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How are your babies doing in this heat?? ☀️ My little girl seems to be off her milk, she’s only had 2 bottles today! I have started her on small amounts of purée so she’s had about 4 spoons of purée apple & mango as well. But i’m so worried she’s going to get dehydrated 😫🙃
I bought fluffy bedding and a pumpkin spice candle last week ready for the colder weather as well!!😂

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The same. Lots of tears and hardly taken any milk. She's had 200mls since 6 am x

Oh bless, i feel so bad for them in this heat! Do you give you little one bits of water? I formula feed so i find giving little syringes of water can help, my HV said she can up to an ounce in a day. I never go more than one syringe but that might help your little one!
My little one wants lots of cuddles but she’s making me so hot so we are both just a sweaty mess when we cuddle which just makes her 10x worse!! 🙈 xxx

@Georgia we formula feed too. She's on prescription milk. She's just really not happy today. Dreading putting her in the car for school run and swimming lessons. She is just taking a bit more milk. I haven't tried her with water. She drinks so little formula I don't know if she'll refuse milk more if I offer her some x

Hopefully she will fall asleep in the car for you!
Maybe just give her a little not long after a feed? so then it wouldn’t replace when she would be due. My little girl normally has a very big appetite so it’s never affected her feeds luckily, but every babies different! Just do what you feel is right xx

@Georgia she's finally took a proper feed! Had 5oz. These poor babies, I'm struggling with the heat x

my daughter is breastfed so I’m not sure if it’s the same but she doesn’t feed much at all when it’s hot! I’ve just had her in a nappy lol - SO excited to put her in cute autumn outfits ☺️

Yay!! Mine too! 😂 They do cause us stress don’t they! xx

Atleast we’re all in the same boat!🙈 Oh i have so many cute autumn outfits too!! i’m over summer now! She’s worn all her summer clothes, i want to move onto new clothes!!🙈😂 I had to stop myself from buying more summer stuff in sainsburys today! 😂

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