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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Formula after six months – what should I be using?
When your baby is six months old, you can use follow-on formula. Follow on formula is designed to be used along with solids. However, if your baby is already established on a starter formula, then it’s fine to continue on this. It’s still suitable right through the first year.
Follow on formulas are mostly casein dominant (a type of protein) and Heinz Nurture Follow-on Formula has higher levels of iron, protein and other nutrients compared with Heinz Nurture starter formula. Higher nutrient levels mean follow-on formula isn’t suitable for infants younger than six months. There are two follow-on formulas in the Nurture® range: Nurture Follow-On® and Nurture Gold Follow-On®