Advice please

My baby is currently exclusively breast fed, I have some pre made bottles of Kendamil formula I bought to take to hospital just incase my milk didn’t come in.
I am thinking of trying him with a bottle of it tonight before bed.
I am beyond exhausted. I am expressing as well but not enough for a feed and I need help so my partner suggested giving him a formula bottle before bed. Would this be ok?

3

Read more on Peanut

The views expressed in community are solely the opinions of participants, and do not reflect those of Peanut.

Learn more about our guidelines.

Add a comment

We did this a few weeks ago with our little one. It will be absolutely fine. I ended up being able to increase my supply eventually to give him breastmilk but we did the ready made for a few feeds too. Good luck

We have been giving a bed time bottle of ready made kendamil for the last 8 weeks, hasn’t affected supply and for a while he slept all night but now going through sleep regression.
Read that it’s better to be consistant and do one a day or they might reject it. My boy started on 6oz but now up to 9oz.
Best of both to give you a break, I could never express much and was just getting stressed trying!

I agree with the ladies here. It'll be absolutely fine. When my baby was screaming through the night, our midwife actually suggested just introducing one bottle at night to help with sleep

in our community

When do things get easier?

As we entered the 9-12 month stage, my son started crawling and pulling himself up. He also became more clingy and does not play alone, still doesnt sleep through the night, and this week has been sick (so EVERYTHING amplified). I am tired and overwhelmed. Please lie and tell me things get better. 🥺

10

Colostrum storing?

Has anyone successfully extracted colostrum before the baby’s born? Apparently it gets produced from 16w pregnant and you can start storing it in the freezer but I’m 34w looking at my nipples and the syringes on amazon wondering how it works?? Like what did you use and did it hurt? 🥲

1

12

Dummies🤦🏼‍♀️🤦🏼‍♀️🤦🏼‍♀️

Has anyone got any tips on how to GET RID of dummies😂🤦🏼‍♀️ my little girl is obsessed and i have no idea where to start!!

2

14

Self settling

Any tips or advice of how to teach 6.5month old to self settle? I’m up multiple times in the night to cuddle her back to sleep and put the dummy in. I understand she will wake up and want a cuddle etc but any tips on self settling would be appreciated 🥰

4

Baby losing weight

Hi all, it's been a long time since I had a baby (my son is 15!). My daughter is 10 days old and was 9lb born, she has since lost weight at every appointment and is at a 12% loss. I am breast feeding every two hours for over an hour and topping her up every feed. I pump and can get 60ml in 10 minutes so I know my supply is okay. Anyone had this before? Can give me some tips? I currently feel like I'm letting my baby down.

11

Bedtime routine

I have a 12 week old and we struggle to get him to sleep in his next to me crib or Moses basket, so he sleeps in bed with us which means we’re struggling to have a bedtime routine as he won’t sleep till i go to bed with him.
Any suggestions please as he doesn’t sleep till around 11/12

4