I EBF'ed DD to around 7mo and then started switching her BFs to FF in readiness for my return to work. I'm obviously completely inept at FFing as I have just discovered I've been doing it wrong. She is now 9mo and on formula for every feed.
I've been giving her formula in a bottle (tommee tippee with teat 1) and now I find out (from reading side of tin) that all this time she should've been drinking from a cup... But I've been giving her water with meals in a doidy cup and quite frankly she's not too good with it and just chucks it over herself so if I gave her milk in this then none would go in!!
So I'm now confused about what to do. Today I bought a beaker with a spout as a sort of halfway house and she refused and kept pushing it away and crying so I got the bottles back out again. I feel totally unprepared for everything and don't know who I'm supposed to ask as I don't really have anyone. Can anyone help please?
Another thing is that she starts with CM this week and I have to send all food and bottles but apparently formula should be used within 2 hours of being made so I have no idea how I sort out her afternoon bottle based on this rule.
I wish I'd just stuck with BFing that was much simpler and there wasn't this 2 hour rule which tbh is a bit impractical surely. Or have I for it all wrong?
So grateful for any responses.