Wether the last 9 months have flown by or dragged on, either way your new baby has arrived into the world and your all safe and well at home or your just about to leave the hospital and now your searching the web wondering “what do I even feed this kid”

Don’t panic! It’s easy than you might think.

Baby formula or breast milk it’s that simple.

If your partner has chosen to breast feed it is simply your job to support her whenever you can. Now you’re partner may decide to express some milk into bottle to allow you a chance to feed. I encourage to take this opportunity as often as you can, not only will it give you another unique opportunity to bond with your child but it will also relive pressure on your partner to be the sole provider for feeds – while you are feeding your child this is a perfect opportunity to tell your partner to go get some me time by either having a soak in the bath or putting feet up in front of the tv.

If you’ve decided you’ll be using formula in full or in part to feed you baby, again don’t worry it’s easier than you might imagine. All you have to do is follow the instructions on the packaging – that’s it. Easy right? Well it might be when you’re wide awake and bright eyed but in the early hours of the morning after only 20 minutes sleep it might be a bit trickier to follow the instructions laid out before you, which is why I highly recommend getting a Tommee Tippee Perfect Prep Machine they come in a couple of different models and colours personally we have the basic model which costs roughly £75 and honestly it is a godsend and I recommend everyone choosing to do formula feeds for their baby to get one – sooner rather than later, you’ll kick yourself like I did after mixing up formula for 4 months before getting one. (Just do yourself a favour)

Until your baby is 6 months old, breast milk or formula milk is the only option on the table for feeds.

After this time you can start you give you child small portions (obviously) of whatever you’re eating. Just make sure that the food is cut up small enough. You will find that there are not many things that your child won’t try and you’ll definitely come across some firm favourites relatively quickly, for Eve this was noodles and pasta. It is important to encourage your baby to try new food often as it will help them develop their palate and get rid of any unsureness to try new flavours and textures, plus it will save you the headache of tantrums and food thrown on the floor because you child doesn’t like what you’ve put in front of them (this will still happen it is unavoidable, just hopefully few and far between)

It is important to remember not to give your child any honey or any food containing honey until they are 12 months old as this can give them botulism (a very nasty type of food poisoning) also avoid all unpasteurised or raw/undercook foods until they 12 month old.

After your child is has had their 1st birthday you can feel free to give them cows milk (or any other milk for that matter) whole milk (full fat milk or blue milk) is recommended as this contains more fat that your growing baby needs.

Again this can sometimes seem more complicated than it actually is, if you get overwhelmed (trust me it happens) just take a breath it’s only food.