How long should I breastfeed?
Breastfeeding can last as long as you like: from weeks to months. During the first six months, breast milk is tailored to baby’s needs. From 4 months fortified milks can be introduced into the diet during the weaning period to move smoothly from breast to bottle.
Should give the 2 breasts at each feeding?
No, because at the beginning of suction, milk is lightly loaded in fat, it is only as and when it is enriched and satisfy the appetite of your baby.
When bathing Baby?
As soon as the umbilical cord is healed, baby to take a bath every day. this is the most convenient way to good hygiene. Carefully check the water temperature with a bath thermometer. Eyes will be cleaned with saline on cotton wool, and the nostrils.
Why breastfeed?
Baby and you, breastfeeding creates a special emotional relationship to live in relaxation and tenderness. Baby: The first few days, colostrum is the first food that baby nurses, this is a concentrated antibodies that will protect the infections. Then it will be breast milk, complete and balanced food. It is suitable for the baby
The bottle: Glass or Plastic ?
Glass is the oldest and most natural material. The glass used by dBb is a specific glass: borosilicate very resistant to mechanical and thermal shocks and especially it is neutral. Neutral? this means that over time it will lose none of its quality, nothing will migrate into the food, it is easy to clean and
What teat?
dBb teats have been designed in accordance with the morphology of the mouth of the baby. They are antiaérophagiques with 15 air regulators (patent 1967) balance pressure between the inside and the outside of the bottle avoiding the teat contract during suction and the baby to swallow air. The infant colic are greatly reduced.
What milk to choose?
For a child less than a year, only breast milk or infant formula 1st and 2nd ages to use. Each age is a suitable milk: * From birth to 4-6mois: first age milk * 4-6mois of 1 year: second age milk * After one year, choose a growth milk rather than cow’s milk that does
Do you must use tap water? mineral water or water source?
Tap water (public distribution of water) can be used to prepare the bottle. But under certain conditions: * Let the water tap a few seconds before filling the bottle with the desired amount * Use only cold water (above 25 ° C, water may be further loaded with microbes and mineral salts). * Regularly clean
How to prepare a feeding-bottle?
Before first use all bottles and accessories are washed with soapy water using a bottle brush and brush pacifier. They will be rinsed with clean water, dry them upside down on a rack / dry bottles (eg the Mikado, the drainer “FLOWER” or “TULIP) and sterilized in an electric sterilizer (eg the NEW STYLE )
Sterilization: what method to choose? How long to be the most effective? Until when sterilized?
Each time you use the bottle should be washed thoroughly and sterilized. Using a brush, wash with soap and water nipples, caps, nipples and body protectors bottles. Adapt nipples on the rings and cover them with nipples guard and perform sterilization. In hospitals the recommended sterilization lasts 18 ‘to 134 °. At home generates temperatures