Best-practice feeding with formula

For new parents who can’t or choose not to breastfeed, it’s important that we support them to feed formula in the best way possible to promote the optimal growth and lifetime health of their babies.

In this video, Dr Rachel Laws provides an overview of the best way to include formula feeding for parents who either can’t or choose not to breastfeed.

Rachel also covers a number of important take-home messages for parents about formula feeding, including:

• what to feed (choice of formula)
• how to make up formula appropriately
• the best way to feed babies formula.

These messages will help support parents to feed formula in the best way possible to promote the optimal growth and lifetime health of their babies.

Your task

Watch the video and reflect on the selection, preparation and feeding of formula, and share your thoughts in the comments.

How does this compare to your current advice and/or practice?