Resources to help you prepare, evacuate and recover
Bushfires, floods, storms, power outages and evacuations. No matter the emergency, we can help you to protect your baby or toddler.
Preparing for emergencies
Emergencies can happen at any time. Planning ahead is one of the most important things you can do to protect your young family if you find yourself impacted.
Download our one-page emergency planning guide to learn six steps every parent can take.
Caring for your baby or toddler in an emergency
In an emergency, caring for a baby or toddler can come with new challenges. The series of fact sheets below are specific to emergencies such as bushfires and floods. They will help you to feed and care for your baby safely through an emergency.
There are 6 fact sheets covering the following topics:
Breastfeeding in emergencies
Expressed breastmilk feeding in emergencies
Cup feeding in emergencies
Hand expressing in emergencies
Blackouts (power outages) and frozen breastmilk
Formula feeding in emergencies
What do you need to evacuate with your young family?
Packing an evacuation kit with all the items needed to care for your baby or toddler for at least 3 days is an important step you can take to prepare for an emergency.
Choose from our range of evacuation kit lists to learn what to pack for a:
... breastfed baby
... baby fed expressed breastmilk
... toddler
... baby fed formula
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