Mini 'Feeding your baby; breastfeeding, bottle feeding and weaning' Course
This course covers everything you’ll need to know about breastfeeding and bottle feeding to ensure you get off to a positive start.
On this course you will learn how to feed your baby, whether you choose to breastfeed, bottle feed or a combination of both - all choices are covered.
The course is taken from our best selling Beyond Birth Course and contains videos and MP3s from a Midwife, a breastfeeding specialist and a paediatric and maternal nutritionist covering advice and practical instruction on:
- How to breastfeed and bottle feed your baby
- How to latch
- Popular breastfeeding positions to try
- Potential breastfeeding issues and how to resolve them
- How to stop breastfeeding
- Breastfeeding nutrition; what you should be eating
- What is weaning and current guidelines
- How to spot the signs that your baby is ready to wean
- What baby's first foods should be
- Advice on baby led vs purées weaning
There is also a downloadable Postnatal Support Guide written by our midwife, Anneke, which covers everything you need to know in bite size chapters.
Your Instructor
Anneke, a UK Midwife, and Sarah, are co-founders of Komu. They are passionate about empowering new parents across the world with knowledge to create a positive birth experience and are on a mission to make antenatal and postnatal care more accessible. They want to ensure mum and dads are as prepared as possible and that becoming a parent is as a positive and a happy of an experience as it can be.
Course Curriculum
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StartAntenatal Colostrum harvesting by Anneke Holloway, UK Midwife and co-founder (9:44)
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StartHow to hand express by Anneke Holloway, UK Midwife and co-founder (3:47)
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StartHow to bottle feed your baby by Anneke Brown, Midwife UK Midwife and co-founder (13:01)
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StartHow to breastfeed your baby by Anneke Holloway, UK Midwife and co-founder (13:40)
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StartPopular breastfeeding positions to try by Anneke Holloway, UK Midwife and co-founder (3:23)
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StartPotential breastfeeding issues and how to resolve them by Anneke Holloway, UK Midwife and co-founder (6:36)
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StartHow to stop breastfeeding by Anneke Holloway, UK Midwife and co-founder (3:43)
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StartWhat is weaning and the current guidelines by Catherine Lippe, children’s nutrition (06:33)
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StartSigns that your baby is ready for weaning Catherine Lippe, children’s nutrition (05:53)
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StartWhat baby's first foods should be Catherine Lippe, children’s nutrition (11:01)
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StartBaby led weaning versus purées Catherine Lippe, children’s nutrition (10:12)
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StartWeaning information pack Catherine Lippe, children’s nutrition (pdf)
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StartBreastfeeding nutrition for mum and baby by Laura Hughes from The Pregnancy Food Company (08:49)
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StartMastitis; How getting the right nutrients can help prevent the condition by Laura Hughes from The Pregnancy Food Company (03:51)