Supporting you to become the parent you want to be
Info Centre - Feeding your baby
- Breastfeeding - a good start
- The text on this page is taken from the NCT booklet 'Breastfeeding - a good start'.
- Breastfeeding and your nipples
- This NCT Information Sheet is for women who are breastfeeding or who are planning to breastfeed and who wish to avoid problems.
- Breastfeeding - an introduction
- This page provides an introduction to breastfeeding your baby.
- Breastfeeding: how long?
- This NCT Information Sheet looks at the benefits of continuing to breastfeed your baby beyond six months. The sheet looks at how you may feel about breastfeeding an older baby, breastfeeding in public places, and also how to go about ending breastfeeding.
- Breastfeeding step-by-step
- Until a baby is six months, breastmilk provides all your baby needs to grow and develop. This sheet describes key pointers for effective attachment at the breast, when you are in a sitting or side-lying position.
- Cup-drinking
- Babies and children need to drink regularly - but what should they be drinking? And how should they drink it? This page looks at the options.
- Expressing and storing your milk when away from your baby or returning to work
- This booklet gives you the practical information you need to feed your baby with your own expressed breastmilk.
- Fathers and Breastfeeding
- This NCT Information Sheet takes looks at breastfeeding from a father's viewpoint, addressing any concerns men may have about their partner breastfeeding and gives suggestions as to how men can support their partner to breastfeed.
- Feeding using a bottle
- Baby feeding bottles can be used to give expressed breastmilk or formula to a baby when you are not with your baby to breastfeed or when you are using formula. This page looks at the different options, and also the safety issues involved.
- Making a decision
- Making a decision
- Mixed-feeding your baby
- This page provides information on mixed-feeding your baby.
- NCT fact sheet on Bisphenol A
- NCT fact sheet on Bisphenol A
- Reasons to be proud
- This sheet lists just some of the ways that breastfeeding makes a difference to both mothers and babies.
- Supporting breastfeeding
- This page contains information on how fathers, friends, family and employers can help to support breastfeeding women.
- Swine flu - your questions answered
- This document provides pregnant women, their partners, and parents of babies and young children with information about how pandemic swine flu might affect their pregnancy, the health of their baby, or their own health.
- The role of a midwife
- This page provides information on the role of a midwife, how they work, and what you can expect from them.
- Thinking about baby-feeding?
- This page provides information on the different options for feeding your baby.
- Using infant formula: your questions answered
- The information gives factual information about formula. There is also a step-by-step guide to making up a formula bottle according to up-to-date safety guidance.
- When do I introduce solids to my baby?
- This NCT Information Sheet looks at helping you decide when your baby is ready for solids.
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