Questions tagged [milk]
How and when to feed milk (powder, cow milk) to your child or prepare it, its effect on children and composition, or how to make them drink it. If you want to ask about breastmilk, use [breastfeeding] instead.
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How to know whether I am producing sufficient breast milk?
I have to breast feed my 9 day old for 1 hour. That is frustrating for me, and doesn't satisfy her too. Then I have to feed her about 60 ml formula.
How would I know whether I am producing sufficient ...
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What happens when you feed cold milk to a baby?
I often read the recommendation that milk for newborns and infants (breast milk or infant formula milk) should have body temperature (~ 37°C). Usually, this recommendation is just stated as a fact (...
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Is organic whole cow's milk better than "toddler milk" powder for a 1 year old?
We live in a country where it's very popular to give toddlers a follow-up powdered formula called "lait de croissance" roughly translated as "grow milk" or "toddler milk" like the one pictured here:
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Breastfeeding but periods have started after 2 months. What's going on inside the body?
I'm curious to know I have periods just after a month of C-section. I'm fully breastfeeding my baby. Now he's 2.5 months old. Does periods happening decrease the production of breast-milk?
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Toddler does not like to drink milk
My daughter was big on drinking milk, but now she only drinks juice and water. Is this normal? She eats cheese and plenty of veggies and she is only one year old. I don't have any problems with her ...
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Breast milk looks curdled . . . what happened?
My wife pumps and puts the milk in the fridge if it's not time for a feeding. We have to supplement with formula because the baby drinks about 4 more ounces a day than she makes. Feeding from the ...
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What food should I buy for my spouse so that she can produce more natural milk for my toddler?
I was wondering what food should I buy for my spouse so that my toddler gets more volume of natural milk rather than supplementing with milk or formula produced by companies?
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Two year old still takes a bottle of milk before bedtime, should I wean her from the bottle and the milk?
The milk is part of her bedtime routine...
Should she still be using a bottle?
She doesn't need the milk, it has just been a staple in her bedtime routine. I know that this is potentially bad for ...
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Why does my son's food/milk intake drop to 1/3 of usual at his grandparents' place?
Every week we stay over at my parents' place for three nights and for some reason my one-year-old son's food and milk intake drops to 1/3 of his usual. We use the same bottles, same milk powder, same ...
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What are the proper precaution for using cow's milk to feed babies?
There's a great guide for using pumped breastmilk...in it, there are tons of guidelines for:
How long it can be kept after it has been heated up?
If a baby didn't finish a bottle, how long before you ...
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Is it ok to cool down artificial milk in the fridge?
In line with other posted questions whose answers suggest there is no problem feeding your baby with milk at room temperature, I would like to know if the same applies to colder artificial milk?
To ...
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Is milk powder left in a hot car going to go bad?
I bought milk powder for my 2-year-old boy and forgot it in the car for a day. Usually the car is locked and parked outside. The car becomes hot inside as the temperature in my area is nearly 40 ...
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When to stop using formula, and how much cow milk to give?
Here in France, I understand it's common for kids to stay on formula until age 3. I've heard they stop around 2 in the US? Anyway, our current routine for our 2y9mo daughter is a bottle in the morning ...
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When should babies start eating solids?
My baby is 3 months old and Im looking into the future of when he is supposed to start solids?
Should babies eat fruits or veggies first?
Does it matter?
Should they be mixed?
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Can an infant be burped when sleeping?
I understand that infants need assistance to be burped when awake. My question is if an infant is fed and then falls asleep, should you attempt to burp them while they are sleeping? Will they burp if ...
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Toddler refuses to drink milk from cup. Phase out bottle?
My toddler is a bit over 2 and refuses to drink milk from anything but a bottle with a nipple. We have tried everything but my child just won't budge. Once we even went for a week with no milk. My ...
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2 year old rarely eats food, needs bottle and milk and drinks a lot of water
My son completely refuses to eat food. If I forcefully insert it in his mouth, he tries to vomit and throws the food out of his mouth.
He loves milk in his bottle, which we give him only when he is ...
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Yogurt-like substance in bottle of breast milk
My wife has been expressing breast milk for our two-week-old daughter. The other day, I pulled a bottle of breast milk from the fridge and noticed that it had a thick (maybe half an inch) layer of ...
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Is it possible to give adult milk powder or powder of higher age group to toddlers?
I wanted my little ones to grow stronger, faster and smarter. So, is it recommended to give toddlers or little ones milk powder of higher age group or adult milk?
e.g. For my kid of age 5, is it ...
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What is the best milk fat content for a toddler aged 2?
I've read contradicting claims about whether you can give skim milk for toddlers over 2, or just low-fat.
In fact, my daughter is two and a half and only 12 kg, so our goal would be to gain weight, ...
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Should my 12 month old get milk in addition to nursing?
I'm still nursing my 12 1/2 month old, about 2-3 times a day. I also give him some cow's milk in his cereal in the morning. Should he be getting any cow's milk in addition to this?
To clarify, I've ...
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If I take frozen breast milk and thaw in the fridge, then take it out to warm up on the counter, how long will it last?
I know once breast milk is warmed up you need to use it within 2 hours but also know that is with you actually warming it up in hot water. So far I can't find anything about letting it gradually warm ...
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Why does my formula suggest mixing it in only a portion of the water?
The directions for Holle baby formula say to boil water, let it cool, put 2/3 of the water into the bottle, then add the formula, then add the remaining 1/3 of the water.
Is it necessary to add 2/3 ...
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My 1 year old daughter suddenly stopped eating food
My daughter ate about everything we gave her, in different quantities depending on how she finds the taste. But suddenly, one fine nite, she woke up, vomited nothing but some cough, and next day on, ...
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Is there a maximum temperature for mixing formula?
Standard formula advice tends to say something like:
Fill the kettle with at least 1 litre of fresh tap water (don’t use water that has been boiled before).
Boil the water. Then leave the ...
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What is a good milk substitute for toddlers?
My 2 year old son just loves his milk, and can be a picky eater. So getting him to eat fruits and vegetables can be a problem. Unfortunately, drinking milk causes him to be quite constipated. He may ...
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Is the expensive (organic, with DHA) milk better for my toddler than the regular milk? [closed]
I was at Costco getting milk for my 2.5 year old daughter, and my wife prefers the expensive organic stuff. I'm more skeptical about these things, and I don't like spending extra when I don't ...
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2 year old demands milk midnight
my younger son turned 2 in June, he has a sleep issue that worries me and my wife.
He fells asleep at late hour like 10pm every night only after long cuddling. He always wakes up around 3am ...
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How to get 16 months baby to drink milk again
Our son was breastfed until around 6 months and then was put on formula milk.
He used to drink well until about 11 months when he started drinking less and less milk, and stopped completely about 3 ...
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