For parents or carers feeding babies by bottle:• only breastmilk, infant formula or cooled boiled water should be given in a bottle• babies should be introduced to drinking from a free-flow cup from the age of 6 months• feeding from a bottle should be discouraged from the age of 1 year
Clinical Recommendation
🏴 England • Public Health England (PHE)
Recommendation Statement
For parents or carers feeding babies by bottle:• only breastmilk, infant formula or cooled boiled water should be given in a bottle• babies should be introduced to drinking from a free-flow cup from the age of 6 months• feeding from a bottle should be discouraged from the age of 1 year
For parents or carers feeding babies by bottle:
- only breastmilk, infant formula or cooled boiled water should be given in a bottle
- babies should be introduced to drinking from a free
- flow cup from the age of 6 months
- feeding from a bottle should be discouraged from the age of 1 year
Clinical Topics
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References
Department of Health and Social Care (2021). Dental Caries. Public Health England. Health matters: child dental health. London: PHE; 2017.
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