Bottle Feeding

Follow the links below to find information about bottle feeding, including feeding expressed breast milk and infant formula.

Reviewed October 2007

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Title:   Avoidance of bottles during the establishment of breast feeds in preterm infants
Publisher:   John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration
Description:   Preterm infants start milk feeds by tube and as they mature they are able to manage sucking feeds. The number of sucking feeds each day are gradually increased as the baby matures. For women who choose to breast feed their preterm infant it is not alway...
Date:   Jul 2008
Title:   Bottle feeding - feeding your baby with formula
Publisher:   Child and Youth Health - CYH (South Australia)
Description:   If your baby is not breastfeeding the only other safe milks to give to a baby?are infant formulas. Formulas are modified milks that are made to be as close as possible to breastmilk, but there are still a lot of extras in breastmilk that cannot be put into formulas.
Date:   Dec 2008
Title:   Bottle feeding with formula
Publisher:   Better Health Channel
Description:   If you choose to bottle feed your baby with artificial formula, you will need bottles with caps and teats, artificial formula and sterilising equipment. Artificial formula is the alternative choice to breast milk and, providing the equipment is cleaned well and the formula is prepared correctly, your baby should do well.
Date:   Nov 2007
Title:   Cleft lip and/or palate - feeding your baby
Publisher:   Sydney Children's Hospital,The Children's Hospital at Westmead
Description:   Babies with a cleft palate find it difficult to suck milk out of the breast or bottle. A variety of methods of feeding are suggested and helpful hints are provided.
Date:   Aug 2000
Title:   Bottle feeding - making up formula
Publisher:   Child and Youth Health - CYH (South Australia)
Description:   While breastfeeding is the normal way to feed babies, if your baby is not breastfeeding the only other safe milks to give to a baby?are infant formulas. Babies who are formula fed?will still grow well and be healthy.
Date:   Dec 2008
Title:   Cup feeding versus other forms of supplemental enteral feeding for newborn infants unable to fully breastfeed
Publisher:   John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration
Description:   We wanted to identify the best way of offering feeds to babies when mothers are unable to breastfeed, or initially have difficulty with breastfeeding. Alternative feeding methods include using a cup, bottle or feeding tube. Four included studies compare...
Date:   Dec 2006
Title:   Bottle feeding - safety issues
Publisher:   Better Health Channel
Description:   Bottle-feeding equipment can harbour disease-causing bacteria if not properly handled, cleaned and sterilised. Other potential hazards include incorrectly preparing artificial formula and overheating the milk.
Date:   Jun 2007
Title:   Bottle feeding - cleaning and sterilising bottles and equipment
Publisher:   Child and Youth Health - CYH (South Australia)
Description:   If your baby is not breastfeeding, the only other safe milks to give to a baby?are infant formulas. Formulas are modified milks that are made to be as close as possible to breastmilk, but there are still a lot of extras in breastmilk that cannot be put into formulas.
Date:   Dec 2008
Title:   Dangers of bottle-feeding in bed
Publisher:   Raising Children Network (RCN)
Description:   Reasons why it is not recommended that babies be put to bed with a bottle include danger of choking, dental decay, ear infection and sleep habits.
Date:   Jul 2006
Title:   How to bottle-feed
Publisher:   Raising Children Network (RCN)
Description:   Equipment for bottle-feeding, sterilisation and disinfecting, boiling, chemicals and steaming are explained; also how to make up formula, prepare the bottle; safety tips, giving the bottle, and expressing and storing breastmilk.
Date:   Nov 2007
Title:   Bottle feeding with expressed breast milk
Publisher:   Better Health Channel
Description:   It is quite common for mothers to bottle feed their baby using their expressed breast milk. Breast milk can be expressed by hand, or with a manual or electric breast pump. Breast milk must be collected and stored correctly to prevent the risk of bacterial growth developing.
Date:   Jul 2007
Title:   Breastfeeding - weaning from the breast
Publisher:   Child and Youth Health - CYH (South Australia)
Description:   Sooner or later every breastfed baby needs to be weaned, but when this happens is up to you and your baby - or toddler.
Date:   Feb 2008
Title:   Bottle feeding - drinks for babies
Publisher:   Child and Youth Health - CYH (South Australia)
Description:   When can I stop using formula and change to cow's milk as my baby's main milk drink? Use formula as your baby's main drink until 12 months of age. After this age, you may offer full cream cow's milk from a cup.
Date:   Dec 2008
Title:   Bottle feeding - all about infant formula
Publisher:   Child and Youth Health - CYH (South Australia)
Description:   We know that breastfeeding is the normal way to feed babies. If your baby is not breastfeeding the only other safe milks to give to a baby?are infant formulas.
Date:   Dec 2008
Title:   Breastfeeding after cleft palate repair
Publisher:   Australian Breastfeeding Association
Description:   Cornelius was born in Cairns in July 2003 with a very wide unilateral complete cleft lip and palate. He also had club foot and an extra thumb. In the subsequent days and weeks he was also diagnosed with Down Syndrome and holes in his heart...
Date:   Jan 2006
Title:   A caregivers guide to the breastfed baby
Publisher:   Australian Breastfeeding Association
Description:   There may be times when breastfeeding mothers need or want to leave their breastfed babies with a caregiver. Information is given for the caregiver of a breastfed baby, so she/he can better understand how to care for the baby and the expressed breastmilk (EBM) left for the baby's use.
Date:   Jan 2006
Title:   Baby nutrition: in a nutshell
Publisher:   Raising Children Network (RCN)
Description:   This in-a-nutshell guide to nutrition explains that breastmilk is the other nourishment a baby needs until six months, and for that point, she can be slowly introduced to solids.
Date:   May 2008
Title:   Bottle feeding - nutrition
Publisher:   Better Health Channel
Description:   Infant formula is a good alternative when breast milk is not available. Some formulas have special nutrients added to make them like breast milk. Infant formula or breast milk should be the main source of milk for all babies less than 12 months of age.
Date:   Jul 2007
Title:   Dental care - preventing infant tooth decay
Publisher:   Better Health Channel
Description:   Dental caries (holes in teeth caused by decay) can occur in children as young as six to 12 months. This condition is called early childhood caries. Early detection is vital to help prevent the need for dental treatment.
Date:   Feb 2007
Title:   Bottle feeding - soy infant formulas
Publisher:   Child and Youth Health - CYH (South Australia)
Description:   Soy infant formulas are infant formulas based on soy milk. Like other infant formulas they are specially prepared to meet babies' food needs.
Date:   Jun 2008
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