Parents don’t always know how to make up a bottle to feed their baby. Impact Babies can easily be over or under fed. Although staff give guidance, a visual aid can help some patients, particularly those with English as an additional language. Idea To update the feeding toolkit to include visual aids to show the capacity of a new born baby’s tummy so mums don’t overfeed babies.
To invest in bottle making kits to demonstrate how to make up a feeding bottle and demonstrate the best bottle feeding technique for parents who bottlefeed their babies. Benefit Parents can get it right from the start which is better for babies’ health and weight as well as reassuring for parents who know they are doing things exactly right.
The bottle kits can also ensure that parents know how to make a bottle up the right way if they choose to bottlefeed.
The tools and techniques enhance a close and loving relationship. Helen Giddins and Sarah Elbourne, Infant Feeding Leads and Carli Snowball-Hill and Rebecca Cunningham , Maternity Support Workers