My son of almost 5 months is refusing to finish his bottles without a struggle My son, who is almost 5 months, has begun to fight his bottles over the past week, except for the one given at 11pm. He takes 4-5ozs and then stops for winding [which he initiates]. I then struggle to get […]
Continue ReadingMy son of almost 6 months has a very low milk intake by day which means he feeds on demand at night For over two months my son of almost 6 months has put up a fight with his milk and taken it less and less willingly. In the past week I have had him […]
Continue ReadingHow can I get my 4mth daughter to take better feeds especially when we are out, now her reflux is being controlled? From birth my daughter was always very good at feeding and would finish every bottle, until she got to approx 10 weeks when she started to take less and less, and then would […]
Continue ReadingMy daughter of 5.5mths has taken to solids well but it is a struggle to get her to take 20ozs of milk in a day Until six weeks of age my daughter was fed with expressed breast milk. This was due to latching problems in the early days as a result of early medical problems. […]
Continue ReadingHow can I get my 5mth daughter to feed better in the day and less at night? I am new to your techniques and am a bit desperate for help! My daughter is just turning 5 months old. At 3 months, she would have 5 bottles (6-8.5 oz), approx. 3.5 hours apart during the day, […]
Continue ReadingMy 4mth daughter is back to having 6 feeds a day. How can I stop this happening? My 4mth daughter slept from 10.30pm until 7.30am at eight weeks of age and by 3 months we were able to drop the 10.30pm feed so she was sleeping from 7pm until 7.30pm which was wonderful. She then […]
Continue ReadingSince being on antibiotics my 3 month daughter’s milk intake has dropped and she is reluctant to feed My 3 month old daughter was diagnosed with a urinary tract infection 2.5 weeks ago and had to take antibiotics (Augmentin) for 1 week. During that week, her appetite reduced dramatically. She used to take 5.5oz each […]
Continue ReadingI want to use the routine but my 16 week baby cries during feeding and takes too little Please help me with a problem that your books don’t seem to address and it seems nobody can solve, including health visitors. I have a lovely baby boy who is 16 weeks and only drinks 17-20oz of […]
Continue ReadingAt 14 weeks my daughter has begun to need an early morning feed again My daughter Niamh, who is now 14-weeks-old, was following the routines both with sleeping and feeding until just over 12 weeks. She then began waking again and needing a feed at 3/4am having slept through previously. I fed her for three […]
Continue ReadingMy 3 month baby is distraught during her bath time. Should I split the 5/6pm feed? Should I split the 6.15pm feed so my daughter gets a proportion of it at 5.15pm, as she becomes very grumpy at around 5.50pm(bath time) then starts whinging and crying non-stop until she becomes hysterical at 6.10pm! She was […]
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