No Formula Support in Germany, Bottle questions
Hi there, I am struggling with my exclusively bottle feed baby and I have a Tom of questions which no one can really answer as breast feeding is the absolute norm in our country especially in the beginning 4 months.
I did not get any milk so breastfeeding was a struggle for both of us for weeks before switching to formula only.
Formula:
Which temperature is okay to give to baby? On my formula it says to mix with 40-50 degree water then wait until it drops to 37.8. if the baby is hungry I give it also at 38/39 and if it takes long to feed the bottle is colder?
Night wakings:
My baby goes to bed at 6/7pm then it wakes at 21pm 1am 3 am and 5.30am at night she is a snacker just eats 30-40ml per bottle. If I try to force more she begins waking up completely and I have a Hard time setteling her - is this normal for 7 weeks with the hours and how could I manage to Stretch the wakings?
Co Sleeping:
Its the Norm in Germany to sleep together in one bed „Family bed“ or a bedside bed, as breastfeeding is done lying down mostly and the mother can continue sleeping. We did this in the beginning so now she is used to it, but I read without breastfeeding co sleeping is not advised? Where does this fact come from?
Thank you so much for the support in Advance.