Breast milk provides all the nutrients that your newborn needs. You should try to breastfeed your baby until 6 months. If this is not possible ask your pediatrician for advice. Breast milk provides the necessary energy and all important nutrients for your baby’s growth and development.  The only ones it doesn't provide are vitamins D and K. Your baby needs additional sources of vitamin D until 4 years and, in the first 3 months of life, vitamin K.  Your pediatrician will advise you on how best to do this.

For your baby every part of the feeding process is exciting and new. The introduction to nutrition is crucial and you should watch out for the following:

• Does your baby have any of the following symptoms - colic, spitting out (the "extrusion reflex"), gas, loose stools, eczema, ear infections, lactose intolerance or milk allergy? Lactose is present in milk, yoghurt, and other dairy products
• The extrusion reflex is a common phenomenon which makes infants spit out and usually resolves itself by 6 to 12 months of age
• However, if you observe that your baby vomits frequently, doesn’t gain or even loses weight, coughs or cannot breath easily during or after a meal, cannot swallow easily, cannot relax or suffers from colic and restless sleep, is pale-faced, then consult your pediatrician
• If in doubt always consult your pediatrician

Your baby is growing, developing and exploring the world day by day. Here are some of the milestones you may observe:

• Picks up objects with thumb and forefinger
• Can transfer objects from one hand to the other
• Puts everything in his mouth
• Moves his jaw as if chewing