The importance of early sleep habits

6 things you need to know about feeding your baby in their first six months.

Everything you need to know about expressing your breast milk and choosing the most suitable breast pump for you.

Depending on their level of hunger, your baby’s cues may become very obvious to you. The longer their hunger cues go unanswered, though, the more vocal and focused they will be to communicate that they're hungry.

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? 

Breastfeeding exclusively for the first six months, and sustained for up to two years or longer with appropriate complementary feeding is important for the nutrition, immunologic protection, growth, and development of infants and toddlers and has many benefits for you as well.

Experts agree breast milk is best for babies. Not only is it the most nutritionally complete food your newborn will ever have, but it also benefits you and your baby in other ways, some that will last a lifetime.

Can you identify which of these responsive feeding principles are fact and which ones are fiction?

Did you know? Your breasts make just the right amount of breast milk for your baby. 

Breast milk is the best start for babies.

Now you’ve mastered breastfeeding in the comfort of your own home, it’s time to get out and about!  

Getting enough sleep during the first months of your baby's life means adjusting to your own new sleep habits and those of your baby.

Here are a few things that might help with getting baby to sleep and to help you get sleep:

When your baby first comes home from the hospital, their irregular sleep patterns can be both challenging and exhausting. With little care for day or night, your new little bundle will probably wake often for feedings, diaper changes, or comfort. Be assured that this won’t last forever and by six months, 24 hours in the life of your baby will look very different.

Did you know that your breast milk changes to meet the needs of your baby? During the first few days after birth you will produce colostrum, a nutrient-rich milk, in small amounts, perfect for your baby’s tiny tummy. By the second week your breast milk will change to mature milk to meet your baby’s growing needs.

Different types of breastmilk| Nestlé Baby & me

Breastfeeding is a learned process—by mom and baby—and you may face some challenges in the first few months of breastfeeding. The most important advice is to seek help as soon as you sense a problem and find a good support network early on.

Take action with these tips to try.

Breast milk contains the right quantity and quality of proteins to boost your baby’s growth and health—both now and in the future. 

A good night’s sleep is essential for the long-term health of your baby.

Breast milk is nature’s perfection. Find out about four breast milk ingredients with special powers that do more than just feed your little one.