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Baby’s feeding is challenging…

My 7month old baby doesn’t finish her milk at one go. She needs to be coaxed to take her milk with frequent breaks and sometimes can leave like half a bottle. Dread her milk or meal time cos really need alot of patience. When it comes to having her solids, she will just open her mouth for that few times. And she opens her mouth so narrowly that the food gets pushed out while sending it into her mouth. Then after, dun wan to open the mouth when she sees the spoon. More effective feeding her by hand. But i dun wan her to reject the spoon in future… most of the time feed until super frustrated. Gain weight very slowly falls in the 10-25th percentile i think she is dropping lower. Any mummy experience similar situation too?

Can try dream feeding her? Like when she’s asleep, feed her? Or drag the interval between feedings? Maybe she’s not hungry. Or you might want to entice her using a straw or a sippy cup with teat straw like those Avent brands? See if she wants to try? My daughter at that age also didn’t drink finish her milk. I gave her through the Avent brand sippy cup with straw. Or maybe you try to up the teat level? Maybe too slow, she’s bored or her jaw is tired. My baby also until now quite difficult to finish her milk. And she’s 17 months already. Want to finish 80ml also difficult. I understand your frustration. Twist the bottle and force feed until both me and her cry. Cause I worry she’s not getting enough milk. Then I tried giving her Dutch Lady Full Cream Milk, she drank a bit a bit. Maybe you can try giving her fresh milk or full cream milk. Or you could change flavours for her solids? She’s having purées now? At 7 months I gave my daughter purées from Peachy brand. Sometimes mashed potato with full cream milk, BM or FM. Gerber Organic Rice also she ate mixed with milk. Sometimes blended porridge with fine ikan bilis or carrots, or spinach. Blended porridge with minced chicken and potato carrots. Can try. Hope it’s just a phase and she’ll regain her appetite soon! If you’re worried you can bring her to PD to check. Take care Mummy! ☺️

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Confused mummy on how much milk to give if not doing night feeds

I think we basically feed like 150ml per kg to our baby. My baby is 3 mths old n going by 3 hourly feed, she should drink abt 80ml per session n there should be 8 sessions. I see mummies putting their babies to sleep from 8pm onwards till morning… if so, the 8 sessions are squeezed within the day? Currently I’m feeding my baby until 10 or 11pm n would like her sleep until 5am then feed her again so that she does not miss out too much of her milk intake… is that alright? If i should let her sleep all the way then how do i make up for the lost sessions?

take cues from your lo. don't worry about the miss feeds, as long as your lo is sleeping and playing with you well, everything will be okay

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Baby not drinking well! Always fell asleep after two sucks!

I’m honestly going bonkers over my 3mo baby’s feeding. She suddenly became very difficult to feed. Taking longer to drink and doesn’t finish her milk. Milk will leak from her mouth while drinking…. I’ve changed multiple sizes of teats but none really worked! Made me confused also if it really was the teat issue… and she is always so sleepy during her feed. Suck every two times and stop… I’m worried cos i fear she is not going to have a proper weight gain at the rate that she is going. I dunno if its milk strike, and if it is, how do i overcome this? Any mummies have experiences like that? Can help this desperate mum here??#advicepls #pleasehelp

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sounds like growth spurt. my child experienced this before as well.

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Am I doing it right?

Hi mummies, I’ve kept up with a growing stock of breast milk in my freezer that is 10 days ago. What I’ve been doing is continue with my current pump and freezing my newly pumped milk while feeding my baby the older batch of frozen milk. Is this okay or i should always give freshly expressed milk? Another thing is by freezing the milk means I’ve to get alot of storage bags which are not so environmental friendly and costly… plus they take up fridge space. Advice or comments?? Ps: I’m not latching my baby yet as she doesn’t like it. #plsadvise

Giving frozen milk is totally fine! You can even give ur baby frozen BM that is up to 1 year ago but optimally, use within 6 months. If baby is fine with ur frozen BM, don't really need to give fresh milk. But u may also alternate fresh and frozen for different feeds just so tt baby cld get the best nutrients and antibodies frm ur fresh BM at certain times of the day. There are other kinds of reusable milk storage bags but it's kinda hard to find in SG. Can try searching online. Or use Avent milk storage cups, though tt will take up more space in the freezer. For me, sometimes I use the milk cups if I just want to chill in the fridge but gotta use it within 3-4 days. Or u can use food cube trays. I used this in the first month when I was battling with low supply. I cld barely fill even half of the storage bag. So I poured my milk into 2oz food cube trays. It was rather convenient too as my baby was drinking abt 120ml so I just had to take out 2 cubes to warm it up.

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Tired of leaking breasts

I’m the main parent to take care of my newborn and as she doesn’t latch, i’ve to exclusively pump for her. Been going on for months and honestly it’s physically n mentally tiring. Sometimes when she’s being cranky and needs my attention, I missed or delayed my pump session and that causes leaking breasts and pain. I can only quickly pump out the milk as soon as I’m able to settle the baby. I’m so tired of leaking breasts and all the washing that is accompanied with the pump. Sometimes I have this strong urge to switch the baby to formula instead then i will also have more time for her without the pumping schedules n washing regime. I’ll like to know if working mummies are still keeping to the 3hrly pumping routine? How to juggle pumping n your rest time especially when u r returning to work?#pleasehelp

You could try handsfree pumps (a lot of affordable options in the market now). That would take care of the leaking breasts. Just gotta leave the cups in your bra and remember to empty them before the spill over.

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Do newborns shed hair?

I found some fine hairs on my baby’s pillow so wondering if newborn shed hair?

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Yes it’s normal! (:

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Help with night feeds

I’m a new mum and me and my husband are handling baby’s night sleep together. There’s a couple of questions which i would like to ask… 1) when its time for feed and baby is still sleeping, do you wait for baby to wake or just wake baby up for the feed? 2) baby doesn’t like to latch and is drinking every 3 hours. Managing my 3 hourly pump at the same time while preparing for baby’s bottle feeding is stressful. What should i do to better manage this? 3) when does the feeding interval increases? From 3 hourly to longer? #1stimemom #advicepls #nightfeed

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1. Baby are v clever! They will wake up and cry for milk when they want! 2. You just pump even when baby is sleeping 3. It’s up to baby! A lot of FTM will follow schedule but after that you’ll realise it’s useless cause baby are unpredictable! Just follow your baby’s cue! I’m a FTM and I never ever had a schedule I’m not pumping! Full on latching! My baby want milk I just latch dont want them dont want! All I do is watch out for baby’s cue!

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