Breastfeeding and expressing
Available locations:
Breastfeeding your baby
Watch video: Attaching Your Baby at the Breast
Watch video: Is Your Baby Getting Enough Milk
Expressing milk for your baby
For healthcare professionals
Children’s Health Ireland endorses the HSE and WHO guidelines supporting exclusive breastfeeding for the first six months of life followed by continued breastfeeding, with appropriate complementary foods, until the age of two or beyond1
- Department of Health and Children (2005) Breastfeeding in Ireland: A five-year Strategic Action Plan Government Publications: Dublin; World Health Organisation and UNICEF. (2003). Global Strategy for Infant and Young Child Feeding