Mammas Community Breastfeeding Support
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How Grandparents can help

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Becoming new parents can be stressful! 
All that responsibility… Exhaustion… Anxiety…
New parents need all the support and help they can get and grandmothers can play a major role in that,  – especially when it comes to breastfeeding.
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Encouraging your daughter or daughter-in-law to keep her little one close, and to follow his cues for feeding, will help her make plenty of milk, that will ensure the healthy development and growth of your grandchild.


We know now that it is normal for babies to cry when they are put down – this helps make sure they are held, cuddled and fed, making them strong, secure, happy & intelligent. 

The help in house-chores, the special foods you offer, along with caring for older children, may help in 
giving dad, mum & baby time together to bond.

Being a grandparent is such a joy, but also a big responsibility!  Grandparents have at heart the well-being of their grandchildren.  Sometimes because they  worry that baby is not getting enough milk, they may suggest giving bottles of formula to top-up.

BUT – unless there is a medical reason, bottles are almost never the answer.
  • Giving a bottle fills baby up with less nutritious, lower quality, food
  • Giving a bottle means less breast milk is made for the next feed
  • Giving bottles can make a new mum doubt herself and her ability as a good mother
  • Giving a bottle can give baby colic, tummy bugs, reflux and more…
  • Unnecessary bottles can cause long-term health problem​
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If you are worried about your grandchild’s feeding, encourage his mum or dad to seek support and advice

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  Mammas Breastfeeding Peer supporter 
A midwife
A health visitor
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  • Home
    • Contact us
    • DONATE
  • About us
    • Meet the Mammas
    • Training and Workshops
    • Blog
    • Our Patrons
  • Breastfeeding Support
    • Breast pump loan service
    • Breastfeeding Positioning and Attachment
  • Groups
    • Antenatal
    • Baby & Me
    • Baby Massage/ Yoga
    • Big Cook Little Cook
  • Resources
    • Why Breastfeed?
    • Antenatal and early days
    • Breastfeeding your New Baby
    • Breastfeeding older babies and children
    • Ramadan and Breastfeeding
    • Grandparents
    • Starting Solid Foods
    • Cloth Nappies
    • Links
  • Projects & campaigns
    • Safe Milk for every baby
    • APPG Infant Feeding
    • Baby Friendly Leicester