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.

Medela Teats

Teats for Medela bottles - where to find? Breastmates

Total Cost of Bottle Feeding

Bottle feeding baby from newborn to 18 months. This page calculates the quantity of

What bottle feeding gear do I need?

What bottle gear to buy? Preparing for bottle feeding? If you are preparing

5 Tips for Bottle Feeding

Bottle Feeding Tips. Some simple steps to follow when feeding your baby from a

Baby Wont Take a Bottle

Some babies are quite stubborn and will reject milk from a bottle and teat, as

Cleaning Bottles

Cleaning and Sterilizing Baby Bottles and Teats - a guide on what to do

Feeding 4 Week Old Baby

Bottle feeding a young baby. A customer asks us some questions and concerns that

Heating Baby Bottles

Maths: To heat a baby milk bottle safely using the perfect combo of hot and

How to Give Baby a Bottle

How to hold a baby when bottle feeding. A demo video showing how to

How to Prepare Baby Formula

Preparing baby bottles, mixing up the formula and getting their bottle ready. How to