Category Archives: Advice & Tips

Parenting can be hard work, and pregnant mums and new mothers sometimes need a little bit of extra help from other mums who know what they’re going through. Breastmates has created a special resource section filled with tried and tested parenting tips, common-sense advice on pregnancy and motherhood, unbiased help with infant feeding, and expert answers to your most important questions. Being a mum is the most important job you’ll ever do, and Breastmates cares about helping you to enjoy being a mum without the stress.

Weaning Tips from Other Mums

Weaning tips, and a few ideas on how to start weaning your baby from Breastfeeding

Weaning Child while Pregnant with Second

Encouraging child to self wean....a few tips from mums about how to introduce cows milk

Starting to Wean Baby

Starting to Wean a Baby - a few suggestions from Breastmates on how to start

Starting Baby on a Bottle

Breastmates tips on how to start giving a baby a bottle, and what to do.

Solids Offered before Bottle

Introducing more solids to baby's diet: swapping over milk and solids. A mum asks for

Do NOT use a Microwave to Warm Bottles

How to heat baby bottles without using a microwave. How to heat formula, How to

What Baby Formula to Buy

Baby Formula, and deciding what milk powder of formula to buy for your baby. What

Bottle Prep When You Go Out

How to prepare baby bottles of formula when going out for the day.

Milk Leftover in Bottle

Can baby drink leftover formula from the previous feed? Can I reheat formula? No. Always

Lactose Free Formula

Mums suggest different types of lactose free formula for baby, and how some of these