Formula causing more stress!

my wee one was a big baby and never lost weight in the forst few weeks! However recently he is putting on weight but overall dropping on the centiles. He’s feeding basically 24/7 and my health visitor recommended I try with like 30ml of formula ontop of breast feeding BUT he’s rejecting a bottle and I’ve tried a wee cup but he doesn’t drink it and I’ve been using calpol syringes but it’s just not effective and obviously cause he’s not drinking it he’s taking in aid and gagging on it :/ does anyone have any tips? They said if gas to be ontop of a breastfeed but I’m also like between a toddler and him constantly feeding what time do I do it with?? And it’s getting me abit stressed! He’s also sooo much fussier on the boob when I manage to get even just 5ml of formula in him and in general he’s been so much more unsettled with it and I feel like a bad parent because of it and I feel like my body is letting me down :(

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Mums of bad sleepers!! Does it get better?

My little boy is a horrific sleeper, he’s almost 9 months old, EBF, and has been waking every hour since 3 months. He’s fine with his naps, but his night time sleep is so bad. We started cosleeping for survival around 3.5- 4 months, but he doesn’t even sleep much better that way than he does in his room anymore. We have tried absolutely everything and I’m currently trying to anchor his morning wake up time and really space out his naps etc but I just want someone to tell me if this has ever actually gotten better! I have so many people give suggestions, but I’m not really after advice, I just want someone who had a baby with similar sleeping habits to tell me that it eventually gets better!

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When did your little one move out of bassinet pram attachment?

When did your little ones move from the bassinet pram attachment into the next stage? We have a Joie Signature, the next stage is the ‘stroller’ seat but it can be reclined so the baby is still lying down.

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Car seat head flop

I've got the redkite i-savana set with car seat, my little 3mo has been doing a lot of head flops as she falls asleep during a drive and I'm worried as she's not got proper neck strength yet that when we do a longer drive in November it will be an issue. Am I worrying too much or is it time to look to get a different car seat?
The straps were pulled as tight as we could and newborn insert is removed as she's over 60cm. Seat can't be adjusted to tilt back.

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Bath

Has anyone skipped giving their little one a bath because its gotten too late? Even if they got bit dirty after tea? My little one has a bath tonight usually but cos shes had tea late an her bedtime is soon it just seems right to leave it. I feel bad

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Health visitor appt before birth

Has anyone else received an appointment for a health visitor to come to their home? With my first pregnancy nobody from the health visiting team came to my home until after my son had been born, but this time I’ve received an appointment for over a month before my due date.

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