Breastfed Babies Set the Standard (August 2007)
Barbara Sturmfels, Director LLLNZ
If your baby was born in New Zealand, you will be familiar with the Well Child Tamariki Ora Health Book. This book, published by the Ministry of Health and given to the family of every baby born in this country, provides information about growth and development in the first five years and has spaces for your baby's growth and development to be recorded. Your baby's length and weight will almost certainly have been plotted on the growth charts in the book, from measurements taken by Lead Maternity Carers, Well Child nurses and GPs at a series of health checks.
