Feeding your baby
This isn't a recommender. It won't score one way of feeding as "better". It reads back what already matters to you, and hands you the words to take to your midwife, child health nurse, lactation consultant or GP.
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Just to check — is this happening now, or something to raise at your next appointment?
A note for you
Your values, in order — with the words to say
The honest bit
This tool can't tell you the right way to feed your baby — only you can, with the people who know your situation. And some of it isn't fully a choice. Supply, latch, pain, your health and your baby's needs can all change the plan. Breastfeeding has real benefits, and not everyone can or wants to do it — both of those things are true at once. If feeding is painful, your supply worries you, or your baby isn't feeding or gaining well, that's a clinical question for your midwife, child health nurse, GP or a lactation consultant — not something to push through alone.
Email me my feeding values one-pager
A clean printable to bring to your midwife, child health nurse or GP appointment.
This is the general version. If you want the full feeding-decision kit — the questions to ask if breastfeeding gets hard, what mixed feeding actually looks like week by week, and how to handle the comments from family — that's the deeper guide.
See the full feeding-decision kit →via drhblo.com/tools
General information to help you prepare for a conversation about feeding your baby. Not medical advice, and not an emergency service. Only you and your health team can decide what's right for you and your baby. In an emergency call 000.