Infant Feeding
Formula Feeding Basics
Safe formula feeding made simple: making up bottles, cleaning and sterilising, amounts by age and a feeding log, in about 70 minutes.
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Infant feeding courses from first bottle to first foods
Six courses on formula, expressing, combination feeding, going back to work and starting solids, written to Australian guidance and respectful of every feeding choice.
- 6 courses
- Tools in every course
- Certificate included
The NHMRC Infant Feeding Guidelines recommend exclusive breastfeeding until around 6 months, then starting solid foods while breastfeeding continues to 12 months and beyond, for as long as mother and child wish. Pasteurised full cream cow's milk can become the main drink at around 12 months. Many families use formula or combine breast and bottle, and our courses support each of those choices. The Australian Breastfeeding Association Helpline, 1800 686 268, is open around the clock for breastfeeding questions.
Australian formula instructions may differ from what you read on overseas websites. Pregnancy, Birth and Baby and the Raising Children Network advise boiling fresh tap water and letting it cool to lukewarm, putting the water in a sterilised bottle first, then adding powder with the scoop that came with the tin, levelled and not packed. Never warm formula in a microwave, throw away leftovers within 1 hour, and keep sterilising equipment until your baby is 12 months old.
Solids start around 6 months, but not before 4 months, when your baby shows signs of readiness. First foods should include iron-rich foods. The updated ASCIA guideline published in January 2026 advises offering peanut and well-cooked egg soon after your baby has started solid food, then keeping them in the diet at least once a week. Honey is not suitable before 12 months, and children under 4 years should not have whole nuts or hard pieces of food.
All infant feeding courses
Infant Feeding
Combination Feeding Education
Breast and bottle, your way: a feeding planner, supply-protection checklist and paced bottle feeding card for calm, close feeds.
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Infant Feeding
Expressing & Storing Breast Milk
Hand expressing, pumping, safe storage times and cleaning, with a printable storage chart and labelling sheet for the fridge.
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Infant Feeding
Returning to Work While Breastfeeding
Go back to work and keep breastfeeding, with a pumping-at-work schedule, employer conversation script and freezer stash planner.
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Infant Feeding
Starting Solid Foods
A calm, step-by-step start to solids, with a readiness checker, a first 2 weeks food plan, an allergen introduction log and a baby food diary.
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Infant Feeding
Baby-Led Weaning Education
Finger foods without the fear: safe shapes, gagging vs choking know-how and a first foods tracker, from around 6 months to family meals.
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Choose by feeding stage
Milk feeds
- Formula Feeding Basics: making up bottles the Australian way, sterilising and how much babies tend to drink at each age.
- Combination Feeding Education: mixing breast and bottle while protecting your milk supply, including paced bottle feeding.
- Expressing and Storing Breast Milk: pumping, labelling, storage and cleaning.
- Returning to Work While Breastfeeding: a pumping schedule, a freezer stash plan and how to talk to your employer.
First foods
- Starting Solid Foods: readiness signs, iron-rich first foods, a two-week plan and introducing allergens.
- Baby-Led Weaning Education: finger-food shapes and sizes, gagging compared with choking, and allergens in finger-food form.
What the infant feeding tools do
- Formula prep card and sterilising checklist: the Australian steps in order, to stick on a cupboard door.
- Feed logs and combination feeding planner: record feeds and plan how breast and bottle fit together across the day.
- Pumping schedule, storage chart and labelling sheet: keep expressed milk organised, dated and used in order.
- Readiness checker and first foods plan: check the signs, then plan the first two weeks of solids.
- Allergen introduction log: record when peanut, egg and other common allergens were first given, and keep up the weekly serves.
- Gagging vs choking card: what each looks like, and what to do.
When to get help
Call 000 if your baby is choking and cannot cough, cry or breathe, or shows signs of a severe allergic reaction: difficult or noisy breathing, swelling of the tongue, a persistent cough, or becoming pale and floppy.
If your baby has a milder reaction to a new food, such as hives or swelling of the lips or eyes, stop giving that food and get medical advice from your GP. Keep offering other foods unless you are told otherwise.
Talk to your GP or child and family health nurse the same day if your baby is feeding much less than usual or has fewer wet nappies. For breastfeeding problems such as a painful red area on the breast with fever, see your GP.
Infant feeding courses: your questions
When should my baby start solids?
At around 6 months, but not before 4 months. Signs of readiness include good head and neck control, sitting upright with support, showing interest in food and opening their mouth when food is offered on a spoon.
When should I give peanut and egg?
The ASCIA guideline updated in January 2026 says to offer peanut and well-cooked egg soon after your baby has started solid food, one new allergen at a time, and then keep giving them at least once a week. Other common allergens, such as dairy, wheat, soy, sesame, tree nuts, fish and shellfish, should also be introduced in the first year.
Does my baby need vitamin D drops?
Not routinely in Australia. The Raising Children Network says breastfed babies with a risk factor, such as very dark skin, a mother low in vitamin D or very little time outdoors, may need 400 IU (10 micrograms) a day. Formula-fed babies usually do not. Ask your GP or child and family health nurse.
Can I warm a bottle in the microwave?
No. Microwaves heat unevenly and can scald your baby's mouth. Stand the bottle in a jug of warm water instead, then test a few drops on the inside of your wrist.
When can my baby drink cow's milk?
Pasteurised full cream cow's milk can be the main drink from around 12 months. Before then, breast milk or infant formula should be your baby's main drink.
Is baby-led weaning safe?
It can be, when your baby is ready, sits upright, is always supervised, and is offered soft foods in safe shapes and sizes. Hard foods such as raw apple or carrot should be grated or cooked until soft. The course explains the difference between gagging and choking.
Official sources
- NHMRC: Infant Feeding Guidelines
- ASCIA: How to introduce solid foods to babies
- Nip allergies in the Bub: ASCIA guidelines for infant feeding and allergy prevention
- Pregnancy, Birth and Baby: Making formula
- Raising Children Network: Formula, making, storing and transporting
- Raising Children Network: Introducing solids
- Raising Children Network: Vitamin D
- Australian Breastfeeding Association: Breastfeeding Helpline
Make your first bottle with confidence
Open the formula course, save the step-by-step prep card and check it against your tin the next time you make a feed.