Introducing your baby to foods other than breastmilk (or formula) is an exciting new stage of development. Lots of parents look forward to it, but some may worry about getting it right and continuing to help their baby to be as happy and healthy as possible. Read our top tips for the latest advice to … Read more…
Real Baby Milk has worked closely with the Neonatal Unit in the Royal Cornwall Hospital Truro, since the 2013 Hospital Peer Support project. In 2013 we worked closely with the unit to develop a Neonatal edition of the Essential Guide to feeding and caring for your baby. More recent work has included providing NNU-specific and … Read more…
Hospital Peer Supporters in Truro may have noticed a new system, for flagging up mums and babies who need a little more support and attention with feeding on Wheal Fortune recently. It is possible too that community groups will start to see mums and babies who have been part of this system so we thought it … Read more…
Campaign success! Full-time Infant Feeding Coordinator Post in Cornwall will NOT be lost. Helen Shanahan and Stephanie Heard would like to record their heartfelt thanks to everyone who signed the change.org petition and offered their support and good wishes during the campaign to continue their work as Infant Feeding Coordinators for Cornwall. Mums and families … Read more…
Taken from our brand new Cornwall Essential guide to feeding and caring for your baby, here are details on one of the most popular breastfeeding positions, the cross cradle. There are several ways to hold a baby to breastfeed, and we hope you find this guide to them useful – but it is important to … Read more…
Taken from our brand new Cornwall Essential guide to feeding and caring for your baby, here are details on one of the most popular breastfeeding positions, the cradle. There are several ways to hold a baby to breastfeed, and we hope you find this guide to them useful – but it is important to note … Read more…
Your baby’s brain is still very much a ‘work in progress’ when he or she is born and a huge amount of brain development continues in the first 2 years of life. We know that interaction between babies and parents has a long term and lasting impact on a baby’s social and emotional development. All … Read more…
Emotive display of support outside board meeting Mums with little ones, Grandparents, Dads, breastfeeding Peer Support Volunteers and Health Care Professionals gathered outside a public meeting yesterday to express their concern to reports that the full-time post of Infant Feeding Coordinator (IFC), funded by the CFT, was under threat. The strength of feeling was very … Read more…
Stephanie Heard, Infant Feeding coordinator and Health visitor in Cornwall talks to Real Baby Milk about Peer Supporters involvement in the new antenatal programme, Bump to Baby
Thrush is a common and harmless yeast infection in a baby’s mouth that can affect your nipples during breastfeeding. Yeast is a normal part of everyone’s digestive system, but when there’s an overgrowth, an infection sets in. Please see our popular Audioboom about Thrush above and there are more details on the symtoms, causes and treatment below. … Read more…