Feeding your baby

All you need to know about getting ready to feed your baby, including how to do it and common problems

Breastfeeding

  1. Feeding your baby: the first few days
  2. The importance of breastfeeding
  3. Breastfeeding during pregnancy
  4. Breastfeeding after a caesarean section
  5. Alcohol and breastfeeding
  6. Breastfeeding with flat or inverted nipples
  7. Expressing and pumping
  8. Breastfeeding twins or triplets
  9. Your first breast milk or 'colostrum'
  10. Combination feeding - Breast milk and formula
  11. Your baby's first feed
  12. Positioning and attachment
  13. How to tell if your newborn is getting enough breast milk
  14. Common myths

Bottle feeding

  1. How to give a bottle
  2. How to prepare equipment
  3. Adding to a bottle
  4. Bottle feeds away from home
  5. Using a bottle to give expressed milk

Premature babies

  1. Feeding your premature baby: the first few days
  2. Feeding options and supplements for your premature baby
  3. Feeding and monitoring your premature baby at home