Bottle feedings mamas

I've stopped BF this week and moved my baby onto the bottle. I wanted advise to what to do when out the whole day with your baby. I went out all day today and wasn't able to wash up bottles as there wasn't anywhere to wash up. I also wasn't able to keep my hot water hot for the length of time I was out.

What do other bottle feeding mamas do to make sure they have clean bottles and hot water? X x x

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Hi, I was like this to begin with however I've been told and have been doing so far...

Fill kettle to 1ltr and boil.. fill every bottle you have to how ever many OZ ur baby has (ours has 4 so fill it to 4oz)
Then put lids back on and then the powder put them in a tub in the portion amounts ..you can buy a pot in asda for 2.25 with 3 slots for 3 feeds i use that adwell as other pots I had from hospital that they gave for breastmilk but I use them too ( sterilising them same way as bottles )

Then when your baby is due a feed just pour the measured powder into thr bottle ans shake ...baby can drink it cold and warm , if they prefer it warm if your out just pop into a cafe and ask for hot water ect say its for a baby they will be ok with it ..

Same goes for night feeds ..
We was getting up every 3 hrs to boil thr kettle now we just fill a put 6 to 8 bottles with 4oz of water and fill the pots with powder ...thst way we haven't gotta leave the bedroom to get his feed ...again if baby wants it warm ( you ...

You can buy a bottle warmer to keep in your room ( try fb marketplace first ) as they can be pricey.

I Try not to keep the water in the bottle longer than half a day so if there's left over ones from night before he will use 1 or 2 in the morning depending on time he gets up then rest get empty and start again

Thst way you can sterilise the bottles he's previously using after each feed wsit till u have a few empty ones then clean them ..
Sorry for long post hope that helps ? X

It depends on how long you plan to be out but I personally don’t normally stay out too long & my baby only eats every 3-4 hours when we’re out but I just warm bottles in bottle warmer before we leave the house & leave them in insulated pockets in her diaper bag & I have a formula dispenser with 3 separate slots you can fill with however much formula you need for each bottle & just pour it in the bottle when it’s time to feed. Also I’ve seen that they have portable bottle warmers for on the go but I don’t think it’s necessary I just warm them before we leave & they stay decently warm while we are out.

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mum guilt

am i the only one that doesn’t suffer from mum guilt when going out or staying away from baby for long periods of time?

i dont even feel it about starting work again at the end of next month

my boy is 10 months old.

Feeling like a failure

Baby is 9 months old and I feel like I’m doing everything wrong. He doesn’t sleep well, never has, but I feel like it’s worse at the minute. He has never ever slept through, most he’s done is 6 hour stretch twice. Also, he is not interested in food at all despite trying and offering for the last 3 months. All babies his age seem to be eating well, yet to come across one who doesn’t.

He wakes up 5-10 times a night, normally it’s 2-4, most of the time he’ll only settle on the bottle despite me and my husband trying everything for hours. Sometimes we can rock him back to sleep but then up an hour later. At some point in night bottle won’t even settle him, he’ll only go back to sleep when in our bed. When he does wake up he’s rolling, kicking, slapping etc. he has to sleep with mittens on or he’ll pinch my eyes or scrape my gums etc.

Tried everything with his sleep but this isn’t getting better - even tried consultant but they couldn’t help.

We’ve offered him every type of food but he just throws it on the floor. When we try to offer it to him he purses lips and turns head away. Only thing he’ll eat is melty sticks. Seeing others on 3x bottles a day, my LO is on 6-7x bottles. Weve tried feed him before milk due so he’s not reliant on the bottle but it never works. Tried feeding after a feed but also doesn’t work. Tried feeding in the middle but not interested. Literally tried everything with food, not interested.

Feeling like a real failure of a mum. People saying ‘food is fun before 1’, but I’ll get to 1 and it’s going to become a real problem, which I don’t want. I’m exhausted and so upset.

Sleeping

This is my first baby and I have no idea if this is normal or not but I've been sleeping basically all throughout the night and getting nearly 10 hours of sleep to still wake up absolutely shattered and have an hour to two hour nap at like 2 pm and then still go to bed at like 11 and sleep through the night and don't get me wrong I love the fact I'm getting in a comfortable enough position to sleep but it just seems out of the ordinary and just want to know if other people have experienced it

Thermo flask recommendations

Hey

I’m wanting some recommendations for a flask that retains its heat well for a long period of time to help with any bottle feeds I may need to do. This isn’t so much to warm up the milk but I like to do the hot shot method with my rapid cool. What does everyone use? X

Naps great one day sh"t the next

Why is my baby great at self settling one day and naps really well then the next day (I've changed nothing) will moan and then cry like she doesn't know how to put herself to sleep?! It's so frustrating. I just want one good week. I do the same wake window times, wait for tired signs but then she just kicks off. Is anyone else's baby annoying? 7 months this week. Even the first.nap is just difficult. She's rubbing her eyes in the cot moaning and I just know I'll have to go in there and rock her and have her fall asleep on me. When I really don't want to. Postpartum rage anyone?

Sleep advice please

Anyone else’s baby like this? Any advice?
9 month old. He’s been like this for months 🥲
Thanks