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Buyer's Guide to Sterilisers
By Laura Lee Davies on 07/09/2010 02:02:46
Sterilisers are essential to ensure everything to do with feedng your baby is sterile and germ free before he turns 1. But should you get an electric, cold water or microwave steriliser?
Sterilisers - your optionsWhether you're using bottles to feed your formula milk, or expressed breast milk, bottles, teats, rings, lids and all expressing equipment needs to be cleaned thoroughly AND sterilised before each use, until your child
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Fisher-Price's New Sterimax Steriliser
By Laura Lee Davies on 01/06/2009 09:08:38
A nifty all-round winner for safer feeding time, from a well-known nursery brand
Whether you are expressing breastmilk, moving on to formula milk or using formula milk from Day One, you will need a reliable steriliser to keep your baby's bottles, teats and accessories safe from harmful germs. Whilst the weaning phase a few
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Baby bottles in the dishwasher
By Laura Lee Davies on 23/01/2009 02:39:07
Dishwashers can clean at very high temperatures, but they are not failsafe alternatives to a steriliser.
When Buying a steriliser can seem costly and an overwhelmingly complicated process of choice, and you have a dishwasher already standing in the corner of your kitchen, it can be tempting simply to opt for cleaning bottles and teats along with your
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Gadgets for family travel
By Laura Lee Davies on 18/07/2008 01:59:42
From instant sterilisers to fold-down high chairs, it is possible to travel with your baby and not end up looking like an overloaded camel...
steriliser, monitors etc, make sure you also take travel plugs!Babytec Travel Steriliser (£21)Feeding timeIf you're still solely breastfeeding, you're in luck. The safe supply of essential food is going straight to your baby without the need to find clean
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Handy tableware for babies
By Laura Lee Davies on 31/05/2006 09:30:00
The Ezee-reach cutlery and bowl set has suction pads so it stays on the table even during the wildest feeding times!
and hides it somewhere!Although the dish, spoon and fork are not dishwasher safe, they are not difficult to wash. (They should not be put into a steriliser, but beyond six months, all items except milk bottles and milk-related items, can just be thoroughly
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Review: Dr Brown's Natural Flow Breast Pump
By Laura Lee Davies on 20/05/2008 01:20:37
To go with their excellent feeding bottles, Dr Brown's have this manual breast pump which has some great, unique features
Dr Brown's Natural Flow Manual Breast Pump Light, quiet and gentle to useNot much to fault, though like many breast pumps, there are quite a few bits and pieces to keep clean and sterilise Features: Has a soft 'honeycomb' padding to make contact
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New survey on baby feeding
By Laura Lee Davies on 11/07/2006 10:30:56
Braun and the NCT have surveyed over 1000 new parents and found that about a third don't prepare fresh baby food through lack of know-how or time.
in the kitchenIt can be really difficult to feel confident preparing meals that is sufficiently mashed up for your baby when he is new to food. Also, a new parent may be terrified of preparing food without having sterilised everything properly. However
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Buyer's guide to breast pumps
By Laura Lee Davies on 07/09/2010 00:18:05
Manual or electric, a breast pump is great for continuing breastfeeding even when you're away from your baby.
much-needed space on an evening out.Before you startYou need to remember that, even if you are not going to feed your baby with a bottle yet, you will need to sterilise the breast pump every time you use it, so if you are buying a pump, factor
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New vote: travels with baby
By Laura Lee Davies on 05/06/2007 10:38:52
What are the biggest put-offs to travelling with your new baby? Cost? Feeding facilities? Bulky buggies and travel cots? Let us know!
the cost of flying, the inconvenience of lugging baby equipment around, fear of local health care not being up to scratch, or that sterilising bottles etc is just too much of a pain?We want to hear from you! So vote on our Home Page today!
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Keep safe in the heat
By Laura Lee Davies on 28/07/2006 11:01:16
The government have issued weather warnings about extreme heat this week. Pregnant women and children are at risk.
(NOT straight from a tap and NOT bottled water) in a sterilised bottle. Cool boiled water from six months is fine, but make sure you keep up your baby's milk feeds too.If your baby is teething and not drinking very much because the sucking distresses
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