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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Pulling up to stand: getting closer to those first steps
Get ready for one of the most exciting milestones - this is your baby learning to stand, and eventually walk!
At this stage their balance won’t be great and their legs are too little to support them, but your baby will happily stand with your help.
You can also expect to see your baby pull themselves up to a standing position by using furniture to support them. They might even cruise from one piece of furniture to another while they hang on. When you see this you know they’re well on their way to walking on their own.