Breast-feeding and formula feeding support

Transferring from breast milk to enfamil formula

Hello mama’s I’m transferring my now 2 month old to formula enfamil I want him to have a back up plan just in case of anything but I was wondering does any body know how many ounces of breast milk, water and powder you use each day till the transfer is complete ? And how many bottles of formula do you do in a day ?

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Car seat problems!

Hey everyone,

I have just bought the Joie GTI spin car seat for my 10 month old but having major issues with her head leaning forward when she falls asleep…

I’ve got the reclining back on the car seat as much as it will go, and think that the head rest is at the right level.

Does anyone else have this problem and know what I can do about it? or whether it is just the car seat in general?

Thank you x

Did I take this the wrong way.

So I’m 8 weeks pregnant. My youngest just turned 1 August 10th I also have a 7 yr old 4 yr old and a 2 yr old. I told my mom I was pregnant only because eventually she would notice. But yesterday she said something that bothered me then tried to flip it. Basically she was like “ the nurse told you your last pregnancy that your body was under stress because you keep having babies back to back “ “ I hope this one doesn’t kill you “ I hope this one doesn’t take you out “ so it didnt dawn on me till she hung up the phone . in my mind I’m like that’s really fucked up to say. She says I took it in the wrong context but how??? I told her actually by her saying that I could be very traumatized worrying about if I’m going to die or not. She’s like “ well I’m traumatized because of what the nurse told you last yr “ like wtf now it’s about her. Please share your thought.

Naps and wake times

How seriously should we be taking nap times and wake times? My LO is 12 weeks old and I take her wake times seriously but so much so that I will stay home all day because I want her to nap properly given how short the wake windows are. My partner takes them lightly, and says she’ll sleep on the go (idk how when she hates her pram and will only sleep if I babywear.) Am I overcomplicating things or is he underestimating things?

Pram for 2 kids? 2 and 1/2 year age gap

Hi. I'm expecting and when baby is due I'll have a newborn and a 2 1/2 year old. Any suggestions on what I should do for prams? The issue is that, currently, my toddler is too heavy to carry and when he doesn't want to walk he just stops and I'm stuck. Doesn't help that he is used to dad carrying him. Any with similar age gaps have any recommendations? Either double pram, buggy board, hammock thing? I'm not the strongest so the idea of a double pram scares me for how hard it'll be for me to push. But I have no idea what ill do if I don't get anything and just make him walk and he doesn't and I'm stuck x

I’ve made a rod for my own back 😩

My baby girl is almost 11 weeks old and over the last week or so her false starts at night have gotten worse! Once she is asleep at night she generally only wakes once or twice for a little feed, but it can take hours to get to that point.

I just want to soak it all up so the ‘1 nap a day in the bassinet’ hasn’t been happening consistently, so I know this is the first thing to start doing.

At bedtime (whatever that is 🥴) I am feeding, changing, and rocking her to sleep and then transferring - which again, I know isn’t helping the false starts.

I just cannot let her get so upset/distressed before sleeping! How do I make these changes without just leaving her to work out that she needs to sleep?

Any tips would be much appreciated!
From one tired mumma and one cuddly baby 🥹

Naps

How do you get your babies to nap in the day? What’s the process… do you rock then lay down for example once asleep? My son only likes napping in the carrier or if I do manage to put him down I have to rock until asleep, lay down on his side and tap his bum but independent naps don’t last long at all. I want to get him napping better on his own but the process is so long!!!!