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2. Babies 0-12 months For settings to meet the guidance the following options are available: • Prepare all feeds freshly following the guidelines above - this is the best option but may not be possible in the setting. • Ask parents to supply cartons of ‘ready to feed’ infant formula which are sterile until opened - this is a convenient but more expensive option. Once opened, formula must be treated as fresh. • For babies in half-day care, parents can prepare feeds at home and cool it in the fridge before transporting it in a cool bag. It should be placed in a fridge in the setting and used within 4 hours. • Where babies in full day-care need an afternoon feed, this should ideally be made fresh in the setting or alternatively use a ‘ready to feed’ formula. 4
2. Babies 0-12 months General advice for feeding babies: • Babies follow their own individual patterns of feeding and sleeping. It is recommended that these patterns be followed rather than trying to adapt the baby to the Early Years setting. • Babies may vary in the amount of feed they take. Watch for signs that they have had enough. Do not force them to take more than they want or to finish the bottle. • Breast milk or formula milk should be the main drink for babies for the first year. • The same member of staff should feed the same baby wherever possible. • Babies should be held and have warm physical contact from an attentive adult during feeding. • Babies should never be left propped up with a bottle of feed as babies can choke and this does not meet their emotional needs. • Use feeds and bottles only for the baby to whom they belong. • When feeding the baby, keep the teat full of milk, otherwise the baby will take in air. • Do not microwave the milk. Warm by standing in a jug of hot water or in a bottle warmer. Do not keep in the warmer for longer than is necessary. •If milk is heated in a jug of hot water, ensure the jug is in a safe place where children cannot be scalded if there is a spillage. • Discard unfinished breast or formula milk after 1 hour. Let the mother know if the baby is leaving a lot of milk at feeds. • Bottles and teats should be thoroughly washed after use and sterilised for as long as bottles are being used to hold milk. • Changing formula without a medical reason should be discouraged. • Follow on milks must not be given to babies under 6 months of age. • Cows’ milk should not be given as the main milk drink under 1 year of age. It can be used to mix foods after 6 months, e.g. cereal and milk. • Babies should never have sugary drinks in a bottle as constant sipping results in dental caries, especially if given at night. For more information refer to ‘Safer bottle-feeding’ leaflet 24 and Welsh Assembly Government Infant Feeding guidelines. 15 5
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