Baby Care

Feeding

You should try if possible to breastfeed as your own breast milk is exactly the right food for your baby. Research suggests that babies do best if they have nothing but breast milk for the first four to six months of life.

If there is a history of diabetes or allergies in your family, breastfeeding helps reduce the risk of your baby developing these problems.

Breastfeeding helps protect your baby from infections, and also helps reduce the risk of you getting breast cancer, ovarian cancer and developing osteoporosis (brittle bones) in later life.

If you decide to feed your baby bottle milk, you must use special formula milk which is produced especially for babies. You can get help and advice about breastfeeding and bottle-feeding from your midwife, health visitor or doctor.

Some organisations have produced useful leaflets/ booklets about feeding and nutrition for infants and toddlers. The booklet is easy to understand and has lots of pictures.

To order/purchase a copy of I Want to be a Good Parent - Book 2, Children need healthy food ISBN 1 873791 41 0 contact Plymbridge Distributor/BILD.

BILD Campion House, Green Street, Kidderminster
Worcestershire, DY10 1JL
Tel: 01562 723010
Fax: 01562 723029

Also DPPi have useful easy to read leaflet on feeding that comes with the DVD.

Other useful information, please check our Resources and Links section.