Is Your Baby Getting Enough?

Breastfeeding requires approximately 2000 kilojoules extra each day compared with if you were not breastfeeding. This is a lot of extra food (and fluid) to fit in!

A few select babies may have specific dietary needs, and there are a number of specialised baby formulas on the market which are made specifically with these formula fed babies needs in mind.

Check out these four tried-and-tested breastfeeding holds that help you both relax and encourage your baby to latch on well.  Which one works best for you?

Our immune system is responsible for filtering everything we come into contact with – from food, to dust particles, to bacteria.

Almost all mum’s want to breastfeed.

Manufacturers and importers of infant formula, otherwise known as baby formula, may be bound to some very important codes of marketing and advertising.

Breastfeeding is nature’s intended way to feed a baby and has a number of health benefits for both mum and baby.

Did you know…? Breastfeeding directly from your breast, helps to protect your baby’s ability to drink only as much as they need. 
 

The first few months in particular you will notice huge changes in your baby’s growth and development; there is truth in the cliché ‘they grow so quickly’.

There are many parents out there just like you, who have for whatever reason, decided not to breastfeed, and given this is to be an unlikely easy decision, it’s important to know what support is th

Extraordinary changes take place during the first 1000 days of your baby’s life. By your baby’s first birthday they will have tripled their birth weight and increased in length by half!

Breast milk has everything going for it: it meets your newborn baby's nutritional needs perfectly and changes its composition as the months go by and your baby's needs change.

Feeding directly off the breast is ideal, but there may be times in which you need to express and give your baby the goodness of breastmilk, out of a bottle.

Baby formulas will never be equal to breast milk, however they have been formulated to provide a similar pattern of nutrients to support normal growth and development when breast milk is not availa

Breast milk is truly amazing! Did you know that the composition of breast milk changes depending on the age of your baby