Food and Health Guidelines - Torfaen Family Information Service

2. Babies 0-12 months
Checklist
1
Practice In Place Planned
Breast feeding is encouraged and supported:
• A place for mother to breastfeed is available
• Mothers are encouraged to supply expressed
breast milk.
2 Bottles of infant formula feeds are freshly prepared.
3
4
5
6
Expressed breast milk or formula is labelled with
child’s name and date.
Expressed breast milk or infant formula is stored in
the fridge at 5°C
Unfinished expressed breast milk or infant formula
is discarded after 1 hour.
All preparation of milk feeds and weaning foods
are carried out in a clean and safe manner.
7 Bottles and teats are sterilised for babies.
8
Babies are held while being bottle fed by an
attentive adult.
9 Weaning is initiated in partnership with parents.
10
11
12
13
All foods are spooned out of the jar/can and into
a separate dish before feeding.
Unused food in jars cans or containers are stored
according to manufacturers’ guidelines.
Babies are offered finger foods from 6-9 months to
encourage chewing.
A variety of appropriate home cooked foods are
offered as well as the jars/packets of baby foods.
14 Salt is not added to weaning foods.
Not
Planned
We strongly recommend you do not write on but photocopy this checklist.
12