeding

When does this get better? I’m a first time mum and breastfeeding and really struggling with how hard this is. My newborn will only settle when she’s latched on to me, will not be put down and cannot be calmed by anyone else. She’ll only sleep whilst feeding and if she’s moved once asleep she screams until she goes...

Any tips on what to do when your completely touched out and fed up with cluster feeding? I have slept about an hour. My baby has been fussy if she’s not attached to me constantly using me as a dummy. She drinks about an oz from a bottle at a push if I try and screams for breast feeding after. She won’t take a dummy....

How do you keep yourself on the pumping schedule? I let myself skip because I end up so exhausted when it takes a hour and a half to feed the baby then pump. I know this is why I’m having supply issues, I just don’t know how to keep in it. Almost 2 weeks postpartum

What would you do? My LO is 3.5 months and MIL & FIL are round today. I went for a nap & MIL woke me up because my baby was hungry. Anyway while I went for a wee my LO was apparently sucking on MIL arm ferociously and she was trying to calm her down by saying ‘the milk truck is coming, the milk lady is coming’ It re...

Tried various positions Gripe water Infacol Pace feeding and sat upright

Hi mamas! Any tips on weening a 1 year old from the breast? He drinks out of a sippy cup but he just uses me for a pacifier and it gets tiring. He wakes up during the night and looks for my boob lol and sucks for maybe a minute and goes right back to sleep.. HELP Me Thanks😀

As the 1 year mark is approaching. I feel like a terrible mother. My daughter is still only eating purées and still not really into solids still. I have tried over and over. It stresses me out horribly. I’m scared to make the switch to whole milk knowing food is now the primary source of nutrition. I’m scared she wo...

Let my 7m old get a taste of milk a few hours ago because she think every time im drinking something she gotta have some. Why she sucked down half my cup like omggg😭😭😭😭😭 definitely just paid for it cuz she pooped all over my bed 😭😭

I’ve just started pumping so that my husband can do a bottle every so often. My right side has always been more engorged and has a stronger let down. Any tips for increasing the left. For reference, I got 40ml from left and 125ml from right

I’ve been trying to up my supply for months now, in the start I was able to nurse her along with pump an extra 2-5 ounces, than I switched to exclusively nursing and maybe pumping 1-3 x a day and that was okay for a while. Than she started refusing to nurse and I had to start pumping exclusively. But I can’t seem to...

I’m 8 weeks PP and EBF, my supply has always been really good but in the last few days the supply in my right boob has suddenly ramped up no end! I feed evenly from both sides but it’s just producing so much more, to the point they’re noticeably different in size! Anyone else?! Any advise?!

How many ozs are your babies having now they’re on 3 meals a day? My girls seems to have dropped quite quickly and she now only takes around 15-20oz of milk in 24 hours. That doesn’t seem like a lot compared to before? Just hoping she’s just fuller from having food? It’s not like she has big portions of that though !!

I’ve been researching cow’s milk consumption and how doctors' recommendations have changed over the years. I’ve found that humans don’t actually need milk from any animal after breastfeeding, but I’ve noticed that many people here still give their babies whole milk, and even pediatricians recommend it. From what I...

If you had Botox whilst breastfeeding what did you do

I had a rough time with breastfeeding but i really want to try again. I’m pretty embarrassed that I’m not actually, I don’t want to go to family functions and deal with the judgement I get from not breastfeeding. I also would like to just feed my baby directly from the boob and not deal with the bottles, or pumping....

Mums that have babies with dairy allergies- What milk did your baby drink at age 1? (My baby is exclusively breast fed and I’ve cut dairy out of my own diet but he will go to daycare soon and I cannot pump enough) Thanks ☺️

Hi, I was wondering if anyone has any experience with this and could help me! My little girl is 13 weeks this Friday and for the past 2 weeks has been feeding as normal but towards 10-15 mins of a feed she will begin to pull on my nipple and get really fussy. I have tried burping her as she also can go very stiff b...

I recently had my second baby . I didn’t breastfeed with my first so I’m a little new to all this. What’s a good breastfeeding/nursing bra you ladies recommended? In-stores or online would be greatly appreciated . Thank you 🫶🏼

Exclusively breastfeeding? Combination? Formula only? Please share your experience and life hacks on how to save mama’s sanity and keep the kids well fed at the same time

Heya! Have my baby brain ruined by google skills or isn’t there any breastfeeding cafe/groups in the Tooting area? 🫠🫶🏼