If you don’t want lumps in your shakes, you need the right equipment: our handy Women’s Best Shaker. It’s super practical, holds up to 600ml, and has a convenient size that’ll fit perfectly in every bag and lies comfortably in your hand.

Make some amazing DIY I-Spy Bottles for early learning games on the go with kids! Brilliant for toddlers to school age and easy to adapt to different themes or to match learning objectives. Sweet Peppers – With peppers it can be easiest to quarter and de-seed, then blanch and then remove the outer skin before bottling rather than trying to remove the skin before blanching.Leave the water to cool in the kettle for no more than 30 minutes. Then it will stay at a temperature of at least 70C. Water at this temperature will kill any harmful bacteria. Does what it says. Good shaker that keeps your drinks cool or hot. Randomly seems to leak when I shake with warm milk though. Otherwise fine.” A formula fed baby will need to be fed according to the guidelines for their weight and age (First Steps Nutrition, 2021). Concerns around disposable water bottles usually come from that fact that they are made from polyethylene terephthalate (PET), which people believed would gradually release chemicals into your bottle of water. Remember to let the feed cool before you give it to your baby. Or you can hold the bottle (with the lid on) under cold water from the tap. Do not use bottled water to make up formula feeds

We're supposed to be keeping an eye on how much we drink, but how many of us really know what a unit of alcohol is? Traveller Shaker can be stored in a refrigerator, cleaned in washing machines, and used in microwave ovens without the risk of damaging it. You might find attending one of our NCT New Baby courses helpful as they give you the opportunity to explore different approaches to important parenting issues with a qualified group leader and other new parents in your area. Use a large, heavy non-metallic pan. Add sugar to the liquid over gentle heat and don’t stir until it has all dissolved naturally. This prevents crystallisation and burning. Step 1: Fill the kettle with at least 1 litre of fresh tap water (do not use water that has been boiled before).Did you love these DIY I-Spy Bottles? Please do share if so! I also LOVE to read your comments here.

Using units is a simpler way of representing a drink's alcohol content – usually expressed by the standard measure alcohol by volume (ABV).These DIY I-Spy Bottles are fabulous travel toys as you can pop them in your bag and bring them out to keep kids entertained on long journeys or in waiting rooms. Wood CT, Skinner AC, Yin HS, Rothman RL, Sanders LM, Delamater A, Ravanbakht SN, Perrin EM. (2015) Association between bottle size and formula intake in 2-month-old infants. Academic Pediatrics. 16(3):254-259. Available at: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4808476/ [Accessed 29 March 2021]. It also adds to the flavour and gives you the opportunity to infuse the fruit with spices. During simmering, to prevent the fruit from browning, rub peeled apples, peaches, pears, nectarines and apricots with lemon juice. We support all parents, however they feed their baby. If you have questions, concerns or need support, you can speak to a breastfeeding counsellor by calling our support line on 0300 330 0700, whether you are exclusively breastfeeding or using formula milk. Breastfeeding counsellors have had extensive training, will listen without judging or criticising and will offer relevant information and suggestions. You can also find more useful articles here.

If your baby is hard to feed after the first 20ml to 30ml then they may need a break at this point (see the information about responsive feeding above). You could try changing their position, putting them over your shoulder to see if they need burping and then offer them the bottle again. If they're not interested, they may just need to feed little and often – this is normal for some babies (NHS, 2015). Ensure jars are sterilised before you use them. This removes any bacteria present, which would cause your fruit to go off sooner than it would otherwise. Either wash the jars in your dishwasher just before you use them, or in hot, soapy water. Rinse them and stand them upside down in the oven at 150°C for 30 minutes. Your jars must be hot when you ladle in the mixture. As a general rule, by the end of the first week most babies will require approximately 150ml to 200ml per kilogram of body weight per day, until they’re six months old. For example, a baby weighing 6kg at the end of four months, would approximately need 900ml to 1200ml of infant formula per day (First Steps Nutrition Trust, 2021).

Step 5: If you are using a cold-water steriliser, shake off any excess solution from the bottle and the teat, or rinse them with cooled boiled water from the kettle (not tap water). Use freshly boiled drinking water from the tap to make up a feed. Do not use artificially softened water or water that has been boiled before.