{"id":537,"date":"2022-08-21T20:19:13","date_gmt":"2022-08-21T19:19:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/services.nhslothian.scot\/maternity\/thinking-about-breast-feeding-and-feeding-options\/"},"modified":"2022-09-05T10:53:55","modified_gmt":"2022-09-05T09:53:55","slug":"thinking-about-breast-feeding-and-feeding-options","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/services.nhslothian.scot\/maternity\/thinking-about-breast-feeding-and-feeding-options\/","title":{"rendered":"Thinking about feeding your baby"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns alignwide are-vertically-aligned-top is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-28f84493 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-vertically-aligned-top is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:40%\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"700\" height=\"394\" src=\"https:\/\/services.nhslothian.scot\/maternity\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/62\/2022\/09\/breastfeeding.jpg\" alt=\"Woman breastfeeding a baby\" class=\"wp-image-1064\" srcset=\"https:\/\/services.nhslothian.scot\/maternity\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/62\/2022\/09\/breastfeeding.jpg 700w, https:\/\/services.nhslothian.scot\/maternity\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/62\/2022\/09\/breastfeeding-300x169.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>However you choose to feed your baby, feeding is an opportunity to bond with your baby and make your baby feel loved and secure.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-vertically-aligned-top is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:60%\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns are-vertically-aligned-center is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-28f84493 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-vertically-aligned-center supplementary is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<p>The&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/services.nhslothian.scot\/feedingyourbaby\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">NHS Lothian Feeding your baby website<\/a>&nbsp;is full of useful information about breastfeeding, bottle feeding and weaning. It also has information on Healthy Start vouchers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/services.nhslothian.scot\/maternity\/off-to-a-good-start\/\">Off to a Good Start<\/a>&nbsp;is an NHS Scotland publication which tells you all about breastfeeding.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.unicef.org.uk\/babyfriendly\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">UNICEF Baby Friendly Initiative website<\/a>&nbsp;will tell you about \u200busing feeding to develop your attachment with your baby.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>However you choose to feed your baby, feeding is an opportunity to bond with your baby and make your baby feel loved and secure. The&nbsp;NHS Lothian Feeding your baby website&nbsp;is full of useful information about breastfeeding, bottle feeding and weaning. It also has information on Healthy Start vouchers. Off to a Good Start&nbsp;is an NHS<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":44,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"page-templates\/widewidth.php","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"class_list":["post-537","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"rttpg_featured_image_url":null,"rttpg_author":{"display_name":"NHS Lothian","author_link":"https:\/\/services.nhslothian.scot\/maternity\/author\/nhs-lothian\/"},"rttpg_comment":0,"rttpg_category":false,"rttpg_excerpt":"However you choose to feed your baby, feeding is an opportunity to bond with your baby and make your baby feel loved and secure. The&nbsp;NHS Lothian Feeding your baby website&nbsp;is full of useful information about breastfeeding, bottle feeding and weaning. It also has information on Healthy Start vouchers. 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