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Looking after a newborn

Tips and advice on how to give your baby the best start with their speech skills and development.
  • Bonding with baby: skin to skin

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  • Tips to help wind baby

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  • How is play important to newborns?

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  • Five ways your baby is already trying to communicate

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  • Common questions about pregnancy, labour and newborns

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  • 8 reasons your baby might be crying

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  • Coping with constant crying

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  • What is tummy time?

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  • The importance of making sounds and talking from day one

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  • Why touching and talking is so important for newborn babies

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  • The Parent Manual: Busting baby jargon

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  • The Parent Manual: Busting jargon about newborns

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Feeding your baby

A collection of films and articles about feeding your baby, whether you're breastfeeding or bottle feeding.

  • A feeding specialist talks us through her job

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  • The Parent Manual: Choosing how best to feed your baby

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  • How do I know if my baby is ready for a feed?

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  • Coping with night feeds

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  • Find an activity to try

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  • Tips and advice

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  • Child development science

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