A baby can become dehydrated after just half a day of poor feeding. So, as temperatures seem set to rise even further in August, what are the early signs that new mothers should be looking out for?
Women are often discharged from hospital before they have mastered breastfeeding, but national postnatal guidelines have just been issued, promising greater support to parents. So should nursing mothers resort to bottle feeding to keep fluid intake up, and does more need to be done to improve breast feeding techniques?
Jenni talks to Rosie Dodds, Policy Research Officer with the National Childbirth Trust and to Professor Rona McCandlish, Chair of the National Institute for Clinical Excellence about spotting the early signs of dehydration and preventing it.
