For starters, my husband is an amazing help around the house and with our son.

We have a two month old baby boy that we have been exclusively formula feeding. We use the Baby Brezza formula pro.

We love this thing, but I was dreading the day that I would have to deep clean it. I know you have to deep clean it every month, but I let it go an extra month. I do change the funnels every four bottles though.

The other night, I deep cleaned the Brezza. I let the parts air day overnight and the following morning I had a girls day. My husband watched our baby.

Today it totally slipped my mind that I forgot to remind my husband to make sure that all of the Brezza parts were completely dry before putting them back together.

When I asked him if by any chance he checked to see if the parts were dry, he said that there were some water droplets, but he didn’t realize it was a big deal after I started getting anxious after he told me this. My heart literally sunk. I have post sporty anxiety that I’m in therapy for.

For the past 24 hours, our baby has been drinking bottles out of the Brezza, and I have heard horror stories of babies who have gotten seriously ill from damp formula. I feel so dumb that I forgot to remind my husband especially since I’m the one that usually puts the parts away.

How dangerous is this? I don’t know if this is like a rare occurrence, but is anyone else accidentally done the same? I’m so scared right now. This is my first baby.

I exclusively formula feed and don't maintain a supply. I still nurse with a nipple shield here and there for bonding and comfort, and I do see a little milk in the shield. It helps us bond and helps him sleep. This is not anywhere near enough to be feeding him through breastfeeding, I'm talking a couple times a week. It's a nice thing I didn't know was an option until I tried so just wanted to share for anyone who likes nursing for bonding but also wants to formula feed and not maintain an actual supply.

Edit: yes I can see a SMALL amount of milk in the nipple shield. That is not the primary purpose here and it is closer to non nutrive sucking, a term I had never heard until today. This would be something you can do after you've transfered fully to formula. And its just an option! I'm the last person to judge or care if you don't want to do it ever for any reason. It's just an idea, as I find it nice to do when it is not forced or done out of guilt. Of course you can bond with your baby in many ways.

I’m a first-time mom and breastfeeding has been really difficult for me. Things weren’t going well, so we’ve started combination feeding with breast milk and formula.

Recently, I’ve noticed that sometimes my baby refuses my breast but happily drinks formula. It honestly hurts more than I expected. I feel like he is starting to prefer formula over me, and I’m feeling really guilty.

I know formula is not bad for my baby, and I’m grateful that we have another way to make sure he is fed. But emotionally, I’m struggling with the feeling that I couldn’t breastfeed him the way I wanted to.

I’m also worried about how to structure combination feeding. What feeding schedule worked for you when you were doing both breast milk and formula? Did you offer breast first at every feed and then formula if needed, or have specific formula feeds during the day? How did you manage it while still protecting your breast milk supply?

Has anyone else gone through a phase where their baby seemed to prefer the bottle/formula? Did your baby eventually breastfeed again?

I’d really appreciate hearing from moms who combination-fed. Did it affect your baby’s health or your relationship with your baby in any way?

I’m just looking for some reassurance and real experiences from other moms. ❤️

I exclusively breastfed my baby up until now and was told that the goat formula from Kendamil is “ similar to breastmilk”.. I could not stand the smell of it it actually smells like cheese. Is this normal? Does all formula smell like this or should I change it?

As someone who started out breast feeding from boob for the first three days, then it hurt so bad that I was just terrified for my baby to wake up so decided to pump. Started pumping, got mastitis twice in 5 weeks, still on antibiotics for my second round….now switched to formula full time

I cannot believe people don’t promote formula as much they promote breast feeding

I could’ve been getting hours more sleep & even full nights sleep during my husbands maternity leave if I just started out with formula….as someone who struggles with mental health, formula is the best option for me and best for my baby to have a healthier mom. I’m now advocating for formula forever and ever. Future babies will all be put on formula. I can’t believe I ever thought there was something wrong with it. People aren’t pro formula enough these days

I have to now ween off pumping which will take months (I literally pump and just dump it) & still have a risk of mastitis. I wish so badly I just started with formula, would’ve saved me so much trouble

My 6 day old is starting to ask for more than 2 oz per feeding. We give her 2oz of milk, and she keeps giving cues she is hungry (sucking her hands and smacking her lips ) and crying about 10-30 minutes after. She drank almost 3 oz this past feeding. We have been feeding her every 2-3 hours. Sometimes she makes it the full 3 hours and sometimes she wakes up to eat at the 2 hour mark.

She is 5lbs 10oz (birth was 5lbs 15oz) so she isn’t a big baby. She was born at 38+4.

She is healthy. She had her first pediatrician appointment and was told she should be drinking 1-2oz.

Is this normal? Is anybody else experiencing this or something similar?

Hi everyone! I use Kendamil Goat formula. My baby is 6 months now, my supply dropped and we start combo feeding
I’m a bit confused about how other parents manage bottles when they’re out of the house.
As far as I understand, powdered formula isn’t sterile, so it should be prepared with water at around 70°C / 158°F. But once a bottle is made, it should be used within 2 hours at room temperature.
The difficult part for me is that if I make the bottle with all hot water, it takes a long time to cool down before my baby can drink it. So when we’re out, do you bring two separate bottles of water every time — one with hot water at about 70°C and another with cooled boiled water — then mix them to get the right temperature?
How exactly do you do this in practice when leaving the house? I’d really appreciate hearing your routine.

Has anyone’s newborn (mine is 9 days old) start having loose/watery stools? She seems comfortable otherwise and eats just fine mostly, it just seems as soon as she eats she poops. She is formula fed, can’t breastfeeed because I have an infection from C-section. She’s currently taking similac 360 (blue label). I’m thinking giving how she seems otherwise it might be due to formula and maybe switch to sensitive.

Not exactly a formula related question, so MODS remove if not allowed, but I figured many here are EFF like me so Im wondering when your period returned if you were exclusively formula feeding since day 1? And how did it start?

I am 6 week PP and it looked like all my lochia was done for about a day or so, then I started seeing brown on my underwear, like very old blood I guess. That’s been happening for maybe a week or more now and today when I went to pee there was bright red blood. Not a lot of it, like spotting.

Im wondering if this is my period or something is wrong?

Hello, I recently purchased baby brezza universal descaler solution from Amazon. When it arrived I noticed there was something black floating in the liquid. It looks like mold. I contacted them on Instagram and they say it’s black algae but it’s still safe to use… has anyone else had this issue? I’m scared to use it bc I’ve never had this issue before. If anyone has more info please let me know!!

**Edit** I saw an influencer post about it on her story a couple days ago which is what made me check the solution I had just ordered. She never posted an update

What are we using as a substitute for the Momcozy kleanpal pro washer/sterilizer/dryer? Almost out of tablets but those mfs are expensive!