Feeding

Feeding is obviously a big part of any baby’s life – and what you feed them can impact on their development over the first years of their life, and form habits (whether good or bad) for the future! We’re here to help – here’s the latest advice and information.

Preparing for breastfeeding

By Lynsey Hansford The idea of nourishing your new baby at your breast is a source of great excitement for many pregnant and new mothers; ...
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Is Breast always best?

By Natalie Roberts When I found out I was pregnant with my first child at the age of 20 I was very excited. It was ...
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Amelia’s first month of weaning…

By Alice Young – AKA New Young Mum By the time Amelia was 5 and a half months I was getting very excited for the ...
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Top 5 Breastfeeding Accessories

By Mary-Kate Williamson I’m due to have baby no.2 this week – few days to go until my due date actually and as I write ...
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Ask an Expert…Weaning your baby (part 2)

By Kimberly Bond In this two part series, we publish the full interviews with our experts from our article  ’Young parent’s guide to Weaning’ in the ...
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Ask an expert…weaning your baby

By Kimberly Bond In this two part series, we publish the full interviews with our experts from our article  ‘Young parent’s guide to Weaning’ in the ...
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Top ten tips for weaning your baby

By Vicki Moorhead Does the word weaning strike fear into your heart or bring back memories of anxiety, stress and general chaos at mealtimes? Before ...
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Paying mothers to breastfeed is an ‘awful idea’ say young parents

Young parents have told VFTS that they think new proposals to pay mothers to breastfeed is ‘an awful idea’. The scheme proposal has been published ...
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