Combi feed

I currently EBF with my 12 week old and she also takes expressed milk every so often. But has anyone who EBF gave a bottle of formula for an event or occasion such as a wedding or meal or party? I keep having these events lately and it's a nightmare breastfeeding with wearing anything and feeding baby...I missed over a whole hour and everyone was asking if me but I just had baby on the boob the whole time and missed the buffet of food and yeah it was awful stress haha
Only issue with giving a bottle of even breast milk would be needing to then pump that missed feed from the bottle? I love breastfeeding but damn I hate it too haha

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I think once you're twelve weeks pp and your supply has regulated you can afford to miss one pump if you give a bottle. I went to a gig and couldn't pump there for 7ish hours, I was engorged and it was uncomfortable but no affect on my supply (my baby was 11 weeks). X

I personally wouldn’t. I would pump after feeds to build a small stash for the hours I was away from baby and then pump quickly even for 10 mins whenever a bottle is given to protect your supply and baby’s stomach as well from the sudden change

I normally take baby with me because I'm too scared to leave her yet 🙈 can I take frozen milk and allow it to defrost as I'm out and give baby that in a bottle? Or does defrosting mean it needs kettle water and instant defrosting xx

Yes defrost it overnight in the fridge or run under cool water to defrost it right when you need it

If your milk is established then missing a feed won't affect your supply. Also giving your baby formula every once in a while won't hurt them, they are still getting all of the breastmilk benefits.

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Can someone pls help i keep making this post and nobody is responding

My boyfriend booked a trip for us to go to mexico for a week as my push present. I have severe anxiety leaving my 7 month old with my mom. I know she will be in good hands but she’s exclusively breast fed for the most part but accepts bottles just fine. i have all my pumping parts packed and will pump when baby normally eats but i don’t want baby to forget me or have latch issues when i return!! any mommas ever experience this?

When does it get better?

I was crying on the phone with the perinatal mental health team today and the lovely lady, bless her, kept assuring me that it gets better. I kept telling her I hope so because people have been saying that since having my LO and it just feels like it keeps getting worse. She assured me it gets better....

Rant/WWYD

My sister (youngest, 24) has two kids, 4 & 1, and i (oldest, 30) just have my one who’s 6mo old right now, so i ask her for advice or call her to vent about things sometimes. Well im tired of her turning around and telling my other family members that I’m “losing my sh*t.” Literally have not lost my sh*t nor have i ever freaked out to her about my baby, i just call her to talk and tell her what stage my baby is in or talk through how im feeling, but she chooses to tell people that im like a complete nutcase or something which worries me that my family is going to start being judgmental about me as a mother or looking at me funny like I’m some fragile ticking time bomb.

What would you do in this situation? I’m already pretty much decided that I’ll stop telling her anything about my struggles, but I’m almost at the point where i feel like it should be confronted because she, of all people, should understand what I’m going through.

Rapid cool/ hot shot method

Sorry if this sound stupid but how are we doing the hot shot method?
Are we boiling the kettle and letting it cool a little before adding to hot flask? Then with the cool water do you boil the kettle and leave it to cool right down before putting into another flask?
My baby brain is fried trying to work out the easiest way!

Night time routine

Heya, my 3 week old daughter is currently exclusively breastfed and I’m not pumping. Can anyone recommend the best way to share the load with my partner? At the moment I’m doing all the feeds/burbs/settling and my partner is sleeping through which obviously isn’t sustainable, I’m trying to work out the best way to get him involved. Any advice very much appreciated!

i just want someone to talk to😔😔😔😔

when things get hard i have nothing not any support from my partner im convinced he doesn’t even love me anymore but thats another story
I have a 3 yo and a 2yo that are in bed sleeping only just now. I have a 1 yo that’s been sleeping from 8 o’clock to 10 o’clock. I just gave her her milk and she would’ve gone back to sleep if it wasn’t that
I lost her dummy earlier in the day when I went out
so now she won’t go back to sleep and she won’t accept any of the other dummy’s i have!😔😔and it’s 10 o’clock and I’m gonna be up until 3 o’clock with her and when she does want to go to sleep i won’t have any dummy to give her she will accept and she won’t sleep without it i just wanna cry 😔i have nobody to talk to and i feel so alone i get no support from anybody i’m so tired and i don’t feel well to top it off😔