Development & Milestones

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Faltered Growth

What Is Faltered Growth? When a baby is no longer gaining weight and has plateaued They have experienced weight loss Their weight gain is slow causing them to fall 2...
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Colic

What Is Colic? Colic occurs when a healthy baby cries excessively, usually for 3 or more hours a day at least 3 days a week and for more than 3...
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Baby Stool Guide

The bowel motions of babies vary greatly. What is normal for one child isn't necessarily normal for another. Below is some information to help you understand what normal bowel motions...
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Diarrhoea

Your Baby's Stools It is quite normal to see some variation in your baby's stools. For example, there are differences in the colour of stools between breast fed and formula...
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Baby Food Allergy and Intolerance

Confused about the difference between a food allergy and food intolerance? Learn the difference between the two and some of their common food triggers. What are food allergies and intolerances?...
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Which Steriliser?

There are a number of different methods you can choose from to sterilise your baby's feeding equipment. These include boiling, using chemicals or a microwave and electrical steaming. Below is...
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Bottle-Feeding Equipment

Whether you are feeding your baby with infant formula or expressed breast milk, it’s important to make sure you have all of the right equipment. Here are some things to...
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Infant Formula Storage

There are many factors to consider when feeding and preparing formula for your baby. Aside from the nutritional value and whether your baby accepts the formula, you need to think...
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Mixed Feeding

What is mixed feeding for babies? This means feeding the baby with breast milk for some of the time and giving the baby formula from a bottle or cup for...
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What Is Infant Formula?

The World Health Organisation (WHO) and Australian Dietary Guidelines recommend exclusive breastfeeding for the first six months of life. However in some situations breastfeeding is not possible for all mothers....