Infant feeding resources

Breastfeeding information

• Off to the best start: important information about feeding your baby
  
• Collecting colostrum while pregnant (pdf)
• Growing your baby's brain (pdf)
  
• Hand expressing - OUH YouTube
• Best Beginnings: From Bump to Breastfeeding
  
• Positioning and attachment - OUH YouTube
  
• Expressing and how to use a breast pump - OUH YouTube
• Video: Breastfeeding in the First Hours - Global Health Media
  
• Video: Attaching Your Baby at the Breast - Global Health Media
  

How to know your baby is feeding well

• Four reliable signs that your baby is getting enough milk - OUH YouTube
• Breastfeeding assessment form (pdf, 26 KB)
  
• UNICEF UK Baby Friendly Initiative - Bottle Feeding Assessment Tool (pdf)
  
• What's in a nappy? How to know your baby is feeding well (NCT information sheet) (pdf, 2 MB)
  

Bottle feeding information (breast milk or formula)

• Infant milks: information for parents and carers - First Steps Nutrition Trust
  
• Infant formula and responsive bottle feeding - UNICEF
• Growing your baby's brain (pdf)
  
• Guide to bottle feeding leaflet - UNICEF
  
• How do I help my baby to feed from a bottle? (pdf, 25 KB)
  
• Responsive bottle feeding and alternative feeding methods - OUH YouTube

Guidance on infant formula

The Chief Medical Officer and Director for Public Health Nursing in England have written to health professionals to restate existing guidance on preparing infant formula following some recent public debate about preparing formula at a temperature below 70°C.

"We would like to reiterate that the position of the Department of Health and the Food Standards Agency is, that it is best practice to make up infant feeds by reconstituting formula powder using water at a temperature of 70°C or above. This guidance is in line with World Health Organization recommendations and aims to ensure that the potential microbiological risks associated with these products are kept to a minimum."

Safer sleep

• How to reduce the risk of SIDS - The Lullaby Trust
  
• The baby sleep info source - Basis
• Lift the baby - for safer sleeping
  

COVID-19 vaccines and breastfeeding

COVID-19 vaccines, pregnancy and breastfeeding - Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists

Statement on COVID-19 vaccines while breastfeeding - Breastfeeding Network