Feeding and caring for your baby – leaflet library

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If you are looking for information on breastfeeding and caring for your new baby then take a look at the Essential guide to Feeding and caring for your baby in North Somerset. It contains everything you need in the early days including how you will know when your baby is hungry, useful tips on positioning and attaching your baby and where to go for support if needed.

Essential Guide to Feeding & Caring for your Baby 5th edition (PDF, 2 MB)

 

There are also lots of other handy guides on everything from safe sleeping and bonding with your baby to introducing solids and returning to work whilst breastfeeding. If you are offering breastmilk or formula milk in a bottle there is also a guide to safe and effective bottle feeding.

Off to the best start. A guide to help you start breastfeeding.Start for Life – A guide to breastfeedingOff to the best start - A guide to help you start breastfeedingDownload PDF (2 MB)
Start for Life – Guide to bottle feedingEverything you need to know to safely and effectively bottle feed your babyDownload PDF (3 MB)
Unicef – Responsive Bottle FeedingUnicef's Baby Friendly Initiative provides 10 top tips on how to to provide responsive bottle feeding and what formula to choose.Follow link toUnicef – Responsive Bottle Feeding
Caring for your baby at night and when sleeping - A guide for parents.Unicef – Caring for baby at nightFind out how best to care for your baby at night and when sleeping.Download PDF (2 MB)
Start for Life – Time to start solids foods? Wall chartA handy wall chart with lots of information about when and how to introduce solid foods to your babyDownload PDF (1 MB)
Breastfeeding when returning to work or studyInformation and tips on returning to work or study whilst breastfeedingDownload PDF (5 MB)
Five to Thrive – An Introduction for Parents-To-BeThe things you do every day that help your child's growing brainDownload PDF (287 KB)
Five to Thrive – A Guide for Parents & CarersThings you do every day that help your child's brain grow.Download PDF (706 KB)
Five to Thrive – For Parent with ToddlersAs babies become toddlers their brain is fizzing with activity but they are too young to make sense of it. Take a look at this guide to see how you can help.Download PDF (286 KB)
Five to Thrive – A Supplement for Parents of Children with DisabilitiesChildren with disabilities live with extra challenges, they need an adult who is tuned in to their world.Download PDF (319 KB)
ICON – Babies Cry, You Can Cope! LeafetWhen babies cry it can be stressful and overwhelming - help is out there, just askDownload PDF (135 KB)

Further reading

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InformationEat Well tagsInfant Feeding tagsSmokefree Pregnancy tagsWeight Management tagsHealthy Start Scheme- Get Help to Buy Food and Milk by Anna DedmanWhat is Healthy Start? Healthy Start is a scheme to help towards the cost of buying healthy food, milk and…Find out more about 'Healthy Start Scheme- Get Help to Buy Food and Milk'Save Healthy Start Scheme- Get Help to Buy Food and Milk to favourites