Baby Feeding - How To Get Dad Involved

New fathers, these days, are making a great deal more of an effort in getting involved as much as possible with baby feeding - this makes fathers feel like they are chipping in and allows them to bond with the new baby.

The remarkable study established that greater than 30% of new dads made some type of an effort to turn up home in time to offer their child a night-time feed on an almost daily basis.
The study also established that 30% of dads made the effort to get home from work one time a week to give the bedtime feed, while an inspiring 37% made it their daily duty by feeding their baby six or seven nights a week.

The mothers that were questioned, in the same study, more than 70% mentioned that they encouraged their partners to be alone with their new baby at some point in the day whether it was morning or night.

Here are a few ways to get Dad involved:

1. Initiate an active and vital responsibility for him by placing him in charge of sterilising baby bottles and other baby feeding accessories - this can be achieved whether you are breastfeeding or baby bottle feeding. Make sure you provide him a suitable education in bottle sterilising.

2. Allocate him a regular bottle feed so he can enjoy a quiet cuddle time with baby- if you are choosing to do a ‘dream feed’ (around 11pm) this may be most suitable. Further, you can get some much desired sleep.

3. If mum is busy feeding baby, let him give you a treat by rustling up a healthy dinner for you both to have later. He doesn't need to be a good cook, even a toasted sandwich or beans on toast tastes so much better if someone else has made it.

4. If you are the one who is feeding, give dad the job of burping baby - this job will make him feel a part of the team

5. If the day is getting closer to when you start to wan your baby, and assuming Dad is a decent cook, get him to start preparing weaning food.