The significance of 1000 days

As you may know, the first 1000 days of a baby’s life – from conception to the end of the second year – are incredibly important for long-term health. Making the right nutritional decisions at this time can deliver lifelong benefits as the endocrine, immune systems and even appetite are believed to be programmed for life by what happens in the first 1000 days.

To learn more about this critical period, why not click below to see our informative video?

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Supporting you to support parents

We understand that as healthcare professionals advising mums to make the best choices for their baby’s health is important. Naturally breastfeeding is the best way to feed a baby and to aid you in your conversations with mums we’ve created easy to follow videos on the benefits of breastfeeding and breastfeeding tips. These can be found on www.smahcp.co.uk or you can direct parents to www.smamums.co.uk

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For those mums who are not able to exclusively breastfeed or who have decided to combination feed, we have a complete portfolio of baby milks. Why not try our simple algorithm to explore the full range.

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Upcoming study days

To support you in your continuing professional development we have a number of study days that run throughout the year.

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So as you go on supporting parents in infant nutrition, always remember that there’s lots to support you at www.smahcp.co.uk