Baby

Breast milk is the ideal food for your baby, it will be more nutritious that many formula products. Some women will experience problems with breastfeeding like sore nipples or infection or not being able to produce enough or any milk. Your nutritional therapist will be able to give you some practical advise to help with these situations. If you cannot breast feed at all then some advise on choosing the right formula and adding some nutritional supplements will ensure that your baby gets off to a good start.

If you baby experiences any allergic reactions or develops eczema a nutrition can play a very important in correcting this as very often eliminating something in your diet diet will help your baby.

Weaning is the next stage and knowing what to do can be confusing. There is lots of different advise out there on when to wean, between 4 and 6 months is possibly the ideal time as this is when most babies will grow their first teeth. It is a gradual process for both you and your baby, if yous top too quickly your breasts may become sore and engorged and your baby needs time to adjust to solid food.