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Bottle Combination Feeding
Breast, bottle or both. Let’s take it back to basics on your feeding options
October 2021
Bottle feeding hints and tips
IF YOU HAVE NEVER FED A BABY BEFORE, YOU MIGHT BE DAUNTED AT THE PROSPECT. AFTER A FEW TIMES THOUGH, YOU’LL WONDER WHAT YOU WORRIED ABOUT. WE ALL LOVE A TOP HINT, SO WHEN IT COMES TO BOTTLE FEEDING TIPS TOMMEE TIPPEE ASKED THE EXPERTS – A.K.A THE PARENTS WHO DO IT EVERY DAY – TO SHARE …
I never thought it would take so long to find the right bottle
I had to go back to work three months after having Shane, so I tried bottle feeding for the first time about two and a half weeks before that. Until then, I’d been really happy breastfeeding. He was eating well, and it was much easier – especially at night. He had a pacifier, so I …
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It was the last day of school. I think I may have had an infection, but I was very ill, and I miscarried later that day.
The weekend I found out, my parents were away with my younger sister for an ice skating competition in Johannesburg. I remember doing the pregnancy test. My boyfriend and I were so scared. I was a bit young to actually fathom what had happened, to be honest. We didn’t know what to do. We asked …
Becoming a parent after multiple miscarriages.
All of my miscarriages happened before 9 weeks, so when we passed that milestone with Charlie, I was over the moon. The whole team was. I’d never carried that far since losing Scarlett at 32 weeks. But there was still a long way to go. After a stillbirth you know that, and it was really, …
You never get over losing a baby. It changes you forever
We went on holiday to India not long after finding out I was pregnant. I’m from a big family and none of my friends have had problems during pregnancy, so I assumed everything would be fine. But when we got back and went for our 12-week scan, there was no heartbeat. I’d never really thought …
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Two hours after that phone call, I brought Zanna home with me
I’ve been a teacher for years, so have spent my life around children. But I’d never had a baby. Then, 3 weeks before I turned 60, one of my friends – Karen – said to me “Isn’t it so sad about that little baby being taken away from her parents?” And she told me a …
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Settling at home with our adopted baby boy
Our adoption journey took over twelve years, ending up in Nanjing, China. Meeting Finn for the first time was overwhelming for all of us. He was 19 months old, just old enough to feel shocked and confused, but too young to understand everything that was happening. We spent a couple of weeks in China together, …
Our 12 year journey to becoming a family
We decided to start a family in 2000, but life didn’t go according to plan. I had a ruptured ectopic pregnancy. In 2003 we turned to IVF. For the first few cycles I was working a lot, and renovating our home. Looking back that wasn’t an ideal set of circumstances. In the end, we had …
How Can I Safely Thaw Frozen Breastmilk?
Remember to use the oldest breastmilk in your freezer stash first. It’s always helpful to store your newly pumped milk at back and clearly label it with the date it was expressed, that way, when you’re reaching for some frozen milk to give your baby, you’ll always start with the oldest milk first. The easiest …