Important Notice

Breastfeeding is best for babies and provides them with all the nutrients they need for a healthy growth and development. Exclusive breastfeeding is recommended for six months. After the introduction of foods at six months of age, recommendations include continued breastfeeding until one to two years of age or more. In preparation for and during breastfeeding, the mother’s diet should be balanced and contain sufficient key nutrients. Combining breast and bottle feeding in baby’s first weeks of life may reduce the mother’s supply of breast milk, and reversing a decision not to breastfeed is difficult. When mothers do not breastfeed, an infant formula may be used according to health professionals' advice. Improper preparation of an infant formula may lead to health hazards.

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When all is well

Breastfeeding is the ideal food for all infants because it answers their nutritional needs perfectly. Its composition evolves over the course of feeding and adapts to the baby’s evolution. It is thus recommended to breast feed as long as possible.

However, some women are not able or do not want to breastfeed their child at all, or not as long as they wish to, for various reasons: personal choice, health conditions, busy professional life… In these cases, an infant formula may be given to the newborn, according to the health care professionals’ advice.

Everyday milk
Hungry baby

Gluttonous babies are babies who do not seem satisfied after a feeding even though the given quantity of milk corresponds to their age. They often demand to be fed and do not manage to go 3 to 4 hours without being fed, whether by day or by night. The symptoms appear with tears, sometimes screams of hunger, even though completelly normal in the first weeks of life, it could get exhausting for the parents if it lasts for months.

Growing-up milk

A child still has specific nutritional needs after their first anniversary, therefore it is important to provide him or her with food that is diversified, as well as all the nutrients needed between 1 and 3 years of age. This includes calcium and vitamin D which are necessary for growth and bone development, and iron which contributes to the normal cognitive development of the child. This is why a growing-up milk formula is recommended to cover the specific needs of young children as a supplement to a diversified and well-balanced diet.

It is advised to drink around 500 ml a day of growing-up milk formula until the age of 3 years1.

     

      1 Bocquet A., et al., Committee of Nutrition of the SFP(FPS). Food for the infant and the very young child. Practical realization. Archives of Paediatrics. 2003; 10.76-81