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Breastfeeding Success and Baby Nutrition
Nourish with comfort. Thrive with ease.
From first latch to first foods, we’re here to help you and your baby get the hang of breastfeeding—because your journey should be as easy as it is rewarding.
High expectations. Low milk supply. The two sides of breastfeeding.
Challenging beginnings. Beautiful bonds.
Breastfeeding is a learning curve—for both you and your baby. With thoughtfully designed products, we make it easier for you to feel confident and supported every step of the way.
FAQs: Common Breastfeeding Questions Answered
Breastfeeding, Simplified
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How do I get a good latch?
Ergonomic breastfeeding pillows help position your baby for success and reduce strain on you.
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Can I breastfeed in a baby carrier?
Yes! Ergobaby carriers are designed to support feeding when out and about. While nursing in a baby carrier to keep your baby safe ensure one hand is on the carrier and your seated. It’s important to reposition your baby to their original carrying position when you finish nursing. Lift baby back up so their head is close enough to kiss and their airways are visible. Readjust your straps so that they are tightened and support both your body and your baby’s.
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What clothing makes breastfeeding easier?
Choose loose fitting clothes and a nursing bra that is easy top open with one hand.
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When should I wean my baby?
Introducing your baby to solid foods, also referred to as weaning, starts when your baby is around 6 months old. Your baby should be introduced to a varied nutritous diet, alongside their usual milk option.
Breastfeeding Tips from Experts
From Latch to Letdown
• Position your baby comfortably with a supportive breastfeeding pillow.
• Use a baby carrier to feed when out and about while staying close to your baby.
• Try different nursing positions to see what’s comfortable and helps you get a good latch.
• Get a cosy nursing bra for easy feeding, pumping, and all-day comfort.
• Whether it’s breast milk, formula, or a combo of both, fed is best!
Ergonomic Positioning, Meal Time Success
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When everything’s new, the Ergobaby Embrace baby carrier helps you and your newborn get into the rhythm of breastfeeding.
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Helped me!
The swaddle helped my baby sleep longer stretches, and the bouncer was perfect for soothing her during fussy moments. I finally feel like we’re getting some rest!
– Sarah, first-time mom
Truly a dream!
I have tried several carriers and this one is the best. The lumbar support is great as someone still recovering from giving birth. My favorite thing, though, is how amazing soft the cotton fabric is.
- Madeleine L, On the Omni Dream Baby Carrier
A must have for a newborn!
It is so easy to put on (much faster than the wraps) and my 6-week-old finds it comfortable and soothing - he often falls asleep in it! I also like that my husband and I can both use it!
- Emily, On the Embrace Newborn Carrier
Featured Breastfeeding Essentials and First Food Helpers
Your Feeding Journey Starts Here
Omni Baby Carrier
Nurse privately while keeping your baby close.
Natural Curve Nursing Pillow
Comfortable, ergonomic support for a better latch.
Evolve High Chair
Grows with your little one - from first foods to toddler chair to helping make a nutritous dinner themselves.
Featured Products for Better Sleep
Sleep Essentials to Save Your Nights
Make Breastfeeding Easier Today
Comfort, Convenience, Confidence—All in One Place
Whether you're feeding at home or out and about, Ergobaby has the tools you need to nourish your baby and yourself.
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Motherhood
Expert Tips for Parents
Breastfeeding & Nutrition
August 02, 2020
Human Milk - Tailor-made for Tiny Humans. Babywearing and breastfeeding are a perfect match.
Holding your baby close has many benefits for both you and your baby, not least for stress relief, bonding, and breastfeeding. Your baby wanting to be close to you all the time is the most natural thing in the world. And it can also be challenging for us mothers.
Using a baby carrier is an age-old way to stay close, whilst also being able to move around and use your arms! And you can breastfeed in all of Ergobaby's carriers.
Holding our children, especially skin-to-skin, but also clothed, causes the production of a hormone called oxytocin, which has a host of essential positive effects on both mother and child. Oxytocin helps to warm our skin and regulate our baby’s temperature and induces feelings of safety, well-being, and relaxation in both mother and baby, reducing stress levels, and assisting in our bonding process. In fact, some research suggests that higher levels of exposure to oxytocin
Motherhood
Expert Tips for Parents
Breastfeeding & Nutrition
June 12, 2020
Everything You Need To Know About the Ergobaby Natural Curve Nursing Pillow
Our award-winning Natural Curve Nursing Pillow has a whole range of uses and features that make it an essential piece of kit for any parent or caregiver!
But why is it so great? What made it win Well here are just some of the things that our Natural Curve Nursing Pillow a cut above the rest...
Firm, supportive pillow - ✅
Super-soft cover - ✅
Helps reduce slouching - ✅
Multiple feeding positions - ✅
Useful for both breast and bottle feeds - ✅
Supports tummy to tummy positioning - ✅
Carrying handle for easy transport - ✅
Can be used for tummy time as baby grows (from approx 6 months) - ✅
Cover is machine washable - ✅
Variety of styles and patterns to suit everyone - ✅
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Motherhood
Breastfeeding & Nutrition
April 20, 2020
Feeding Your Family While in Isolation - from our Partners at Piccolo
With restaurants closing, deliveries restricted and supermarkets with limited stock, it’s a tricky time to navigate and the thought of plan feeding your family over the upcoming weeks might be daunting.
As parents ourselves, we know many of us might be feeling a bit overwhelmed by the idea of preparing 3 meals a day for our children for the foreseeable. Without schools to help out with lunchtimes, it feels like we have to suddenly be experts everything. from infant nutrition to how to cook family-sized meals from scratch. Kind of makes you want to run away and hide, right?
We want to do what we can to help – so we’ve pulled together our favourite pantry-based recipes to see you through the next few weeks.
Breakfast:
Baked Oats with Apple and Cinnamon
Oats are a great carb to choose – rich in fibre, and higher in protein and fat than other grains, they’ve also been found to support sleep.
This is a quick and easy recipe
Expert Tips for Parents
Breastfeeding & Nutrition
August 21, 2018
Originally posted on ergobaby.com
Kirsten Metcalf is a writer, editor and mother to a hilarious but very strong-willed toddler and a beautiful baby girl. She started writing short stories in elementary school and years later became a sports reporter and editor. Now, she mainly writes marketing, religious and parenting-related blog posts. Even before she knew she wanted to be a writer, Kirsten knew she wanted to be a mom. She knows being a mom is one of the most rewarding but hardest jobs out there, which is why she loves being able to share parenting knowledge and support to other moms through her writing. When she actually wins negotiations with her toddler, Kirsten likes to reward herself by watching KU basketball, eating cheesecake, or going on a Target run by herself.
As a mom who breastfeeds, I’m an advocate for breastfeeding moms to feel free to feed their baby when they’re out and about doing what normal people do—and most states have breastfeeding in public laws that protect your
Expert Tips for Parents
Breastfeeding & Nutrition
April 30, 2018
Miriam Cooper is the founder of Mimi’s Bowl.
She cooks modern baby and toddler recipes, from her home in West London. Mum to one little girl, now 3 years old, and with another baby on the way. She is on a mission is to end, what she calls “babyfood panic”. Miriam shares daily what they eat at home, via her Instagram feed; she is well worth a follow for parent-friendly recipes and ideas.
How I found myself in the grips of “babyfood panic”
As a mum with a three-year-old daughter and with another baby on the way, I have been through my share of culinary highs and lows. When my daughter was born one of the many challenges for me as a new mum proved to be food. As we approached her time to start weaning I found myself agonising over her first tastes and first solid foods; even this simplest of tasks raised a barrage of questions. I was gripped by “babyfood panic”, the only words I can find to describe my feelings of helplessness. And after sleepless nights, my anxious and exhausted
Expert Tips for Parents
Breastfeeding & Nutrition
February 02, 2018
In this post, Dr Henrik Norholt writes about how using a baby carrier may help mothers to succeed with breastfeeding.
About Dr Henrik
Dr. Henrik Norholt is a member of The World Association of Infant Mental Health, The Marcé Society for Perinatal Mental Health and The Society of Emotion and Attachment Studies. He is an expert in the effects of baby carrying on child psychological and motor development having studied it for the past 15 years. He is a frequent lecturer and thesis supervisor at numerous universities, colleges, association meetings and international conferences.
One of the fundamental hopes most pregnant women nourish is to be able to smoothly and pleasantly breastfeed their baby. And for good reasons, there are many health risks of not breastfeeding for both mother and child. For infants, not being breastfed is associated with an increased incidence of infectious morbidity as well as elevated risks of childhood obesity, type 1 and type 2 diabetes, leukemia, and sudden
Expert Tips for Parents
Breastfeeding & Nutrition
November 23, 2017
Having worked with mums in the development of our products, we know that breastfeeding isn't always a walk in the park!
A while back we asked our followers to post tips for new mums embarking on their first breastfeeding journey and here is some of the advice they gave :
1. "My tip is to aim at drinking a whole bottle of water with every feed - keeps you hydrated and maintain a good supply for your little one!" - Pinky L
2. "Take time at the beginning to get you both into the habit of a getting a good latch. It's essential for protecting your nipples! Baby to breast, then nipple to nose, rub nipple on baby's nose and wait until the mouth is wide open bringing baby to nipple. Aim to get a good bit of areola into baby's mouth not just the nipple. You're nipple should not be flat after. It may be uncomfortable until your nipples get used of it but not painful. If painful best to see a lactation consultant to help with latch. Try to relax and enjoy." - Patricia M
3. "Huge tip is do what you
Expert Tips for Parents
Breastfeeding & Nutrition
January 17, 2017
Amanda Peters, Maternity Practitioner believes all babies should feed elevated with their head higher than their tummy, regardless of colic, reflux or any other feeding issues. Tummy to tummy positioning ensures good bonding and helps with a better latch. Babies do get heavy whilst feeding and your arms get tired, so whether breast or bottle suits, let a feeding pillow take the strain!
Maternity at Home have done the work for you – coming in at number one is the Ergobaby Natural Curve Nursing Pillow! Read their review on Choosing the Best Nursing Pillow 2016 here. http://maternityathome.com/best-nursing-pillow.
1. ERGOBABY NATURAL CURVE NURSING PILLOW
LIGHTWEIGHT WITH GREAT SUPPORT
Coming in at number one, we have the Ergobaby natural curve nursing pillow. This pillow has garnered the number 1 spot and is clearly the top nursing pillow of 2016.
When you look at the Ergobaby you can tell straight away that they have listened to what mothers really want in a nursing pillow,
Expert Tips for Parents
Breastfeeding & Nutrition
July 22, 2015
In honor of World Breastfeeding Week, we reached out to one of our expert lactation consultants, Sandra Werlich-Praetze to find out the answer to some of her most frequently asked questions on breastfeeding from new mums. There are many amazing resources (links below article) and support communities out there, and we invite you to get the support you need.
Baby carriers help the modern-day parent attend to their child’s needs while still getting on with their day. That’s why babywearing and breastfeeding often go hand-in-hand. It’s the ultimate convenience–feeding on the go! Help us celebrate World Breastfeeding Week (August 1-7, 2015 #WBW2015) by showing your support.
Please feel free to share any #ergobabynursing and #breastfeeding photos, either with the carrier or the Natural Curve Nursing Pillow; stories or advice on our Facebook, Twitter and Instagram accounts. We acknowledge that some mama’s journeys may have ended or due to struggles, never began.
Expert Tips for Parents
Breastfeeding & Nutrition
June 29, 2015
To celebrate the launch of the NEW Ergobaby Natural Curve Nursing Pillow, we asked our resident expert, Midwife Nikki Khan to share her top tips for supporting mums through breastfeeding.
The key to a successful, and enjoyable, breastfeed is getting the latching correct, which all comes down to positioning. If baby is in the incorrect position whilst feeding not only could there be problems with latching and sore nipples, but baby could have issues with swallowing or may develop gastric reflux, and mum can easily start to get back and arm pain.
There are lots of different positions that work brilliantly for a comfortable and successful breastfeed, whilst using a high quality nursing pillow is a must-have for ensuring optimum comfort. However, before you start thinking about positions and nursing pillows, remember these basics to a successful feed:
i) Make sure you are comfortable in a chair supporting your back with your bottom back in the chair rather than perched on the edge for the