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My baby is three weeks old, weighs nearly 11 pounds and was feeding at 3am and 7am but has now back-tracked to wanting to be fed at 2am and 6am. Although I manage to express 7oz at 9.30pm he will only take 3-4oz when my husband feeds him at 10pm. Is he starting to wake earlier because he is not getting enough at the last feed, should he...

Question – Constipation My daughter is constipated (it is possibly hereditary as my son was too and apparently my brother and I were as babies). She is not on any medication, but pureed prunes and papaya really helped my son – I just can’t remember at what age I gave them to him. So far my daughter has had pear and apple. We have been weaning for six...

Question – Replace one formula feed with cows’ milk? My son is just over 10 months and has three bottles a day of formula (6oz at 7.30, 5oz at 2.30 and 8oz at 6.30). I’m wondering if it would be OK for me to switch his 2.30 bottle to cows’ milk now to get him used to changing over completely at a year. I know it’s not advised...