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Feeding your baby

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

Preparing to feed your baby

  1. How to prepare before the birth
  2. Preparing for breastfeeding while pregnant
  3. Deciding to bottle feed your baby from birth

Breastfeeding: the early days

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

Bottle feeding: the early days

  1. How to prepare equipment
  2. Preparing baby formula
  3. How to give a bottle
  4. Types of formula milk
  5. Using a bottle to give expressed milk
  6. Adding to a bottle
  7. Bottle feeds away from home
  8. Deciding to bottle feed your baby from birth

Combination feeding

  1. Combination feeding - Breast milk and formula

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