Feeding: useful information and resources
There's lots of advice on feeding your baby online or via support groups, helplines and websites
General Resources
- NHS Feeding your baby - Best Start in Life - NHS
- First Steps Nutrition – Infant and Maternal Nutrition Infant milks for parents & carers — First Steps Nutrition Trust
- BfN The Breastfeeding Network | Independent Breastfeeding Support – evidence-based information. Inc. drugs in breastmilk fact sheets
- UNICEF – Building a Happy Baby happybaby_leaflet_web.pdf
- La Leche League GB - Friendly breastfeeding support from pregnancy onwards
- UNICEF Baby Friendly Initiative and Best Beginnings infant feeding videos Best Beginnings videos - Baby Friendly Initiative
- The Breastfeeding Companion – free videos and webinars
Breastfeeding Twins and Multiples
- Breastfeeding Twins and Triplets – support service available
- Feeding twins and multiples – NHS
- Twins Trust | Twins Trust - We support twins, triplets and more... – support services available
Diabetes and Breastfeeding
Infant feeding for LGBTQ+ and non-binary parents
Relactation and Induced Lactation
Resources Available in Languages other than English
- Video Archive - Global Health Media Project
- Foreign language resources - breastfeeding - Baby Friendly Initiative
- Foreign language resources - bottle feeding - Baby Friendly Initiative
- La Leche League offer website information, online resources and support in multiple languages Support in languages other than English - La Leche League GB
- You can access the National Breastfeeding Helpline support in Polish or Welsh on 0300 100 0212 – press 1 for support in Welsh or 2 for support in Polish. Call 0300 456 2421 for support in Bengali and Sylheti – foreign language support available 9am – 9.30pm.
Information:
For more information on caring for your baby, see our maternity leaflets and information.