What is a feeding footstool and why do I need one?

A feeding footstool lifts your knees slightly higher than your hips while you feed, helping tilt your pelvis into a more natural position.This supports your spine and can help ease tension through your back, neck and shoulders, especially during long or frequent feeds.Health professionals, including physiotherapists, midwives and lactation consultants, often recommend a footstool as one of the simplest ways to support feeding posture.

Does the Formi Footstool help with back pain when breastfeeding?

Many parents feel tension in their back, neck and shoulders during feeds.Formi is designed to support better feeding posture, lifting your knees, aligning your hips and helping you sit back rather than hunch forward.It's a posture-support comfort product, not a medical treatment, so always follow your healthcare professional's advice.

Can I use Formi for bottle-feeding, or is it just for breastfeeding?

Formi supports every feeding style. Breast, bottle, expressing or a mix.Good posture matters no matter how you feed, and it's not just for mums either.Partners, grandparents and carers all benefit from the same support.

Does it work with my chair?

Formi is compact and designed to work with most standard chairs including sofas, armchairs, nursing chairs and dining chairs.There's no setup: just place it in front of your seat and rest your feet on top.On slippery floors like timber or tile, add the Formi Grip for extra hold.

Do health professionals recommend feeding footstools?

Yes. Footstools are commonly recommended by physiotherapists, midwives and lactation consultants to support feeding posture.Formi was developed and tested with physiotherapists and lactation consultants, bringing ergonomic thinking to the hours parents spend feeding.

The feeding footstool for the one doing the feeding.

Feeding a baby can take around 1,800 hours in the first year. Formi supports your body through them — so you can be in those hours, not just get through them.

The feeding footstool for the one doing the feeding.

Feeding a baby can take around 1,800 hours in the first year. Formi supports your body through them — so you can be in those hours, not just get through them.

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Meet the  Formi Footstool

You support your baby. Formi supports you.

Designed for the feeding hours nobody prepares you for. A simple footstool that lifts your knees, settles your posture and brings a little more comfort and ease into long days and late nights. Created by a mum who started Formi at 3am.

You support your baby. Formi supports you.

Designed for the feeding hours nobody prepares you for. A simple footstool that lifts your knees, settles your posture and brings a little more comfort and ease into long days and late nights. Created by a mum who started Formi at 3am.

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Award-winning Australian design

Most Innovative Brand or Product - Expert's Choice

2025 Kiindred Awards

Developed and tested with physiotherapists and lactation consultants

Award-winning Australian design

Most Innovative Brand or Product - Expert's Choice

Formi Footstool

Ergonomic support for better feeding posture, and more comfort through the feeding hours.

Formi Footstool

$239.00 AUD

Expert approved

“So many mums struggle with their posture while feeding. Formi helps you sit with optimal alignment and feed in comfort.”

Anna Scammell · Women’s Health Physiotherapist + Mum to Cleo

Expert approved

"As a mum of three, the first thing I thought when I tried Formi was, “where was this when my babies were little?” I spent so many hours hunched over with pillows everywhere trying to get comfortable when feeding. Such a smart design! And something I know new mums will absolutely love."

Emmy Samtani · Co-Founder, Kiindred + Mum to Ishq, Zarick and Nunu

Designed with experts. Trusted in practice.

Created with some of Australia's leading industrial designers, and developed and tested with physiotherapists and lactation consultants.

Today, Formi is used by physiotherapists, midwives and lactation consultants in clinics, hospitals and home visits. It's quietly recommended by parents, too.

Created with some of Australia's leading industrial designers, and developed and tested with physiotherapists and lactation consultants.

Today, Formi is used by physiotherapists, midwives and lactation consultants in clinics, hospitals and home visits. It's quietly recommended by parents, too.

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It’s feeding support that’s pretty... smart.

Better posture, less strain

Lifts your feet to create a 90-degree seated angle - aligning hips, easing pressure and reducing tension through your back, neck and shoulders.

Brings baby closer, supports calm

Lifts your body and anchors your posture so baby rests higher, making it easier to latch, relax and connect. Encourages a naturally reclined position and instinctive feeding cues.

Adapts as you feed

Curved base supports gentle rocking and micro-movements to boost circulation and comfort.

Expert-approved design

Created with Australia’s leading industrial designers, physiotherapists, lactation consultants and parents.

Works with almost any chair

Compact and portable, with no setup needed. Just place and feed.

Minimalist, modern form

Designed to feel at home in your space, not just the nursery.

Wipe-clean and water-resistant

Durable, hygienic and fabric-free for daily use.

Grip that holds

Textured base and optional Formi Grip for extra security on smooth floors.

Supports every feeding style

Breast, bottle, pumping — Formi has your back (partners love it too).

Every workplace is designed around the body. Feeding our baby wasn't.

We'd spent years working in and around the best-designed workplaces in the world.

Then we became parents and realised none of that thinking existed for feeding. So we made the thing we couldn't find.

We'd spent years working in and around the best-designed workplaces in the world.

Then we became parents and realised none of that thinking existed for feeding. So we made the thing we couldn't find.

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The people who shaped Formi

“Formi was designed with ergonomic science and clinical expertise at its core. Collaborating with physiotherapists and lactation consultants ensured the products support baby and parent in a neutral feeding position, reducing strain and fatigue.”

Eloise Cleary, Vert Design

The people who shaped Formi

“Formi balances warmth with function, inspired by calming Australian hues. It's tactile, timeless, and sits comfortably in the home.”

John Jaworski, Soft Serve Studio

Award-winning Australian design

Winner, Most Innovative Brand or Product — Expert's Choice, 2025 Kiindred Awards. Judged by a panel of parenting specialists.

FAQ

: A feeding footstool lifts your knees slightly higher than your hips while you feed, helping tilt your pelvis into a more natural position.
This supports your spine and can help ease tension through your back, neck and shoulders, especially during long or frequent feeds.
Health professionals, including physiotherapists, midwives and lactation consultants, often recommend a footstool as one of the simplest ways to support feeding posture.
: Many parents feel tension in their back, neck and shoulders during feeds.
Formi is designed to support better feeding posture, lifting your knees, aligning your hips and helping you sit back rather than hunch forward.
It's a posture-support comfort product, not a medical treatment, so always follow your healthcare professional's advice.
: Formi supports every feeding style. Breast, bottle, expressing or a mix.
Good posture matters no matter how you feed, and it's not just for mums either.
Partners, grandparents and carers all benefit from the same support.
: Formi is compact and designed to work with most standard chairs including sofas, armchairs, nursing chairs and dining chairs.
There's no setup: just place it in front of your seat and rest your feet on top.
On slippery floors like timber or tile, add the Formi Grip for extra hold.
: Yes. Footstools are commonly recommended by physiotherapists, midwives and lactation consultants to support feeding posture.
Formi was developed and tested with physiotherapists and lactation consultants, bringing ergonomic thinking to the hours parents spend feeding.

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