A baby’s immune system takes time to develop fully, which is why it’s so important to ensure it gets a helping hand from the right nutrients. If you’re breastfeeding, key nutrients and protective factors like antibodies come directly from your breastmilk. Your breastmilk will also provide prebiotic oligosaccharides, which encourage the growth of healthy bacteria to protect them. As they grow, their appetite and feeding routines can seem to change from one week to the next. You might find that they’re still hungry after a feed, or perhaps you’re worried they’re not eating as much as they should
This section looks at how your baby’s immune system operates; how everything from a natural childbirth to immunisation against diseases can help to boost it. It also covers the most common feeding problems such as constipation and reflux (where your baby can’t keep their food down).
Baby Health
- Guide to winding your baby
Winding is an important part of feeding your baby, as they need help bringing up trapped wind. In this video our midwife Wendy gives some tips on winding and guides mum Helen and baby Eva through different positions.
- Night feeds
- Baby feeding problems
- How to tell if your baby is still hungry
- Baby immunisations
- Constipation in babies
- Baby teething
- Iron deficiency in babies
- Reflux in babies
- Premature babies
- Travelling with a baby
- Baby sleep routines
- Feeding premature babies
- Baby weight
- Caring for a premature baby at home
- Colic in babies
- Baby health checks
- Multiple births
