Breastfeeding
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Breastfeeding: A Good Start
Your GP, GP practice nurse, midwife or public health nurse will be happy to discuss feeding your baby.
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Traveller Women & Breastfeeding
This booklet has been put together by Traveller women for Traveller women with information on breastfeeding
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Premature Babies & Breastfeeding
Breast milk is vital for premature or ill babies. It will help protect your baby from infections and illnesses
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Feeding cues
Crying is a late sign of hunger. Try not to let it get to this stage if you can. It's much easier to feed a calm baby.
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Breastfeeding Supports
Breastfeeding support once you are at home is really beneficial to help you achieve your breastfeeding goals!
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When To Introduce Solids
Baby Food Made Easy is a FREE, monthly zoom workshop delivered by HSE Community Dietitians
For most babies, skin-to-skin contact is what they need to calm and warm them after birth. Skin-to-skin contact is also called kangaroo care.
During skin-to-skin contact, you and your baby will produce a hormone called oxytocin. This helps you feel close to your baby.
Attachment and Positioning your baby at the breast.
This short film is an early clip from footage shot for the Best Beginnings From Bump to Breastfeeding' project - a DVD to help parents breastfeed their newborn child. Breastfeeding is free, always on tap, and it gives babies the healthiest start in life. If you breastfeed your baby is less likely to suffer from diabetes, or obesity in later childhood. Breastfeeding is good for you too. It can help you lose any pregnancy weight and protect you against some cancers.