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Bottle feeding

Question: Baby crying during feeding

Q: “My daughter is 10 weeks old and cries half way through each feed. She becomes very distressed and is very hard to calm down. She has being doing this for five weeks. My health visitor put her on soya milk which helped for a couple of weeks but the problem has now started again. She…

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Introducing a bottle for feeding

Feeding from a bottle uses a different technique to feeding from the breast, and you may find that your baby takes a little time to get used to it. In fact, some babies seem to be determined that they will never get used to it, and moving to mixed feeding can become a distressing and worrying event. If…

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Are baby bottles toxic? : Bisphenol A

Each year approximately 720, 000 babies are born in the UK, and by 6 weeks old more than three quarters are completely bottle fed, while many more have at least one feed a day from a bottle. However, just how safe is your baby’s bottle? Recent claims suggest that a potentially toxic substance in plastic, known as Bisphenol A, or…

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How to make up a formula milk feed

Making up a formula bottle

Follow the instructions on the formula milk tin carefully. The ratio of powder to water has been carefully calculated to give optimum nutrition. Because powdered infant and follow-on formulas are not sterile they can contain harmful bacteria. So it is important touse hot water, at 70C, to make up the bottles (use fresh tap water to fill the kettle,…

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Pros and cons of Bottle feeding

We look at the pros and cons of bottle feeding PROS The responsibility for feeds can be evenly divided between yourself and your partner. This is particularly useful when you are back at work Sharing the feeding can also mean that fathers enjoy a close bond with babies from the time that they are born, although of…

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Sterilising bottles

It is important to sterilise all feeding equipment regularly. Bottles should be cleaned and sterilised after each feed. This will reduce chances of any bacteria passing to your baby through contaminated bottles. Take bottle and teat apart and rinse them out Wash them in hot water with a weak detergent solution Use a brush to ensure that…

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Making up a bottle : formula milk

Follow the instructions on the formula milk tin carefully. The ratio of powder to water has been carefully calculated to give optimum nutrition. Because powdered infant and follow-on formulas are not sterile they can contain harmful bacteria. So it is important touse hot water, at 70C, to make up the bottles (use fresh tap water to fill the…

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What to do before the birth of your baby

Baby car seat even if you don’t often have the use of a car, a safety seat is vital for when you do travel by car, and you will need it for that first trip home if your baby is being born in hospital. You will not be allowed to drive your home baby without…

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Buying for your baby : check list

Babies have extremely basic requirements you’ll be pleased to know! Most of us don’t need any encouragement when let loose with a catalogue of baby gear or in the baby section of a department store but some things really can wait until after your baby has arrived when you know your baby better. The list below gives you…

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Bring on the bottle

What’s new? Bring on the bottle With the breast versus bottle debate continuing to rage, Steri-bottle claim they can satisfy everyone’s needs with the new baby bottle (from £1.89 for a pack of four), ideal for breast and bottle-fed babies. The Steri-bottle is disposable, pre-sterilised and freezable, so it’s great for breastfeeding mums who are…

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