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Clear answers to the questions that really come up in everyday life with a baby: from the first bottle to calmer nights and days out with a carrier and changing backpack. Every article is based on expert recommendations and lists its sources.
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Carrying & on the goWhen Can You Start Using a Baby Carrier? Carrying Newborns Safely
From birth, if the carrier fits: Here's how to carry your newborn in the M-position while keeping their airways clear. Includes a TICKS checklist to work through.
Gifts & getting readyNew Baby Gifts: 25 Ideas Parents Will Really Love
25 New Baby Gift Ideas Organized by Budget and Relationship: Practical, Personal, or to Help Ease the Parents' Burden. On that note: things you'd be better off not giving as gifts.Feeding 15
Making up bottles, getting the temperature right, warming milk on the go and storing breast milk.
Warming Milk on the Go: A Comparison of 5 Methods
Battery-powered bottle warmer, thermos, water bath, electrical outlet, or ready-to-feed formula: Here's how to warm up breast milk and formula on the go. With a packing list to check off items.
How to Prepare a Formula Bottle: Step by Step
Here's how to safely prepare formula and bottles: from washing your hands to using the right water to checking the temperature. Includes step-by-step instructions and a checklist.
How to Quickly Prepare a Bottle at Night: 4 Methods
Electric kettle, thermos, automatic dispenser, or night stand: Here's how to prepare a nighttime bottle quickly while still keeping it hygienic. Includes a comparison and evening routine.
How Warm Should Baby Milk Be? Temperature for Breast Milk and Formula
Body temperature is ideal, but cool is often fine, too: Here's how to find the right temperature for breast milk and formula. Includes a temperature scale and the wrist test.
How to Keep Baby Food Warm on the Go: 4 Ways and Tips
Baby food warmers, insulated containers, water baths, or microwaves: Here’s how to keep baby food warm and hygienic while on the go. Includes a checklist to tick off.
Glass or Plastic Baby Bottles? Pros and Cons
Glass, PP, PPSU, Tritan, or silicone? A comparison of all materials, what the microplastics study really shows, and how to properly care for bottles and nipples.
What kind of water should I use for baby food? Tap water, mineral water, baby water
Tap water, mineral water, or baby water? Whether you need to boil water for a baby's bottle and what to look for on the label, complete with a checklist.
Pumping and Storing Breast Milk: Tips and Shelf Life
How long does pumped breast milk last? Storage times at room temperature, in the refrigerator, and in the freezer, plus tips on pumping, freezing, thawing, and transporting.
Does health insurance cover a breast pump? (Switzerland)
Renting a breast pump with a prescription: when basic insurance covers the cost, for how long, what the deductible and supplemental insurance mean, and how to get a rental pump.Reflux in Babies: Spitting Up, Cow’s Milk Allergy, and What Really Helps
Many babies spit up; most of the time, it's harmless. Here you can read about when reflux should be discussed with your pediatrician, how a cow's milk protein allergy is diagnosed, and how to ensure your baby sleeps safely.
Solid Foods: When to Start and How—With a Solid Food Schedule
When to Start Solid Foods? The Right Time, Signs of Readiness, the First Puree, and a Month-by-Month Solid Food Schedule Based on Swiss Recommendations, Including Differences Compared to Germany and Austria.
Baby-Led Weaning: Introducing Solid Foods Without Purees
Solid Foods Without Purees: What baby-led weaning is, when it’s appropriate to start, what studies say, which finger foods are safe, and how to tell the difference between gagging and choking.
Making, Freezing, and Reheating Baby Food at Home
Making your own baby food is easy: two basic recipes with measurements, tips on hygiene and nitrates, and instructions for freezing, thawing, and reheating.
Cleaning and Sterilizing Baby Bottles
How to Clean Bottles Properly and When Sterilization Is Really Necessary: Step-by-Step Instructions, a Comparison of Recommendations from Expert Organizations, and All Methods with Their Pros and Cons.
Clogged Ducts, Milk Blisters and Mastitis: How to Spot and Relieve Them
Clogged ducts, milk blisters, or mastitis? How to recognize them, what helps right away, which old tips are outdated, and when to seek medical help.
Baby food recipes 10
Simple baby food recipes with video: amounts based on Swiss recommendations, no salt or sugar, with tips on freezing and taking food out.
Pumpkin and rice porridge for babies: easy recipe
Pumpkin Puree with Rice for Your Baby: A recipe for 2 servings based on BLV guidelines, with a video, recommended pumpkin varieties, and tips on rice, arsenic, and freezing.
Baby Food with Sweet Potato and Parsnip: A Simple Recipe
Sweet Potato and Parsnip Puree for Babies: A recipe for 2 servings with a video, tips on age, consistency, and variations, as well as how to freeze it and take it on the go.
Banana porridge for babies: easy oat recipe
Oatmeal with Banana: A four-ingredient cereal and fruit porridge for babies 5 months and older, ready in 15 minutes. Includes a video and tips on oatmeal, gluten, milk, and freezing.
Carrot Puree with Apple for Babies: A Simple Recipe
Carrot puree with apple is a classic first baby food: a recipe for 2 servings with a video, tips on age, consistency, whether to use raw or steamed apples, and how to freeze it.
Zucchini and Mashed Potatoes for Babies: A Simple Recipe
Zucchini and Potato Puree for Your Baby: A recipe for 2 servings based on BLV guidelines, without salt, including a video and tips on bitter zucchini, freezing, and on-the-go meals.
Millet porridge for babies with strawberries: easy recipe
Millet porridge with strawberries: gluten-free cereal and fruit porridge for babies 5 months and older, ready in 15 minutes. Includes a video and tips on frozen berries, allergies, and freezing.
Fennel Puree with Pear for Babies: A Simple Recipe
Fennel Puree with Pear for Babies: A Fresh Serving, Step by Step, with Video. Also: when to start adding fennel, how to steam pears, and why you shouldn't reheat the porridge.
Kohlrabi Puree for Babies with Broccoli: A Simple Recipe
Kohlrabi Puree with Broccoli for Babies: A Fresh Serving with Potatoes and Canola Oil, with a Video. Also: when kohlrabi is in season, nitrates, and broccoli as finger food.
Beet Puree with Spelt for Babies
Beet Puree with Spelt for Babies: A Fresh Serving, Step by Step, with Video. Related topics: When is it okay to eat beets? Gluten in spelt, nitrates, and red stools.
Pea Baby Food with Spinach: A Simple Recipe
Pea Baby Food with Spinach: A Fresh Serving with Potatoes and Canola Oil, with a Video. Also: when to start feeding peas, frozen vegetables, and why you shouldn't reheat spinach puree.
Sleep 4
Safe sleeping places and calmer nights in the first months.
Moses basket and cradle: when to start, when to stop
From Birth to Rolling Over: How long your baby can stay in a bassinet or cradle, how to tell when it's time for a bigger bed, and what's safe.
White Noise for Babies: Helpful or Harmful?
White noise can help some babies fall asleep. However, if it’s too loud or too close, it can pose a risk to their hearing. Here’s how to use white noise safely, complete with a checklist.
Bedside Crib (Co-Sleeper) or Cradle? An Honest Comparison
A side bed, a bassinet, a cradle, or a crib? This honest comparison shows what’s best for nighttime, what’s best for daytime, and what to look for when buying.
Pacifiers: When to Start, How to Clean Them Properly, and How to Wean Your Child Off Them Gently
When is the right time to start using a pacifier, how to sterilize and clean it, what teeth and jaws need, and how to gently wean your child off it.
Carrying & on the go 4
Baby carrier, changing backpack and travel: for relaxed days out.
When Can You Start Using a Baby Carrier? Carrying Newborns Safely
From birth, if the carrier fits: Here's how to carry your newborn in the M-position while keeping their airways clear. Includes a TICKS checklist to work through.
Baby Carrier or Wrap? An Honest Comparison
Wrap, ring sling, mei tai, or comfort carrier? An honest comparison with a chart and decision-making guide: Here’s how to find the baby carrier that’s right for you.
Packing a Diaper Bag: A Checklist to Follow
What should you pack in a diaper bag? A checklist to work through, organized by age and type of outing, with packing tips for diaper backpacks and diaper bags.
Traveling with a Baby: Packing List, Flying, and Tips
A checklist to work through, rules for bringing baby food in your carry-on, tips for flying, driving, and dealing with the heat: Here’s how to make your first vacation with your baby a success.
Gifts & getting ready 5
Birth gift ideas, the first baby kit and keepsakes that last.
New Baby Gifts: 25 Ideas Parents Will Really Love
25 New Baby Gift Ideas Organized by Budget and Relationship: Practical, Personal, or to Help Ease the Parents' Burden. On that note: things you'd be better off not giving as gifts.
Essentials for Your Newborn: A Checklist for the First Few Months
What do you need for a baby? This checklist for your baby’s first essentials shows you what you really need, what can wait, and what you can skip. Ready to check off and print.
Cloth Diapers: Getting Started, Washing, Costs
All-in-one, pocket, or cover with an insert? Here’s how to get started with cloth diapers, wash them properly, and find out—honestly—when they save you money and reduce your carbon footprint.
Taking a Fingerprint: How to Get a Good Print of Your Baby
A sleeping baby, a clean finger, gentle pressure: Here's how to take a clear fingerprint. Includes instructions, a checklist of common mistakes, and photo tips for your jewelry.
Fingerprint keepsake jewelry: a memento that lasts a lifetime
A fingerprint as a pendant or ring: where the print might come from, what suits whom, and how to care for the jewelry. For parents and for those who are grieving.
Pregnancy & birth 8
Nausea, induction of labour and what helps in the weeks before the birth.
Calculate Due Date: Calculator and Weeks of Pregnancy
Calculator for Due Date and Gestational Week: Naegele's Rule with cycle correction, calculation from conception, 12+3 notation, trimesters, and the important weeks of pregnancy.
Morning Sickness: What Helps and When It’s Hyperemesis
Nausea during pregnancy is common and usually harmless. What helps in everyday life, when it's hyperemesis, and what warning signs indicate you should seek help.
Breast Self-Examination—Even During Pregnancy and While Breastfeeding
Here's how to perform a breast self-exam in 5 steps, even during pregnancy and while breastfeeding. What's normal, which lumps you should have checked, and what preventive care covers.
Packing Your Hospital Bag: A Checklist for Childbirth
When to pack, and what to pack? The checklist for your hospital bag: documents, childbirth, postpartum care, a support person, and the trip home with the infant car seat.
Contractions and Water Breaking: When Should You Go to the Hospital?
Signs of labor, an overview of types of contractions, guidelines for going to the hospital, and what to do if your water breaks. Includes warning signs that require you to call immediately.Induction of Labor: Reasons, Methods, Process, and Experiences
When is labor induced? How do balloon catheters, prostaglandins, and labor drips work, and how long does it take? Includes a checklist of questions for your hospital visit.
Postpartum Period: What to Expect and What Your Midwife and Health Insurance Provider Cover
Postpartum bleeding, afterpains, emotions, and warning signs: what to expect during the postpartum period, how many midwife visits are covered by basic insurance, and how to find a midwife.
Maternity and Paternity Leave in Switzerland in 2026
14 weeks for the mother, 2 weeks for the other parent: who is eligible, how much money is available, how to apply, and what rights apply in the workplace.
