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.

Mums Share Tips for Starting Bottles

Mothers share their tips for introducing a bottle for their baby, and the difficult times

Starting Baby on a Bottle

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

Storing and Heating Formula (mums tips)

Formula feeding your baby and not sure how to store the powder and water when

Switching Breast and Bottle

Combining breastfeeding and bottle feeding is not always an easy task, baby's get fussy.

Returning to Work and Expressing

How to return to work and continue feeding baby, expressing and formula feeding. A

Daily Routine for Bottle Feeding

Suggested daily routine for preparing bottles of formula. store them in the fridge ready

What Teat Size to Choose for Bottle Feeding?

How to know what size teat to use when Bottle Feeding. What flowrate teat

Night Time Weaning

When will baby start to sleep through the night? How long do i have to

How to Wean a Breastfed Baby

Weaning a breast-fed baby can be the ‘end of an era’, this article helps answer

How Long did you Breastfeed

A survey of mothers asking when they planned to wean their baby. Some great