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A video explaining responsive feeding, however you feed your baby

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Kent Community Health NHS Foundation Trust

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A free, online course designed for you and your family to understand breastfeeding

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The ABM offers a range of training options, from a short course for partners and families, to in-depth courses for mothers and professionals.

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In this video, a breastfeeding counsellor helps a mother with her positioning and attachment whilst breastfeeding.

Key to achieving the Baby Friendly standards is a workforce able to support mothers to breastfeed effectively. This video provides some guidance on this.

You can see more of the 'From Bump to Breastfeeding' DVD on the Best Beginnings website.

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Positioning and attachment video - Baby Friendly Initiativ

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In this video, a breastfeeding counsellor helps a mother with her positioning and attachment whilst breastfeeding. Watch to learn more.

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A video explaining the importance of responsive feeding, however you feed your baby

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Kent Community Health NHS Foundation Trust

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How to tell if breastfeeding is going well 

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How to tell if breastfeeding is going well 

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National Breastfeeding Helpline - Helpline

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This website uses cookies to improve your experience while you navigate through the website. Out of these, the cookies that are categorized as necessary are stored on your browser as they are essential for the working of basic functionalities of the website. We also use third-party cookies that help us analyze and understand how you use this website.

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Friendly breastfeeding support from pregnancy onward.

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ABM are a group of trained volunteers dedicated to supporting breastfeeding mums and their families. We’ve been supporting mums and nurturing families for almost 40 years. We’d love you to join us. Become a member of the ABM and help us continue our work.

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Infant milks for parents & carers — First Steps Nutrition Trust

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First Steps Nutrition Trust is a charity which provides clear, evidence-based and independent information and support for good nutrition from pre-conception to five years of age.

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The safest cot is a clear cot

The safest cot for a baby is a clear cot. That means removing anything that isn't essential. Babies need just two items in their cot:

It's important to remove anything that isn't essential because items such as toys, blankets and bumpers could cover their face and obstruct their breathing.

When preparing your baby's sleep space, remember:

No pillows or duvets

No cot bumpers

No soft toys or comforters

No weighted or bulky bedding

No products designed to keep your baby in one sleeping position, such as wedges or straps

No pods or nests, rolled up towels or anything soft placed on top of the mattress.

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Safer sleep overview - The Lullaby Trust

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An easy guide to practicing safer sleep for your baby and reducing the risk of sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS, or cot death).

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Research-based information on baby sleep for parents and practitioners, covering normal infant sleep, sleep safety, where and how babies sleep, SIDS and SUDI, parental sleep and free resources.

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Antenatal Hand Expressing - a Written Guide

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Antenatal Hand Expressing - a Written Guide

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Antenatal hand expressing colostrum - short video

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Antenatal hand expressing colostrum - short guide

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Recent News: Dutch researchers find Covid-19 antibodies in human milk

'We think when drinking the milk, the antibodies attach themselves to the surface of our mucous membranes,' Hans van Goudoever, head of the Emma children's hospital at the UMC, said. 'Then they attack the virus particles before they force their way into the body.' The UMC has now started a campaign to find 1,000 women who are willing to donate 100ml of breast milk for the research project. 'Women who may have had coronavirus without noticing it may also have made antibodies which can be found in milk,'

Here you'll find references and research supporting the information in the advert.

"Nature has been researching your milk for hundreds of millions of years"

"Your milk contains ingredients that kill cancerous cells"

"Your milk contains stem cells. These are cells that create and repair the body, and are being researched worldwide to cure conditions like Alzheimers and diabetes."

"Your body identifies bacteria and viruses found in your baby's body and environment. You then produce antibodies specifically tailored for those infections, and deliver them to your baby through your milk. The more milk she drinks, the more antibodies she receives."

"Your milk appears to switch on a gene in your baby's body, which produces a hormone called Leptin. This hormone tells your baby when his tummy is full, protecting him against over eating."

"Your milk contains Oxytocin, a hormone that induces relaxation, and feelings of well-being in your child and in you."

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The science of human milk and breastfeeding

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Drugs in Breastmilk Factsheets and lots of other resources

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The Breastfeeding Network | Independent Breastfeeding Support

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The Breastfeeding Network (BfN) is an independent source of support and information for breastfeeding women and others.

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Skin-to-skin contact - Baby Friendly Initiative

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Skin-to-skin contact is important for babies and mothers to develop close, loving parent-infant relationships and to initiate breastfeeding.

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Support when you are pregnant/ Cymorth pan rydych yn feichiog 

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Support when you are pregnant/ Cymorth pan rydych yn feichiog 

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This ninety minute session takes a look at how breastfeeding works, what to expect in the first few days and how to get breasfteeding off to the best start

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This online workshop explores how to feed your baby, and what you need to know to get your feeding journey off to a good start

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Group Support In Swansea and Neath Port Talbot / Cymorth grwp yn Abertawe a Castell Nedd Port Talbot

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Group Support In Swansea and Neath Port Talbot / Cymorth grwp yn Abertawe a Castell Nedd Port Talbot

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2026 Infant Feeding Groups updated Jan 26

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Vitamin D

Breastfed babies

From birth to 1 year, if you are breastfeeding your baby they should have a daily supplement containing 8.5 to 10 micrograms of vitamin D.

This applies whether you are partially or exclusively breastfeeding, and whether you are taking a supplement containing vitamin D yourself.

Formula-fed babies

If your baby is having 500ml (about a pint) of formula milk a day, they do not need a vitamin D supplement as formula is already fortified with vitamin D and other nutrients.

Where can I buy vitamin D?

You can buy drops containing vitamin D for babies at pharmacies and supermarkets.

Read more about vitamins for babies and children.

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Read about how much vitamin D your baby should have and how to apply for free vitamins via Healthy Start.

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It's best to wait until your baby is six months old before introducing solid food

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Get advice on starting solids (weaning), including when to start, what foods to give your baby, and which milks to offer as they grow.

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Breastfeeding Videos in Other Languages

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Breastfeeding Videos - Global Health Media Project

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© 2023 Global Health Media Project | a 501(c)(3) nonprofit

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Breastfeeding information in Other Languages

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Using straightforward language and simple illustrations to aid understanding, these infosheets on breastfeeding and bottle feeding are available in multiple languages and can be used to support parents with the basics of feeding and responding to their baby.

The infosheets are free to download and print, and are currently available in:
Please note: Following feedback, these translations were updated in 2019 to ensure the language used was as straightforward as possible.
The English versions of these resources are available below for reference:

Breastfeeding guidance: English (for reference)

Bottle feeding guidance: English (for reference)

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Foreign language resources - Baby Friendly Initiative

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These infosheets are available in multiple languages and can be used to support parents with feeding and responding to their baby.

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If your baby was born early, check this guide for specialised information

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This information is about introducing your premature baby to more solid foods, and the steps you can follow as your baby moves from milk to eventually only eating solids. This is called weaning.

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Every Child Newborn to age 2 - Every Child Your Pregnancy and Birth

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Every Child Newborn to age 2 - Every Child Newborn to age 2

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Link to Swansea Bay Bumps in the Road facebook peer support group

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Log into Facebook to start sharing and connecting with your friends, family, and people you know.

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Tips for connecting with your baby and encouraging early brain development

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Information and resources to help children learn to talk.

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Encouraging Welsh language sills with free groups across Swansea Bay

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Grwpiau Babi Am Ddim / Free Baby Groups 

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Grwpiau Babi Am Ddim / Free Baby Groups 

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Poster cyffredinol Abertawe CNPT IONAWER CHWEFROR 2026