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 baby will be going through in the months to come. Use the Baby’s First Year section to learn about your baby’s developmental stages as well as what may be happening to your body after you give birth.
Read moreSupplementing Breastfeeding
There are many reasons why you may choose to supplement breastfeeding. Some of these may include:
Read moreIntroducing Formula to My Baby
You have chosen to introduce formula to your baby but you still want him/her to get excellent nutrition. Similac is our most advanced infant formula, closer than ever to breast milk.
Read moreWeaning baby from breast milk and introducing formula
Like all steps in child development, weaning age varies from one child 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 moreWhat Form of Formula Should I Use?
Formulas are sold in 3 forms: Concentrated liquid, Powder, Ready-to-Use
Read moreHow to Prepare Formula
General Information. 1. Wash your hands before preparing the 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. But if your child doesn’t like cold milk, you can continue warming it up.
Read moreWhen should I feed my baby?
Whether from breast or bottle, be sure to feed your baby on demand and not according to the clock.
Read moreHow much should I feed my baby?
The amount of milk consumed varies widely from one baby to the next and from one day to another. At first your 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
Similac Advance enriched with Omega-3 and Omega-6, the first and only formula with IMMUNOTIDE blend, is designed to support the normal development of your baby’s brain, eyes and immune system.
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