Articles and Advice: Your Baby 6-12 Months
Month-by-Month: Your Baby’s First Year
We’ve created this guide to help you keep up with the enormous changes your newborn baby will be going through in the first months of childhood development. Use the Baby’s First Year section to learn about the stages of baby development, as well as what may be happening to your body after childbirth.
Read moreDiaper Decoder
Who knew baby poop could be so shocking? With so many different colours and consistencies, you might be wondering what’s normal and what’s not.
Read moreSupplementing Breastfeeding
Parents may have many reasons to choose to supplement breastfeeding with baby formula and bottle feeding.
Read moreIntroducing Baby Formula
You have chosen to introduce your baby to bottle feeding but, as parents, want to be sure you are providing excellent baby nutrition. Similac Advance with omega-3 and omega-6 is our most advanced infant formula, closer than ever to breast milk.
Read moreWeaning baby off breast milk and introducing formula
Like all stages in child development, – and motherhood – weaning age varies from one baby to another. Whether it’s the mother or child who begins the process, various factors affect weaning: the child’s age and temperament, the mother’s feelings and the approach used.
Read moreWhich Form of Baby Formula Should I Use?
Parents can find Similac baby formulas sold in 3 forms: Concentrated liquid, Powder, Ready-to-Use.
Read moreHow to Prepare Baby Formula
General Information. 1. Wash your hands before preparing the baby formula.
Read moreSterilization and Types of Water
Water used in the feeding of infants, in the preparation of infant formulas or other infant foods, or for drinking, must be safe (i.e. clean and free of microbiological and chemical contamination).
Read moreWarming the Milk
There is no nutritional reason to heat milk, but most babies prefer it lukewarm, the same as from the breast milk. But if your child doesn’t like cold milk, you can continue warming it up.
Read moreWhen should I feed my baby?
Whether breastfeeding or bottle feeding, be sure to feed your baby on demand and not according to the clock.
Read moreHow much should I feed my baby?
Parents may not always know about how much to feed their baby, since the amount of milk consumed varies widely from one baby to the next and from one day to another. At first your newborn baby will drink a small amount because his stomach is still very small. The amount will increase gradually.
Read moreIntroducing Solid Foods
Your baby's doctor, nurse, or nutritionist will advise you about when you should begin offering infant cereals and strained baby foods and which foods to introduce, according to the individual needs of your baby.
Read moreCereals
Iron-enriched baby cereals provide extra calories, starch, some vitamins, and minerals including iron, which helps prevent anemia. They are a preferred food until 24 months.
Read moreFruits and Vegetables
You can start serving vegetables to your baby a few days after giving her cereal. Start on fruit next.
Read moreMeat
As with milk, meat provides protein, along with certain vitamins and minerals, particularly iron and zinc. The body easily absorbs iron from meat. Your baby needs a small amount of meat in her first year.
Read moreFlavours and Textures
Now that your baby has tasted food from all of the food groups, learning about the flavours and textures will be an important part of mealtime.
Read moreWhy formula instead of cow's milk?
Whether you are breastfeeding or using formula, it is important to know that switching to cow's milk before the age of one year can put your baby at risk of developing iron deficiency anemia. Your baby's brain development is most rapid in the first two years of life and iron plays a key role as a nutrient.
Read moreLearning to Use a Cup
The transition to cup feeding is like most other developmental milestones, it takes time. We hope the information in this article will help you make the change more smoothly.
Read moreFever
Fever is a symptom and not a diagnosis or a medical condition. The most common cause of a fever in children is an infection, mostly viral but in some cases bacterial.
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Similac Advance Step 1 with Omega-3 and Omega-6
With Similac Advance enriched with Omega-3 (DHA) and Omega-6 (ARA), you can feel confident that you're providing a formula scientifically designed to support the healthy development of your little one, so you can enjoy the journey of life together.
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