Breastfeeding and Infant Feeding – Halton


General introduction

Our Infant Feeding Team is dedicated to supporting families with all aspects of infant feeding. Whether parents choose to breastfeed, bottle-feed, or combine both, our highly skilled team provides compassionate, evidence-based care tailored to the needs of parents, babies, and their families.

We support both new and experienced parents with common feeding challenges and those that require more specialist input than the initial support provided by midwives and health visitors during the first months and year of life. Our services are available both during pregnancy and after your baby is born.

Infant feeding advice, support, and education are provided across a range of community settings, including home visits, local health clinics, and family hubs.

We work closely with health visitors and support workers within 0–19 community services to ensure seamless support once families leave hospital with their baby.

We also collaborate with a range of partners to support parents, carers, and healthcare professionals with all aspects of infant feeding, including:

  • breastfeeding peer support services and organisations
  • midwives and maternity support workers
  • family hub practitioners
  • GPs
  • local councils
  • dietitians
How to access this service

Free antenatal infant feeding workshop

This two‑hour session is designed to help you feel ready, confident and supported when it comes to feeding your baby.

Part of the Your Baby and You pregnancy, birth and parenting programme,  this workshop is available to all parents living in Halton.

Workshops take place at:

  • Kingsway Children’s Centre, Widnes
  • Halton Lodge Children’s Centre, Runcorn

To book your free place, please call 01928 593056.

Breastfeeding groups

Ditton Library on Fridays, 10.30am to 11.30am

Join us for friendly advice and support, wherever you are on your breastfeeding journey. For more information, call 0151 420 5482.

Useful information

Support contact numbers

  • Health Improvement Team – infant feeding: 0300 029 0029
  • National Breastfeeding Helpline: 0300 100 0212
  • Association of Breastfeeding Mothers: 0300 330 5453
  • La Leche League: 0345 120 2918
  • National Childbirth Trust (NCT): 0300 330 0700
  • Breastfeeding Network supporter line (Bengali and Sylheti): 0300 456 2421

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