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@graced1257 No. If they're saying they can't afford to come to you and then you also can't afford to go to them, it sounds fair to stay home for Thanksgiving. If Christmas is a holiday y'all celebrate, you could easily pass it off as wanting to spend the money for that holiday instead...

@mightyheart Get a new doctor. My pediatrician told us he'd rather see an overfed baby than a hungry baby. Your baby knows what her body needs, so go ahead and feed her on demand.

@evanlooksuptothealmighty I'm still pregnant, and this gives me hope. My husband wasn't understanding it when I would say "I just want my body back" because that means we will have a newborn to care for. Yes, that's true, but I'D HAVE MY BODY BACK. I won't be uncomfortable from a back ache. I...

@aliwhit From the US. I used room temperature distilled water to mix the formula and either served it right away or put the prepared pitcher in the fridge for 24h. Once LO was 6mo, I started using the water straight from the fridge dispenser. Pediatrician said that was fine.

@msl74pc I did EFF since birth. My LO just turned a year old, and he is thriving. He is such a happy guy with a wonderful, blossoming personality. We are in the process of transitioning from formula to cow's milk. He's off the bottle completely; he takes his milk from straw cups. I love being...

@preston055 Yes, that’s exactly it! An overnight diaper change stimulates them to wake up even more, and it may make putting them back to sleep harder. If he’s not bothered, I let him be. Plus, I hate struggling to do a diaper change in the dark while groggy, especially on a boy with his “mom...

@preston055 I’ll only change him at night if I know or suspect a poop. I’ve read don’t bother with a diaper change if it’s not bothering them and you don’t have a reason to think there’s poop.

@ranked That would be scary and hard to forget as you learn to follow his cues. Also, you’ll start to learn LO is no longer hungry when they start rejecting the bottle. I’ll try feeding baby, and he’ll push the nipple out with his tongue, move his head back and forth, and has even started to...

@ranked You’re not an awful mom! It’s such a learning process. It also doesn’t help that we fear wasting formula because of the shortage and the price, but sometimes it is necessary to risk the waste. At 7 weeks, we’re offering him 3 oz. bottles almost every time (unless he just feed an hour...

@ranked Follow baby’s lead. 45 mL sounds okay for one week old, but if LO is continuing to show hunger cues after finishing the bottle, offer another ounce*. This is what we watched for. If he kept asking for more after each feed, we would try making bigger bottles to see how consistently he’d...

@davidreyes Thank you!

@teendad777 Awesome! So glad to hear all these positive pitcher routines where people call it a lifesaver. It makes me feel like I didn't waste my $10 on one, and I may end up buying a back up in case one is dirty.

@trasea Perfect! That's essentially what I'd like to get to. I can see doing the sterilizing at the very beginning when he's first born, but I'll likely drop it later on unless I'm feeling froggy.

@amphibalus Great idea, thank you!

@amphibalus My conflict was I was gifted a bottle warmer at the baby shower, but I would hate to waste it if I can have a LO who isn’t picky about their bottle being warmed up. Thanks for the tap water tip, though! That’ll be good for when we’re not home.

@mhmalaska I do!! I made a post about it the other day here! Feel free to DM me too if you have questions. 😊

@brokenroad Crossing my fingers he won’t be picky! Does RTF need to be refrigerated?

@tanner1991 Thank you for all this info! I started using the Huckleberry app for the past few days, and I agree. It’s been mostly spot on for the naps which have been a big help. Before, I was just keeping him on me all the time, and he’d fall asleep whenever. Now, I know it’s time to put him...

Apologies ahead of time for the repeat question. I just have various questions about this. For context, LO is two months old (9 weeks tomorrow). He mostly contact naps on me throughout the day. He does the classic crying not long after being put down. I don’t go back to work until the end of...

@doug9694 Thank you for this! That helps, especially the insight on sterilizing. I had heard to maybe do it more often as a newborn, but as they age and build up their immune system, it may be able to be stretched out.