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Info Centre - Life with your older baby
- Bottle feeding for breastfed babies?
- If you want your breastfed baby to use a bottle at some stage then there are several things you will need to consider. This NCT Information Sheet outlines the various things you will need to bear in mind about giving your baby a bottle.
- Breastfeeding and your nipples
- This NCT Information Sheet is for women who are breastfeeding or who are planning to breastfeed and who wish to avoid problems.
- Breastfeeding: how long?
- This NCT Information Sheet looks at the benefits of continuing to breastfeed your baby beyond six months. The sheet looks at how you may feel about breastfeeding an older baby, breastfeeding in public places, and also how to go about ending breastfeeding.
- Car travel/car seats
- There are a number of safety, and legal, requirements which pregnant women travelling in cars, and parents taking babies or small children on car journeys, should be aware of, as this page explains.
- Communicating with babies and toddlers
- Babies arrive ready to communicate. Newborn babies communicate with crying, bodily movements and facial expressions. This non-verbal communication may be basic but your baby is already 'talking' to you, as this page explains.
- Crying baby
- Listening to your inconsolable baby can be very stressful. But does how you care for a baby make any difference to how much they cry? This page looks at a study into different styles of parenting and their effect on babies' crying.
- Cup-drinking
- Babies and children need to drink regularly - but what should they be drinking? And how should they drink it? This page looks at the options.
- Expressing and storing your milk when away from your baby or returning to work
- This booklet gives you the practical information you need to feed your baby with your own expressed breastmilk.
- Fathers and Breastfeeding
- This NCT Information Sheet takes looks at breastfeeding from a father's viewpoint, addressing any concerns men may have about their partner breastfeeding and gives suggestions as to how men can support their partner to breastfeed.
- Feeding using a bottle
- Baby feeding bottles can be used to give expressed breastmilk or formula to a baby when you are not with your baby to breastfeed or when you are using formula. This page looks at the different options, and also the safety issues involved.
- Feeling down? Feelings after the birth of your baby
- Feeling low after you have had a baby is not unusual. This page looks at the different feelings women may feel, such as the baby blues and postnatal depression, and why it's important to get help if you feel that you may have postnatal depression.
- Growing and moving
- Although babies get more mobile at different times and at different rates, depending on a number of factors, it's often at around 6-9 months that the first attempts at locomotion - such as rolling, shuffling and crawling - begin.
- How can I tell if my baby's thriving?
- This sheet describes various useful signs for checking whether a baby seems to be growing well, and what can be done if she is not, as well as providing information about weight gain and weight charts.
- Life with your 'settled' baby
- During the three to six months period, babies are sometimes referred to as 'settled' as this is the stage at which they generally become more predictable and manageable, as this page explains.
- Making a decision
- Making a decision
- NCT fact sheet on Bisphenol A
- NCT fact sheet on Bisphenol A
- Play
- As a parent you can help your child enjoy learning through play. This page looks at the many different ways you can play with your baby or your toddler.
- Potty-training
- Getting your baby or toddler to pee and poo when and where it is appropriate, and stay clean and dry, is one of the holy grails of the early years of parenthood. This page explores the options.
- Reasons to be proud
- This sheet lists just some of the ways that breastfeeding makes a difference to both mothers and babies.
- Records of your maternity care
- This NCT Information Sheet explains how to get a copy of your own and your baby's medical records.
- Secure and insecure attachment
- This page gives an overview of 'attachment theory' and shows how rather than being overwhelmed or unnerved by research into the effects of early babycare, it can help parents to feel more confident about their parenting.
- Separation anxiety
- Separation anxiety is a perfectly normal part of your baby's development; however, that doesn't make it any easier to deal with. This page explores why it happens and looks at ways you can minimise the stress to both you and your baby.
- Sex after pregnancy
- The information on this page is taken from 'Get Closer', an NCT booklet guide to the effect pregnancy, childbirth, and early parenthood may have on your sex-life.
- Supporting breastfeeding
- This page contains information on how fathers, friends, family and employers can help to support breastfeeding women.
- Supporting labour and birth
- Having someone they know and trust with them during labour can really enhance a woman’s confidence in her ability to give birth. This page looks at the role of a birth supporter and who a birth supporter can be.
- Using infant formula: your questions answered
- The information gives factual information about formula. There is also a step-by-step guide to making up a formula bottle according to up-to-date safety guidance.
- When do I introduce solids to my baby?
- This NCT Information Sheet looks at helping you decide when your baby is ready for solids.
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