Advice for your Baby - 8 to 12 Months

Mix up the menu! 

It’s easy to fall into the habit of offering your baby the same foods every day, especially if you know they’ll happily eat them. Here are some simple ideas for expanding your little one’s diet without compromising on those all-important nutrients.

It’s easy to fall into the habit of offering your baby the same foods every day, especially if you know they’ll happily eat them. Here are some simple ideas for expanding your little one’s diet without compromising on those all-important nutrients.

Perhaps one of your most important jobs as a parent is to be a good role model for your baby, particularly when it comes to healthy eating. But just how much of an impact does what you eat and drink now have on your little one’s future? 

You may have noticed your baby is moving more and more every day—it may sometimes feel like they’re in constant motion! That’s great, as all this activity is helping to make their muscles strong for crawling and learning to walk.

Did you know? Offering sugary drinks to your baby adds extra calories to the diet and can negatively affect their teeth health?  Offer water in a cup instead.  

Now that your baby is 8 to 10 months old, has enjoyed first tastes, and is becoming more experienced at eating, it’s time to move on to lumpy foods and helping them learn to feed themselves.

This age is an exciting time of development for your baby. They are learning lots of new feeding skills and becoming more independent by the day. Here’s how you can help them learn to eat and drink, and to grow in confidence, as they embark on a new chapter in feeding adventures.

Now you’ve mastered breastfeeding in the comfort of your own home, it’s time to get out and about! 

Check out these four tried-and-tested breastfeeding holds that help you both relax and encourage your baby to latch on well.  Which one works best for you?

Is your baby struggling to settle to sleep? Still getting up lots of times in the night? Being woken up before sunrise? Try these ideas for helping your little one get the sleep they need for happier days for everyone.

It’s no surprise that your energy and nutrition needs go up when you’re breastfeeding. Choose healthy foods and beverages to get the extra kilojoules and nutrients you both need.