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Find out how to hold your baby for feeding and why it is important.

Check out the different ways to hold your baby when you are breastfeeding.

A video with suggestions if you are considering returning to work while breastfeeding.

A video about going out and about with your baby while breastfeeding.

Watch this video about common breastfeeding difficulties and tips for overcoming them.

Vitamin D helps our bodies use calcium to build and maintain strong bones and teeth.

Start offering iron-rich foods as soon as your baby starts solids. Keep offering iron-rich foods daily to help prevent iron deficiency.

Hints and videos to help with making sure your baby is properly attached to your breast for breastfeeding.

Find out more about why skin-to-skin contact between you and your baby is the best place for your baby to start life. 

Breastmilk can be stored. Remember to use a sterilised container to put the milk in. Find out more about how long you can store breastmilk.

Expressing milk means squeezing milk out of your breast. You would do this if you are separated from your baby for any reason.

Feeding whenever your baby wants to feed will help maintain your milk supply. This is your baby's way of making sure they have all the breastmilk they need. The milk they take is replaced each time they feed.

Your milk usually takes 2 to 3 days to come in, and pēpi (babies) usually regain their birth weight by 10 to 14 days.

Make sure your baby is properly latched. Watch a video showing you how.

Pēpi (babies) have such a strong instinct to breastfeed. Usually in that first hour your baby will start to show signs of being ready to feed. If left, they will move towards your breast and latch on by themselves.

Holding your baby against your skin straight after birth will calm your baby, steady their breathing and help keep them warm.