If you are starting out breastfeeding your baby there are lots of things it is helpful to know. Often new parents find themselves surrounded by family and friends with more experience of formula feeding than breastmilk, and this can lead to some confusion because babies fed with formula can behave quite differently to breast fed babies. If you aren’t aware of these difference it can lead to more doubts and worries about whether you are producing enough milk or getting feeding

You might have been imaging this moment for months. Bought all the stuff, been to the antenatal classes, spoke to friends and family about babies, and in the last weeks of pregnancy couldn’t wait to meet your baby and start parenting. Suddenly pregnancy is over, baby is here and you are in the postnatal ward together, recovering from birth, finding out changing a nappy on a newborn isn’t quite the same as the doll you practiced on, and figuring out feeding your baby. Whil

This is very much the question that every new parent has. Trying to work out what is normal when it comes to baby sleep can feel really difficult. Society gives us a lot of different expectations and these often don't match up to what newborn sleep usually looks like. Even the friendly sounding question of ‘Are they a good baby?’ is a loaded one. What they're really asking is how well your baby sleeps, because in simple times a good baby sleeps well. In reality there are no

When I teach the feeding class to my antenatal course I always ask what their plans or hopes are for feeding their baby. The answers are varied but usually include that they would like to breastfeed or they hope or plan to try to breastfeed. Often they aren't confident they will breastfeed because they know people who have had difficult journeys before. What can you do before your baby arrives to make sure that you can succeed in the feeding journey you want to have? This

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Right from your baby’s birth you will have advice and information about tummy time. This can be quite prescriptive in terms of how much...

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Once you announce a pregnancy you are often inundated with advice of things to do or not do and as your due date approaches this can...