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Molly-Mae slammed by mum-shamers over baby Bambi's breastfeeding routing

New mum Molly-Mae Hague has been criticized by some mum-shaming trolls after sharing her baby Bambi's nightly breastfeeding routing.

The Love Island star, 23, and her boyfriend Tommy Fury, also 23, welcomed their first born in January.

Bambi is now 10 weeks old and reality star Molly-Mae has been using her YouTube and Instagram accounts to share glimpses into her life as a new mum.

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Earlier this week, she uploaded a vlog to her YouTube and and shared details about how often her daughter feeds, Mirror UK reports.

Cradling Bambi on a sofa, she told viewers: "7pm is when bedtime starts and then she has a bottle at 11pm and after 11pm that's when we try to get our night's sleep, which at the minute is going a lot better.

"We are definitely getting more sleep now - I say more sleep - at the minute I am probably getting about four or five hours. She's going from 11pm to 7am with no milk but she is waking up all though the night and I settle her.

"She is waking up like 'hello, I want some milk' and I'm like 'you're not having milk now.' Around this time is when they drop feeding in the night. It's different for every baby but with her, we are trying to encourage that."

Molly-Mae and Bambi (YouTube/MollyMae)

Some viewers took issue with how Molly-Mae has been breastfeeding her child and used the comments to share their opinions.

One user said: "You are doing amazing but 10 weeks is too early to not feed her during the night if she’s waking up hungry."

Another posted: "Just wanted to say (from a children’s health care professional & mum myself) that it is recommended to wean night feeds from 6-12 months, 10 weeks is a little too early, it is likely she will wake up a bit less if fed during the night (this is for both formula and breastfed babies) and it is still important for their development."

One mum-shamer commented: "It is NOT an accomplishment to starve a 10-week-old from 11 pm to 7 am. I am horrified. Seek knowledge please, this is child neglect."

Later in the video, Molly-Mae explained that she had to stop breastfeeding as she "wasn't producing enough milk".

She said: "I came on my period whilst I was breastfeeding so that was an indicator to me that I wasn't producing enough milk, my milk supply completely dried up.

"Bambi was sucking on my nipple and nothing was coming out and she was getting so upset."

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