Mixed Feeding

Duration: 90 minutes
Cost: £10.00

We know that breastfeeding gets a lot of the attention when it comes to talking about how to feed your newborn. But what if you’re thinking about bottle feeding? 

This class is for parents wanting to find out more about bottle feeding with expressed breastmilk or formula. 

There is lots to learn about safety when using bottles to feed a baby and there's a lot of marketing out there that can cause confusion too. 

We will cover:

• Using a bottle
• What you need to buy (and what you don’t need to waste money on - and why) 
• Safe formula preparation 
• Safety and hygiene
• Skin-to-skin with your baby
• Collecting or “harvesting” colostrum (the nutrient-rich milk produced immediately after giving birth) 
• Protecting your breastmilk supply if mixed feeding
• Responsive feeding - baby’s cues and paced bottle feeding. 

We also know that many parents want to share the feeding and we talk about when/how to express breastmilk if this is what you choose to do.

As always this session is run by our warm and supportive expert with plenty of experience in offering advice to new parent like you. 

With no break out rooms, or any awkward role play, there is plenty of time for questions at the end. 

You will leave this class fully prepared and able to bottle feed should you choose to do so.