HCP resources

You will find a wealth of resources in this section, to help you gain a deeper understanding of numerous topics, such as: C-section birth and the infant gut microbiota, HMOs and gut development, how preterm infants can benefit from HMOs, Vitamin D facts, managing colic in formula-fed infants, and tools such as the Bristol Stool Chart.

Baby’s stool is a conversation parents frequently have with healthcare professionals, with questions about why their baby’s stool looks the way it does, to whether their baby is constipated. This chart is a general guide, designed to help better determine the stool consistency during your conversations with parents.

For mothers who have given birth via c-section, please peruse our resource on infant microbiota and C-section resource to learn why a healthy microbiota development after birth is so important.

In our HMO and gut development resource, discover how HMOs promote gut development in early life, including gut microbiota, gut immunity and gut barrier function^1,2,3. With the advancement of technology and research, more HMOs are available on a large scale, allowing the clinical evaluation of their effect on several aspects of an infant’s development like the microbiome and immune system.

Preterm babies face specific health risks related to their immaturity / developmental needs^4-5. Discover why achieving timely enteral feeding is critical to support the development of preterm babies and how HMOs play a key role in supporting early full enteral feeding.

We also provide resources on how to manage colic in formula fed infants. We explore the stepped-care approach which is designed to help healthcare professionals support parents to manage their baby’s colic, discuss how to identify the signs of colic following the ROME IV criteria⁶, recommend techniques that may help soothe the crying infant⁷, and investigate taking a nutritional approach.