Formula feeding moms.

Hi, my baby is 4 weeks old today and he’s drinking 150ml which equals to 5.28 uk oz every 4 hours, he drains the bottle & starts to become unsettled around the 2 and a half / 3 hour mark and nearly chews my hand off for his dummy. I’m going to speak to my health visitor about upping his oz but every time I’ve googled it, they say that it’s far too much for his age. Anyone else had this with their little one?

in our community

My daughter (3yo) just woke up terrified at 4:30am...

She got out of bed screaming, me and my partner went in her room and she was terrified saying something was in her bed. I looked and she peed her bed so I assumed it was just that. She refused to get back in bed she was literally shaking she was so scared... I brought her in my room and she did the same thing when I tried to put the blanket on... She won't let me put her down at all... I had to ask my partner to call off work because I also have an 8mo...she keeps saying it's a wormy and wormy bit her on the leg. Theres no bite, I thought maybe a snake got in but I dont see anything in her room... She is just so scared and I don't know what to do... Everytime I out her on my bed she creeks out... And even when we hold her occasionally she still freaks out saying the wormy is back... I don't know what scare dher but it scared her good...

Contact Naps

When did your baby stop contact napping? My son is 21 weeks old and still only contact naps. He won’t go down for a nap at all. He sleeps in his next to me at bedtime but not during the day he wakes up straight away.

Was anyone else’s baby the same? What did you do to change it? I don’t mind the contact naps at all I love that he only sleeps on me. However I’m sick of not being able to get anything done during the day when I’m on my own.

Pumping Issues

Hey Mommas,

I started breastfeeding in the hospital and baby latched really well for about a day until circumstances at the hospital forced us to provide a bottle to baby and now he doesn’t take directly. I’m about a month out and am pumping virtually nothing. I’m getting really frustrated and want to get my supply back up. Any solid advice outside of eating more protein, more water, or pumping more often? I’m worried it’s just over for me. 😞

Delayed at two year check

What happens if your child flags up as delayed at their two year check?

We have ours on thursday and i know my little one is delayed. I have reached out to the HV on numerous occasions since he was 14 months old and just got told we would have an early one and he finally got one at 26 months.

Muslins

Is anyone else's baby completely obsessed with muslin cloth?

My 17 week old will just chew and play with them, she has all the toys and teethers she could possibly want but no.... Just a muslin will keep her happy and entertained. 😂 She also likes to nap with one during the day (doesn't have one at night).

I'm not sure if she could also be teething though, could I wet and freeze a small muslin to give to her to help? Or maybe dip one in breast milk and then freeze?

Am I measuring bottles wrong 🤔

Health visitor has asked me to track how much milk my 5m old has in a day due to weight/CMPA
When I make a 6oz bottle, I measure out 6oz water, then I add the formula powder. Once it’s all mixed in (and the bubbles have gone down) the measurement then looks more like 7oz as obviously the formula adds volume. So if she has the full bottle do I count this as 6 or 7oz as there was 6oz of water but formula takes measurement up to 7?