The ‘Essential guide to feeding and caring for your baby in Dorset’ is now available. This new 2018 edition has up-to-date information from Unicef Baby Friendly Iniative and the latest details about local breastfeeding groups in the Dorset area. Printed copies of the guide will be avaiable in April. Download the Dorset Essential guide as … Read more…
Why express by hand? It can be used to help the baby attach to the breast It can help to prevent or relieve engorgement It is particularly useful for milk in very small quantities, e.g. colostrum It can be used to help clear blocked ducts It can be more effective than a pump It’s free! … Read more…
The Real Baby Milk Essential guide to feeding & caring for your baby is a fantastic resource to help new and established families. The guide covers breastfeeding, babies brain development, support if you are not breastfeeding or wanting to introduce formula to a breastfed baby. This exciting sale is on all orders of 500 copies … Read more…
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…