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Baby feeding
NCT fully supports and respects all parents on their choice of feeding their baby - whether they breastfeed, bottle feed or both.
NCT has a range of policy briefings on aspects of baby feeding , including briefings related to the WHO Code, health inequalities, breastfeeding in public places, formula feeding and introducing solid foods. These reflect and expand on the broad principles set out in NCT's baby feeding policy (see related documents below). A number of shorter position statements are also available. You may also be interested in other related briefings and articles on public health, access and diversity, and the organisation and development of maternity services, including user involvement in the planning and monitoring of services.
Also available from NCT on the topic of baby feeding are reviews of evidence, first published in NCT’s quarterly continuing professional development journal New Digest, which includes the recent overview of research on choosing a formula.
You may also be interested in government policy and documents from professionals bodies for the UK, England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland, and NICE clinical guidelines, and NCT’s campaign for a full and effective ban on the advertising of bottle milk formula.
Related documents
- Baby Feeding Policy
(PDF 366 Kb) - Baby Feeding Policy
- Tackling tongue tie in babies (2010) (PDF 273 Kb)
- Some babies find it difficult to breastfeed because they have a condition known as tongue tie. Patricia Wise, an NCT breastfeeding counsellor tutor, explains what tongue tie is and how it can be treated.
- ‘Very visible, very friendly’: setting up a breastfeeding peer support project (2010) (PDF 18 Kb)
- Helen Hunter, an NCT breastfeeding counsellor based in North Yorkshire set up a breastfeeding peer support project. Here she tells Kim Thomas what was involved. New Digest, April 2010.
- NCT Briefing Breastfeeding (PDF 38 Kb)
- NCT Briefing Breastfeeding
- NCT Briefing Breastfeeding benefits all (PDF 27 Kb)
- NCT Briefing Breastfeeding benefits all
- NCT Briefing Breastfeeding in Public Places (PDF 35 Kb)
- NCT Briefing Breastfeeding in Public Places(2010).
- NCT Briefing Health inequalities related to baby feeding (PDF 38 Kb)
- NCT Briefing Health inequalities related to baby feeding
- NCT Briefing Why we boycott Nestle (PDF 23 Kb)
- NCT Briefing Why we boycott Nestle
- NCT Briefing Formula Feeding (PDF 53 Kb)
- NCT Briefing Formula Feeding
- NCT Briefing Starting on Solid Foods (PDF 43 Kb)
- NCT Briefing Starting on Solid Foods
- NCT Briefing WHO Global Strategy on Infant and Young Child Feeding (PDF 37 Kb)
- NCT Briefing WHO Global Strategy on Infant and Young Child Feeding
