7 week growth spurt?

Has anyone had a growth spurt around now? My little one has been asking for a bottle practically every 2 hours in the day when she was doing 3/4

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Is is me or is there a complete lack of check ups on babies in the NHS?!

Little bit of a rant but to me it seems absolutely crazy that if nothing seems wrong with your baby, theres no check up till a year old? If you dont book appointments no one actually checks on your baby. Not even just a wellbeing check on them. As a first time mum just blows my mind.

Baby not feeding

I have a 4 almost 5 month old and recently he’s been so off his bottles sometimes going 5 hours between feeds and still not finishing them. Yesterday he had a feed at 2 and waited till 9 before he would have another then only had 3 ounce. He is normally up 2-3 times in the night but last night he woke once and again wouldn’t take a bottle, I’ve tried him again this morning and still nothing. Is this a normal developmental stage? I’m worried he will be dehydrated or not getting enough nutrients. He normally has 6 ounce every 3 hours and has always been such a good eater so this is not normal for him at all.

Breasfeeding vs pumping

Hi there!
Looking for opinions and experiences.
I had an emergency C, and my milk came in late, so we had to start with formula. Worked on it and my milk came, but baby is now used to bottle. Managed to make him latch a few times, but ut was painful and after a while he was getting a bit frustrated, i guess because of the flow. So i stuck with pumping.

Now here's my dilema :
Yes, i have to pump regularly every 2-3 hours. So not getting too much sleep. My husband insists it would have been loads easier if i would have kept trying to breastfeed, so i wouldn't get out of bed, having to get the milk ready all the time, and even he could get more sleep. So i think this is all one sided, as he would get more sleep, and i would get even less, as i thought breastfeeding would mean even less sleep because babies do lots of cluster feeding? As in i could end up feeding every 10 20 min compared to every 2-3h?

There's pros and cons for both exclusively breastfeeding and exclusively pumping (especially for the future on this as i will end up just giving the bottle to the baby and feed himself while i have a bit of time for myself - under supervision ofc)

Any takes on this? Anyone who switched from one to another? What do you think was easier?

I wanted to ask about colostrum x

When is a good time to start collecting colostrum?
I am 37 weeks pregnant this weekend, but I really don’t want to bring on labour early as I’m hoping the baby will arrive in about 3 weeks 😩
Is it safe for me to start gently now, or should I wait a little longer?

Is anyone else due around 14 August like me? 🥰

Thank you so much. X

Administering calpol

My baby has just had his 8 week jabs and I have tried to give him calpol via syringe but he has spit/dribbled it all out. Any advice on administering it?

Bed rail for co sleeping

Any recommendations for a good bed rail for co sleeping? I’ve seen them on Amazon and Argos
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