Leaving house alone with baby

Does anyone struggle leaving the house or being out and about alone with baby? Mine is still eating every 2-3 hours (little and often, HV has given her the okay), but it takes an hour to finish the bottle and another 30 mins to hold her upright so that she’s not sick. So sometimes there is only 1 or 1.5 hours between feeds. I dread going out because I spend the first 1.5 hours of the outing sat in a cafe feeding/holding her. Then we can shop for an hour or so before running off home for her next feed, else we will be stuck in the cafe for another 1.5 hours. Also feel we can’t walk anywhere, we need to drive, to make sure we can get home quickly in time for the next bottle or we will be stuck out of the house for another 1.5 hours for the feed. Baby groups - she usually ends up feeding at them, then I need to hold her upright for the 30 mins so we end up not doing the class activity.

I do try to time her feeds in line with our daily plans but it does not always work out.

Has anyone else been through similar? I really feel it’s ruining our time out - I feel guilty she’s not getting out as often as she should cos I am so worried about her feeds.

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My baby is starting nursery (she’s 13 months). Today was her first settling in hour. My baby has CMPA and we are working on introducing dairy to her with a dietician. For now she can’t have cows milk. She’s still breastfed. They said she can have oatmilk with breakfast and I’m happy with this as we do this at home too. However they also offer them milk to drink and I said I’m happy to provide breastmilk. The manager emailed me about it earlier and said it’s fine as long as it’s clearly labeled. The nursery worker seemed not keen and said she can drink oat milk and she can have breastmilk at home. Is it just me or was that comment wrong?

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To have a baby that at 21 months sleeps nicely through the night and wakes up at a decent time (7am would be already a good time)?
I cannot stop thinking how being it must be for the parents of those babies who are now finally sleeping through the night and not waking up before 6am.

I’m so so done with the night awakenings and early rise and a grumpy baby since the time he opens his eyes

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