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Bottle feeding

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If you choose to bottle feed you may still want to give the first few feeds of colostrum (first milk) before going on to bottle feeding.
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Colostrum is full of special types of antibodies to help protect your baby’s health and develop their immune system. There’s more information on this in the links below.

If you choose to bottle feed your baby will only need first stage milk until they are aged one. Unless there is a health reason, in which case your GP or health visitor will advise you.

Read and download this NHS guide to safe bottle feeding for information on how to prepare infant formula and sterilise feeding equipment to minimise the risks to your baby.

 

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Further information

Expressing breast milk
There may be times that you need or want to express your breastmilk, even if you have chosen not to breastfeed but want to hand express some colostrum before you move to bottle feeding. This page helps talk you through expressing.

Hand expression video
Hand expressing can be useful whether you have chosen to breast or bottle feed. This page has a really useful video showing you how to hand express and talks about when it might be useful.

Bottle feeding advice
If you have made the choice to bottle feed there is a lot to think about such as equipment, sterilising, how to feed your baby and how to make up a bottle. This page has lots of information on these subjects plus more.

NCT feeding advice
NCT offers lots of advice on feeding such as 10 things you need to know, advice on mixed feeding and information to help if you’re not sure if your baby is getting enough milk.

Better Start Bradford
Better Start Bradford work with families to give children the best possible start in life in Bowling and Bakerend, Bradford Moor and Little Horton through a range of innovative projects to support them through pregnancy and the earliest years of their children’s lives.