Feeding Baby

Having a new baby is one of the most amazing times of your life, but it can also be a challenge!

To help, our nutritionists and dieticians have pulled together some articles featuring feeding advice and nutritional explanations according to different age groups that are relevant to your baby’s growth and development.

Remember if you need clarification, always contact your child health nurse.

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Swallowing and Chewing

For the first few months, your baby can only suck. As part of the sucking mechanism, a baby's tongue pushes outwards, and this is called the extrusion reflex.

Gluten Free Foods

Gluten is a protein found mainly in wheat, oats, barley and rye. The condition where gluten must be avoided in the diet is called coeliac disease, if a child has this condition it will tend to be picked up when bread and wheat based cereals are introduced, usually after 9 months of age.

Why your baby needs iron

Iron is an essential mineral that babies need so that they can grow and develop normally. It is found in every cell in the body and helps to carry oxygen in the blood stream to all parts of the body, where it is used as energy.

First Foods (not before 4 months)

You have survived the first few months as a new parent and life is probably starting to take on some order at last. You are able to venture out and possibly have even enjoyed an evening out with your partner.

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