Breast is best
Breast milk is the best milk for babies. Breast milk provides the ideal balanced nutrition and protection for your baby. Maternal nutritional requirements increase during pregnancy and breastfeeding. Therefore mothers’ diets should include a wide variety of nutritious food and healthy snacks.
If you are considering bottle feeding, always seek professional advice as once bottle feeding has commenced it can be difficult to revert to breast feeding. Partial bottle feeding may also adversely affect breastfeeding by reducing the supply of breast milk. Always use and prepare infant formula as directed by the manufacturer; unnecessary or improper use of infant formula can be hazardous to the health of your baby.
Before using infant formula, always consider the social and financial implications, such as issues of convenience and cost to the household of using infant formula for at least 12 months. If you are considering using infant formula, it is important to discuss this with a health professional.
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A balanced diet: why this works wonders for your baby
Balanced diets are important, no matter how old you are. For bright, growing babies it’s responsible for fuelling their development.
Here are a few reasons why you need to give them a varied, balanced diet:
Nutrition - introducing a variety of foods will encourage them to eat well and it’s more likely they’ll be getting all the goodness they need.
Growing bodies - new textures and learning to chew helps your baby develop fine motor skills, as well as develop their jaw and muscles they use for speech. Finger foods can improve hand eye coordination.
Learning - meal times are an opportunity for fun and exploration – it’s a chance for them to explore new flavours and textures and become interested in food.
Acceptance - having a varied diet from a young age that could set them up with a lifetime of healthy eating habits. It might also limit any fussy eating that can start to show later on.