Hysteria1983

BBC 3 at 9.00 tonight.

http://channelhopping.onthebox.com/2...our-*****-out/

The usual debate will probably take place on the program, and there will possibly be some *****, so you new dads (or dads to be) can have a watch and pretend to care about the info

salsa-king

well after last night maternaty class I (our first of three) went to last night.... this will just put the icing on the cake for me!!
baby due on the 21st May... so not long now.

chocolate_o_brian

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Probably is best but for me and Nat it wasn't an option. She was/isn't well currently with low iron levels even after a blood transfusion so was told not to breast feed our little 'un even if she wanted to try.

That and you can't see how much they have taken are the only two drawbacks I guess. Well and Nat has small ***** and we have a 12lb 4 week old son to feed

I'll be watching the football tonight which is a little more important than ***** for once.

Ant

12lb ellie is only coming up to 6 months and she's 16lb

i think we'd do bottle again as you know exaclty how much they're getting and can be less demanding i would imagine plus the fact the wife couldnt get ellie to take to the breast

SpecDscooby

Pump/ express??...mix formula and breast milk; best of both worlds??

BlkKnight

We had to mix-feed due to my missus's ***** not being ready as Ethan was 6 weeks premature.

4 months in, we are now purely formula feeding.

Mix-feeding was quite a ball ache to start with - twice the time, effort etc. But I think was worth it.

FlightMan

I vote yes.

SpecDscooby

^^^^^ i'm with Flight.....hungry already

Hysteria1983

Well, she looks like she has done her fair share of feeding with those udders!

Lee247

The Dogs B******s

njkmrs

She is certainly making me hungry !!!

salsa-king

was she one on the programme... i missed it

Trout

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Once breast feeding settles down after the first week or two the baby will take exactly what they need and the breast regulates it's flow naturally to match the babies demands. For example when it is hot, the breast naturally produces slightly more watery milk to compensate for higher thirst!

Our first struggled for a while and then breast fed confidently. The second went from 9lbs to 17lbs in 8 weeks just on breast milk

Fortunately he stopped growing quite so much after that!

Lee247

My kids weren't premature, but my Son was born at 10 past 4 in the morning.
He was taken to the night nursery, so I could get some rest after the birth.
I made no milk. I felt awful, but nothing I could do. Sometimes it happens.
My daughter, on the other hand, I had loads. The nurse, in her wisdom decided, while I was being stitched up, to give her a bottle. My daughter really struggled to latch after that, and I gave up.
Funny thing is, everytime she cried, my boobies leaked. Sorry boys, but that is what they are there for

pimmo2000

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Both my kids have been on the boob, my daughter still is .. (3 months) .. their weight has been perfect (the chart they give us) and they are both very happy babies .. I agree that breast is best, at least its more convenient.

Gear Head

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My mrs is planning on breast feeding when she gives birth next month.
However, I feel that the show last night has put added pressure on her to breast feed.
It certainly seems more benificial than formula milk, but that isn't to say that formula doesn't provide the nutriants babies need.

Marie has bought all the bottle feedling gear just in case.
Watchong that 5 year old 'demand boobies' last night was just wrong in my opinion. As the lady on the show said, 'If they can eat a ham sandwich, it's time for the boobies to go away!'.

Trout

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Our oldest breast fed until he was 22 months!!! I did say to my OH that when he could argue about which one he wanted to suck then it was time to give it up!!!!

Bitty! Bitty!

Gear Head

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Forgive me for sounding stupid Trout, but is that all your child had upto 22 months? Or do you wean them on solids at around 6 months as normal?

Trout

iTrader: (1)

He ate solids from around 7 months.

From about 12 months he only breast fed a couple of times a day - natural weaning age is 3-5 years! The main blocker was that if he didn't get some at bedtime he wouldn't sleep and was a little sod. And then he just stopped when the OH got pregnant again.

Hysteria1983

I think it's something to do with the hormones in pregnancy making the breast milk taste different. Not as simple as it's yucky, so they stop, but it's different, and not familiar or comforting anymore, so they don't like it.

chocolate_o_brian

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I tried a little of the Cow&Gate stuff we have Isaac on and a little of the Mrs bitty just after he was born. There is definitely a taste difference. Bitty is more fatty but like a thin creamy taste. The formula is more artificial tasting. But that's what he's on and taking nearly 30oz at 4 weeks isn't bad

Gear Head

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****, is it 4 weeks already!
Good going mate.

chocolate_o_brian

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Aye, loooong gone are the days of 2oz feeds here and there. 5oz every 4 hours currently. Ball ache that he's as big as he is 'coz it means he's hungry more than smaller babies = no sleepy through nights for a while

BlkKnight

ours has just started going through! Yay

chocolate_o_brian

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Please don't tell me they are like 18 or something

ditchmyster

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Not much of a tit man more into pink or brown

ditchmyster

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My mrs managed 3months breast feeding then dried up, so we stuck him on hip organic and he's nearly 4 and still has at least 3 bottles a day and bigger than all his nct group and smart just like his dad..lol

ditchmyster

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Forget what i said in my first post i just changed my mind.num num num

Ant

30oz is that in one feed? Surely not!