Questions on Newborns

[Trillian]

1. How often do you feed your new born baby ? Even though I did not BF for very long, I still demand FF them, so the time varied

2. Have you tried bottle feeding and B/F ? If so , did your baby develope nipple confusion ? When I was both BF and FF, my three never experienced nipple confusion.

3. When bottle feeding , how much milk / formula should you be feeding your baby ? it really varied. They never ever had the recommended amount on the tin - Lindsay always had more and the girls always slightly less.

4. What formula do you recommend for your new born baby ? I would recommend firstly to try to BF, but when I stopped I have always used Nestle Lactogen for the first six months and then went onto Nan2

5. What medicines should you have on hand for your new born baby ? ie , baby panadole etc I only ever had infant paracetamol

6. How often do you change your newborn baby's nappy ? Whenever they needed it.

7. Do you recommend cloth nappies or disposable nappies for new borns ? why ? I used cloth with Lindsay, but disposables with the girls. I think for the first few weeks, I prefer to use the disposables because they go through so many in those first few weeks.

8. Do you find cloth nappies too time consumming ? ie , washing and soaking etc ? I never found them that time consuming, but because we only have tank water, the severe lack of rain put a stop to any extra washing.

9. Do you recommend putting baby powder and a barrier creme , or just the one ? I have only ever used sudocreme when they got nappy rash. I find it is pointless to put it on if they dont need it nad I have never used powder/talc.

10. what did you find the most difficult part of bringing home a new born ? Mainly the fact that you are wholy and soley responsible for this new little person and tyring to figure out what the right thing to do is.