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How long do you leave a breastfed baby for, without a feed?
How much time should mothers and babies be given in skin-to-skin contact?
How do I create a welcoming atmosphere for breastfeeding?
What is the legal position around breastfeeding in public?
I have heard midwives saying that breastfeeds shouldn’t last longer than 30 minutes?
Are the terms 'foremilk' and 'hindmilk' still used?
What do I do when a clearly tired mother asks for a formula feed at night?
Don't some babies just need formula for their safety and wellbeing?
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If our staff do not meet with representatives from the infant formula industry, how can we keep up to date with changes?
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Why can’t I go to a conference or seminar that is taking money from formula companies?
Should the hospital provide ready to feed formula milk for babies?
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When does antenatal information need to be given by?
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I always find it hard knowing where to start
Should I try to cover all of the information in one session?
Wouldn’t it be easier just to cover it all in parent education classes?
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I haven't received training on breastfeeding. What should I do?
Do all staff members have to attend a recognised UNICEF Baby Friendly course?
Why are practical skills reviews so important?
Do I have to plan 18 hours training? Won’t less do?
As Infant Feeding Co-ordinator I’m going on the UNICEF UK Baby Friendly Initiative 3 day Breastfeeding Management course. Is it worth anyone else from my Trust going too?
I’ve got the Handbook from the breastfeeding management course. Can I use it elsewhere?
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What about bottle feeding mothers?
Why does Baby Friendly not allow group instruction in the making up of infant formula?
What about mothers who choose to formula feed?
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Allergy
Breastfeeding reduces the incidence of allergic disease, particularly eczema, where there is a family history
Breastfeeding reduces the incidence of allergic disease in childhood and adolescence
Exclusive breastfeeding reduces risk of asthma and wheezing
Breastfeeding reduces risk of five types of allergic disease
Exclusive breastfeeding protects against allergic diseases
Does maternal diet, breastfeeding and the timing of the introduction of solid diet impact upon the development of atopic disease in infants and children?
Review concludes that breastfeeding protects against allergic disease
Longer breastfeeding linked to reduced atopic dermatitis and asthma
Exclusive breastfeeding leads to reduction in asthma and atopy at age 6
Asthma
Breastfeeding reduces the incidence of allergic disease in childhood and adolescenceBreastfeeding & allergic disease, Saarinen 1995
Exclusive breastfeeding reduces risk of asthma and wheezing
Breastfeeding reduces risk of five types of allergic disease
Exclusive breastfeeding protects against asthma
Dutch study demonstrates breastfeeding protects against asthma regardless of parental history
Breastfeeding for at least four months increases lung volume in children
Does maternal diet, breastfeeding and the timing of the introduction of solid diet impact upon the development of atopic disease in infants and children?
Longer breastfeeding linked to reduced atopic dermatitis and asthma
Exclusive breastfeeding leads to reduction in asthma and atopy at age 6
Breastfeeding reduces risk of developing asthma-related symptoms
Breastfeeding protects against current asthma up to six years of age
Baby Friendly Initiative
Bed-sharing and infant sleep
Bed sharing leads to more breastfeeding and may protect against SIDS
Study shows that bed sharing is common and supports breastfeeding
Study finds that co-sleeping supports breastfeeding
Bed sharing associated with longer breastfeeding: parents should get clear information
Infant sleep location on the postnatal ward
Bed sharing is common and may help breastfeeding
Breastfeeding mothers get more sleep when co-sleeping
Relationship between bed sharing and breastfeeding: Longitudinal, population-based analysis
Randomised trial of sidecar crib use on breastfeeding duration (NECOT)
Blood pressure
Exclusive breastfeeding reduces risk of high blood pressure
Does breastfeeding protect against obesity and raised blood pressure?
New evidence of the health benefits of breastfeeding
Systematic review confirms that breastfeeding reduces blood pressure
Breastfeeding reduces blood pressure at age 5
Breastfeeding reduces blood pressure at age 7
Breastfeeding is associated with lower blood pressure in childhood
Impact of lactation on the incidence of maternal hypertension
Bone density
Breastfeeding for more than 8 months is associated with greater bone mineral density in mothers
Evidence concerning bone mineral loss and recovery in breastfeeding mothers suggests 6 months' breastfeeding incurs best recovery
Not breastfeeding doubles the risk of hip fracture in women over 65
Breastfeeding protects against bone mineral loss in next pregnancy
Breastfeeding results in no net loss of bone for mothers
Mothers' bone mineral density increases after breastfeeding
Breastfeeding protects bone mineral density
Lactation may protect the bone health of adolescent mothers
Early nutrition appears to be positively linked to bone health in adolescence
Breast cancer
Breastfeeding history is an important factor in reducing the risk of breast cancer
Breastfeeding reduces the risk of developing breast cancer in young women
Breastfeeding reduces the risk of pre-menopausal breast cancer
One study finds no protective effect of breastfeeding against breast cancer
Breastfeeding reduces risk of breast cancer
Review shows that more breastfeeding increases protection against developing breast cancer at any age
Further evidence of the positive impact of breastfeeding on the incidence of pre-menopausal breast cancer and epithelial ovarian cancer
Landmark report recommends breastfeeding to prevent cancer
Childhood cancers
Breastfeeding may reduce risk of childhood cancers
Review shows that risk of Hodgkin's disease is reduced by breastfeeding for six months or more
Breastfeeding may reduce the risk of childhood acute leukaemia
Meta-analysis concludes that breastfeeding reduces risk of childhood leukaemia
Cholesterol levels
Breastfeeding lowers plasma cholesterol at age 32, especially in women
Breastfeeding reduces risk factors for heart disease in middle age
Breastfeeding may have long-term benefits for cardiovascular health
Breastfed babies have lower cholesterol levels as adults
New evidence of the health benefits of breastfeeding
Breastmilk in infancy leads to reduced cholesterol levels in adolescence
Cot death
Research shows no additional risk for cot death from bottle feeding
Relationship between bed sharing and breastfeeding
Bed sharing leads to more breastfeeding and may protect against SIDS
Possible protective effects of bed sharing against SIDS through enhanced infant arousal and infant-maternal interaction
Research concludes no increase in risk of cot death from bed sharing for infants over 14 weeks with non-smoking parents
Research suggests a link between bottle feeding and cot death
Some evidence that breastfeeding may reduce the risk of cot death
Study draws link between increased risk of SIDS and alcohol or drug use when co-sleeping
Does breastfeeding reduce the risk of Sudden Infant Death Syndrome?
Benefits and harms associated with bed-sharing
Mother-infant co-sleeping
Epidemiological changes in SIDS, Blair 2006
Breastfeeding and reduced risk of Sudden Infant Death Syndrome: A meta-analysis
Infant care practices related to sudden infant death syndrome in South Asian and White British families in the UK
Infant care practices related to sudden infant death syndrome in South Asian and White British families in the UK
Dehydration
Hydration status of near-term breastfed babies during the first week of life
Breastfeeding malnutrition; reducing incidence by audit and change in practice
Impact of an early weighing policy on neonatal hypernatraemic dehydration and breastfeeding
Screening for hypernatraemic dehydration
Dental health
Longer breastfeeding reduces dental malocclusion
Sucking habits increase dental malocclusion
Prolonged dummy sucking affects dental occlusion
Evidence that breastfeeding leads to good dental occlusion and well-formed dental arches
Evidence regarding breastfeeding and early childhood dental caries is not conclusive
Study confirms that breastfeeding is not associated with increased incidence of dental caries
Non-nutritive sucking and bottle feeding affect dental occlusion
Breastfeeding for more than six months may protect children from developing fluorosis
Breastfeeding and non-nutritive sucking patterns related to the prevalence of anterior open bite in primary dentition
Diabetes
Breastfeeding reduces risk of insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus
Exclusive breastfeeding reduces risk of insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus
Possible link between cows’ milk protein and insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus
Meta-analysis shows protective effect of breastfeeding against insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus
Cows’ milk as a possible trigger for insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus
Breastfeeding reduces risk of type 2 diabetes mellitus in children and adolescents
The importance of an early first breastfeed for babies of diabetic mothers
CEMACH report confirms benefits of Baby Friendly practices to babies of diabetic mothers
Exclusive breastfeeding reduces risk of diabetes
Does breastfeeding influence the risk of type 2 diabetes?
Breastfeeding may reduce mother’s risk of type 2 diabetes
Longer breastfeeding protects mothers against type 2 diabetes
Breastfeeding shown to reduce the risk of type 1 diabetes
Longer exclusive breastfeeding protects against type 1 diabetes
Breastfeeding reduces risk of maternal type 2 diabetes
New evidence of the health benefits of breastfeeding
Insulin dynamics of breast- or formula-fed overweight and obese children
Breastfeeding protects against type 1 diabetes mellitus
Higher intensity of lactation associated with improved fasting glucose and lower insulin levels in women with gestational diabetes mellitus
Ear infections
Breastfeeding reduces risk of ear infections
Breastfeeding reduces risk of ear infections
Breastfeeding reduces risk of ear infections in infants with cleft palate
Pacifier use is a risk factor for ear infections
Eczema
Breastfeeding reduces the incidence of allergic disease, particularly eczema, where there is a family history
150 children were studied up to the age of 17 years to determine the effect on atopic disease of breastfeeding.
Breastfeeding reduces risk of five types of allergic disease
Does maternal diet, breastfeeding and the timing of the introduction of solid diet impact upon the development of atopic disease in infants and children?
Longer breastfeeding linked to reduced atopic dermatitis and asthma
Gastro-intestinal illness
Breastfeeding reduces the risk of gastrointestinal infections
Breastfeeding reduces infant hospitalisation
New evidence of the health benefits of breastfeeding
Exclusive breastfeeding reduces gastrointestinal infections
Breastfeeding & coeliac disease - review, Akobeng 2006
Breastfeeding reduces Helicobacter Pylori infection at age 50
Breastfeeding reduces risk of Crohn's disease and ulcerative colitis
Early cessation of breastfeeding increases risk of diarrhoea
Protective effect of exclusive breastfeeding against infections during infancy: a prospective study
Breastfeeding Reduces the Risk of Infectious Diseases
Impact of preparation on bacteria in infant formula
Six months exclusive breastfeeding reduces the risk of gastroenteritis
GP Consultations
Breastfed babies see their GP less often than formula-fed babies
Decision making regarding prescribing for breastfeeding mums
Growth
Impact of an early weighing policy on neonatal hypernatraemic dehydration and breastfeeding
Does breastfeeding method influence infant weight gain?
New WHO growth charts from birth to 2 years: results of a field test in Canada
Ongoing benefits of receiving breastmilk in very low birth weight babies
Breastfeeding associated with lower risk of being overweight
Weight charts – do they influence breastfeeding behaviour?
Ineffective sucking most likely cause of faltering growth
Breastmilk improves cognitive skills
Kangaroo Care improves physical growth and breastfeeding
Study shows increased height amongst adults who breastfed
Long chain polyunsaturated fatty acids added to formula appear to affect growth but not to significantly enhance intelligence
Review finds significant benefits of skin-to-skin contact
Exclusive breastfeeding fulfills energy requirements for first six months
Heart disease
Breastfeeding reduces risk factors for heart disease in middle age
Breastfeeding may have long-term benefits for cardiovascular health
Does breastfeeding improve vascular function in later childhood?
Is breastfeeding beneficial for maternal cardiovascular health?
Breastfeeding linked to lower risk of atherosclerosis
Systematic review confirms that breastfeeding reduces blood pressure
Breastfeeding reduces risk of ischaemic cardio-vascular disease
Breastmilk in infancy leads to reduced cholesterol levels in adolescence
Exclusive breastfeeding associated with improved cardiovascular fitness in children and adolescents
HIV
Mixed feeding carries highest risk of HIV-1 transmission
Research Evidence on Breastfeeding and HIV-1 transmission
Appropriate feeding methods for infants of HIV infected mothers in sub-Saharan Africa
Exclusive breastfeeding carries lower risk of HIV transmission than mixed feeding
Hypoglycaemia
CEMACH report confirms benefits of Baby Friendly practices to babies of diabetic mothers
Hypoglycaemia policy guidelines
Infant mortality
Breastfeeding may support earlier hospital discharge for moderately preterm infants
Does breastfeeding protect against substantiated child abuse and neglect?
Increasing paid maternity leave to one year could cut UK infant death rate by 6.8%
Breastfeeding found to reduce the risk of death in infancy
The management of late preterm infants
Infant nutrition
Powdered infant formula is commonly contaminated with bacterial organisms
Breastfeeding may support earlier hospital discharge for moderately preterm infants
Review reveals urgent need to minimise the risk of incorrect preparation of infant formula
Infant nutrition and the impact on public health
"Fussy" infants more likely to receive food before 4 months
Nutrient adequacy of breastfeeding - WHO
Premature delivery influences the immunological composition of colostrum and transitional and mature human milk
Methods of introducing solid food and the impact on food preferences and body mass index
Interventions that promote breastfeeding
Systematic review of interventions to promote the initiation of breastfeeding
Breastfeeding support in neonatal units – a systematic review of the evidence and economic analysis
Use of a deprivation measurement – the Indices of Multiple Deprivation to enable targeted breastfeeding support
Maternity Care Assistants facilitate family-focused breastfeeding support
Processes contributing to breastfeeding success
How much do hospital practices affect breastfeeding?
Impact of two interventions on initiation and maintenance of breastfeeding
Impact of education on breastfeeding support provided by health visitors
Breastfeeding support: what works?
A systematic review of education and evidence-based practice interventions with health professionals and breastfeeding counsellors
Could the scent of mother’s own expressed breastmilk improve breastfeeding in preterm infants?
Does expressing breastmilk enhance duration of breastfeeding?
Educating health visitors increases breastfeeding rates
Teenagers base feeding choices on what is "acceptable"
Enhanced staff contact helps mothers of small infants
Telephone peer support for improves breastfeeding outcomes
Healthcare professionals' and mothers' perceptions of factors that influence decisions to breastfeed or formula feed infants: a comparative study
Randomised trial compares hand expression with breast pumping
Breastfeeding can reduce impact of social inequality
Influence of childcare arrangements on breastfeeding outcomes
Structured breastfeeding programmes in maternity services shown to improve breastfeeding rates
Mental development
Breastfeeding enhances cognitive development
Breastfeeding leads to greater intelligence
Meta-analysis shows that breastfeeding enhances cognitive development
More breastfeeding leads to better achievement of developmental milestones in motor skills and language
More breastfeeding leads to greater intelligence in adulthood
Long chain polyunsaturated fatty acids added to formula appear to affect growth but not to significantly enhance intelligence
Sucrose as analgesic linked to poorer mental development
Prolonged and exclusive breastfeeding improves children’s cognitive development
Does breastfeeding affect child behaviour and maternal adjustment?
New evidence confirms breastfeeding link to higher IQ
Breastfeeding has a beneficial effect on mental development
Breastfeeding reduces risk of developmental delay
Breastfeeding improves developmental outcomes
Breastfeeding duration and academic achievement at 10 years
Breastfeeding may have protective effect on mental health
Doubt cast on the role of DHA in breastmilk and fortified formula in increasing intelligence
Does breastfeeding reduce the risk of epilepsy?
The effect of breastfeeding on children's educational test scores at nine years of age: Results of an Irish cohort study
Breastfeeding is associated with improved child cognitive development
Long-chain polyunsaturated fatty acids in colostrum, and infant mental development
Iron-Fortified vs Low-Iron Infant Formula: Developmental Outcome at 10 Years
Demand feeding associated with improved cognitive development but lower maternal wellbeing
Mental health
Exclusive breastfeeding associated with better sleep
Does breastfeeding impact on parenting capability?
Does breastfeeding protect against substantiated child abuse and neglect?
Does breastfeeding affect child behaviour and maternal adjustment?
Sucrose analgesia may put preterm infants at risk
Breastfeeding protects mothers against stress
Breastfeeding may protect against schizophrenia
Treatment for postnatal depression impacts on breastfeeding
Breastfeeding may have protective effect on mental health
Breastfeeding and child behaviour in the Millennium Cohort Study
Maternal depression associated with compromised weight gain in breastfed newborns
Breastfeeding reduces maternal stress to aid protective response
Miscellaneous
Breastfeeding may protect against multiple sclerosis
Breastfeeding may protect against acute appendicitis
Breastfeeding may protect against the need for tonsillectomy
Powdered infant formula is commonly contaminated with bacterial organisms
Association between drugs used in labour and lower breastfeeding rates
Exclusive breastfeeding may protect against Multiple Sclerosis relapse
Differing results from two different studies looking at the impact of dummy use
Does breastfeeding reduce the impact of maternal methadone use on the neonate?
Does exclusive breastfeeding for 6 months impact upon iron status of term healthy neonates?
Effect of vacuum level when expressing breastmilk with electric breast pump
Effect of preterm birth and antenatal corticosteroid treatment on Lactogenesis II
New review of the evidence on preterm breastfeeding published by WHO
Can breastfeeding continue following a diagnosis of phenylketonuria?
Cup feeding versus other forms of supplemental enteral feeding for newborn infants unable to fully breastfeed.
Donor breast milk versus infant formula for preterm infants: systematic review and meta-analysis
New evidence of the health benefits of breastfeeding
Some babies may be at risk of vitamin D deficiency
Breastfeeding reduces hospital admissions
Legal loophole allows banned formula advertising to mothers
Breastmilk reduces DNA damage in very low birthweight infants
Exclusive breastfeeding protects against infections
Breastfeeding reduces the risk of fever after immunisation
Breastfeeding, brain activation to own infant cry, and maternal sensitivity
Breastfeeding by mothers carrying the Hepatitis B virus
Review of dummy use and its potential impact on breastfeeding
Effect of pacifier use on breastfeeding duration
Circumventing the WHO Code? An observational study
Prospective national study of sudden and unexpected postnatal collapse
Differences in enteral feeding practices – An international survey
Fathers’ involvement in childcare and perceived skill as a parent
Necrotising enterocolitis
Breastmilk protects against necrotising enterocolitis (NEC)
Possible mechanism by which breastmilk protects against neonatal necrotizing enterocolitis
Obesity
Breastfeeding protects against childhood obesity
Breastfeeding reduces risk of overweight in older childhood and adolescence
Evidence for protective effect of breastfeeding on risk of overweight in childhood is not proven
Overweight at age 7 is linked to rate of weight gain in the first 4 months of life
Breastfeeding reduces risk of childhood obesity
Breastfed infants are less likely to be obese or overweight at ages 6 to 14
Breastfeeding reduces obesity in middle-aged mothers
Breastfeeding was not associated with reduction in child obesity in Belarus
Does breastfeeding help mothers to lose weight gained during pregnancy?
Further evidence of the impact of breastfeeding on childhood obesity
Duration of breastfeeding linked to reduced obesity risk
Does breastfeeding protect against obesity and raised blood pressure?
Does obesity impact on breastfeeding success?
Does maternal obesity impact on breastfeeding outcomes?
New evidence of the health benefits of breastfeeding
Breastfeeding associated with lower risk of being overweight
Breastfeeding for 6 months or more protects against elevated weight gain in infancy and may reduce later obesity
Breastfeeding may improve self-regulation of children's energy intake.
Dietary trans fatty acid intake and its effect on adiposity
Exclusive breastfeeding linked with less pre-school obesity
Breastfeeding protects against adolescent obesity
Early bottle-feeding impacts on ability to self-regulate
Timing of solid food introduction and the risk of obesity
Landmark report recommends breastfeeding to prevent cancer
Research shows some evidence of protective effect of breastfeeding against obesity
Ovarian cancer
Breastfeeding reduces risk of ovarian cancer
Breastfeeding reduces risk of ovarian cancer
Further evidence of the positive impact of breastfeeding on the incidence of pre-menopausal breast cancer and epithelial ovarian cancer
Landmark report recommends breastfeeding to prevent cancer
Breastfeeding reduces the risk of certain types of ovarian cancer
Pain relief in babies
Breastfeeding provides optimum pain control during heel prick testing for neonates
Impact of the odour of mothers’ own breastmilk on neonatal pain
Breastfeeding reduces pain scores in term infants undergoing neonatal screening
Breastfeeding reduces pain in neonates as effectively as other methods
Breastfeeding and breastmilk reduce pain in neonates
Respiratory illness
Breastfeeding and lower respiratory tract illness in the first year of life
Breastfeeding protects against wheezing in non-atopic children
Exclusive breastfeeding reduces risk of respiratory infections, wheeze, excessive weight and high blood pressure
Early cessation of breastfeeding significantly increases the risk of respiratory illness
Breastfeeding may support earlier hospital discharge for moderately preterm infants
Breastfeeding reduces infant hospitalisation
Exclusive breastfeeding reduces the risk of respiratory disease by two thirds
Meta-analysis shows triple risk of hospitalisation for respiratory disease in developed countries if babies are not breastfed
Prolonged and exclusive breastfeeding reduces the risk of infectious diseases in infancy
Rheumatoid arthritis
Breastfeeding may protect against rheumatoid arthritis
Breastfeeding may reduce mothers’ risk of rheumatoid arthritis
Women who breastfeed have lower risk of rheumatoid arthritis
Septicaemia
Early full enteral feeding with human milk significantly reduces the risk of septicaemia
Skin-to-skin contact
Early skin-to-skin contact positively impacts on mother-infant interaction at age 1 year
Skin-to-skin contact at birth increases the duration of exclusive breastfeeding
Review finds significant benefits of skin-to-skin contact
Kangaroo Care improves physical growth and breastfeeding
Support for breastfeeding
Breastfeeding support in neonatal units – a systematic review of the evidence and economic analysis
Maternity Care Assistants facilitate family-focussed breastfeeding support
Processes contributing to breastfeeding success
How much do hospital practices affect breastfeeding?
Impact of two interventions on initiation and maintenance of breastfeeding
What constitutes effective support for breastfeeding mothers?
Impact of education on breastfeeding support provided by health visitors
Breastfeeding support – what works?
Clinical review of breastfeeding – benefits and some management practices
Support for breastfeeding – A systematic review
Better breastfeeding training provision required
Infant nutrition and the impact on public health
US study shows breastfeeding saves lives and money
Exploration of the attitudes and experiences of UK mothers who chose to breastfeed exclusively
Feeding support needs to be more woman-centred
Evaluation of telephone support provided by a postnatal ward feeding team for mothers in a disadvantaged area
Tongue tie
Dividing tongue ties improves attachment and reduces pain during breastfeeding
Tongue tie division leads to greater breastfeeding success
Tongue tie division improves breastfeeding success
Frenotomy for infants with tongue tie improves breastfeeding ability and maternal nipple pain
Urinary tract infections
Breastfeeding reduces risk of urinary tract infection
Breastfeeding reduces the risk of urinary tract infections in childhood
Exclusive breastfeeding protects against infections
Wheeze
Breastfeeding protects against wheezing in non-atopic children
Exclusive breastfeeding reduces risk of respiratory infections, wheeze, excessive weight and high blood pressure
Exclusive breastfeeding reduces risk of asthma and wheezing
Early cessation of breastfeeding significantly increases the risk of respiratory illness
Does maternal diet, breastfeeding and the timing of the introduction of solid diet impact upon the development of atopic disease in infants and children?
News
Newsletters
May 2012 - Issue 33
June 2011 - Issue 32
Resources
Going Baby Friendly
Audit
Audit tools to monitor breastfeeding support
Forms and checklists
Antenatal checklist
Breastfeeding assessment form
Postnatal checklists
Practical skills review forms
New guidance for antenatal and postnatal conversations
Learning about breastfeeding
Skin to skin contact
Writing policies and guidelines
Implementation Guidance
Developing a breastfeeding strategy
Hypoglycaemia policy guidelines
Sample breastfeeding policies
Sample parents' guides to the breastfeeding policy
Writing a breastfeeding policy
Best practice standards for neonatal units
A guide for health workers to working within the International Code of Marketing of Breastmilk Substitutes
Training resources
E-learning for GPs
Teaching packs for paediatric medical staff
Guidance on writing a curriculum
Teaching Breastfeeding Skills DVD
Breastfeeding management course workbook
Word-free picture pack for teaching breastfeeding
Leaflets and posters
Off to the best start
Introducing solid foods
Caring for your baby at night
Guide to bottle feeding
A guide to infant formula for parents who are bottle feeding
Reduce the risk of cot death
Breastfeeding at study or work
Preparing a bottle feed using baby milk powder
Sterilising baby feeding equipment
'Welcome to breastfeed here' poster
Breastfeeding your baby
An introduction to the Baby Friendly Initiative
Feeding your new baby
UNICEF leaflets in braille
Expressing and storing breastmilk (BfN)
Baby Tom's first week - leaflet (BfN)
Tongue tie and infant feeding (LCGB)
Weaning your breastfed baby onto solid foods (ABM)
Feeding twins, triplets and more (MBF)
Caring for your baby at night
Audio/Video
General reference
Department of Health breastfeeding care pathway - For Health Professionals
Medications and Mothers' Milk
Promoting, protecting and supporting breastfeeding – An introduction to the Baby Friendly Initiative
Co-ordinated introduction of best practice for breastfeeding across a local authority area
Global Strategy for Infant and Young Child Feeding
Department of Health breastfeeding care pathway - For mothers
Books
Medications and Mother's Milk 2012
Resources in other languages
Arabic leaflets and posters
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Chinese leaflets and posters
French leaflets and posters
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