Growth Spectrum: Evidence-Based Nutrition and Breastfeeding Support from Passionate Dietitian
Kristy Manners has a real fire in her belly to help women during those important early days as a new mother. She is particularly…
Breastfeeding
Breastfeeding Is Just Like Golf! A Tiny Adjustment Makes All the Difference
By Emma Pickett, IBCLC A dad at my breastfeeding support group this week had a bit of an epiphany. “It’s never felt like this…
Dysphoric milk ejection: the real reason you might feel sad when breastfeeding
By Charlie Middleton As a health visitor, you get used to friends with babies asking questions about sleep, feeding and dirty nappies. Usually, these…
Nursing – A Poem
By Georgia Todd Nursing I feel burdenedAnd stilledForced to sitAnd StopGive overTo this Blessing It can beBeautiful and warmYour need for meWelcomedI hold you…
How The Myth Of The “Good Baby” Is Damaging Breastfeeding
By Professor Amy Brown Being a new parent can be one of the biggest, scariest responsibilities you will ever take on. Growing a whole…
Bottles and Teats for the Breastfed Baby
By Dr. Robyn Thompson It is difficult for mum and baby when you have so much to do and return to work. Little ones…
Partners Can Improve Mum’s Breastfeeding Rates By Doing These Simple Things
By Hannah Schenker When it comes to breastfeeding, dads may feel a bit left out – after all, they aren’t the ones producing milk!…
Take It Easy Mama: The Ultimate Stress-Free Hospital Bag
By Hannah Schenker Planning to birth in a hospital or birth centre? Have you already planned the bag you will bring along with you?…
Get Active, Breastfeed, Repeat: Workout Gear You Can Breastfeed In
Have you recently had a baby and would love to get back into some physical activity? Perhaps walking with your mum friends, or trying…
Ten Things Women Worry About When Breastfeeding – Expert Advice
By Amy Brown, Swansea University We know breastfeeding protects infant and maternal health, saves the economy money, and, once it’s going smoothly, can be…
New Wave of Teething Jewellery: Style for Mum, Safe for Baby
The most PRECIOUS jewels you’ll ever have around your neck are the arms of your CHILDREN Leave anything in the path of a teething…
Weaning Toddler Bob and Pre-Schooler Billie: How Do You Stop Breastfeeding an Older Child?
By Emma Pickett, IBCLC Bob is 18 months old. He is breastfeeding on demand. This usually means breastfeeding at least six times in 24…
Only in a world where mammary glands are shamed for feeding a baby….
By Sofie Thomson …Will we see endless stories presenting the outrage over children who are breastfed for what society deems to be too long….
5 Ways Partners Can Support Breastfeeding Mamas (A Dad’s Perspective)
By Danny Pitt Stoller When I read articles and stories about breastfeeding, I frequently come across the comment that breastfeeding leads to a diminished…
Is Your Formerly Nursing Baby Refusing to Breastfeed?
By Nancy Mohrbacher, IBCLC If your baby is younger than one year, even if she seems to be losing interest in breastfeeding, chances are…
Breastfeeding in Real Life: What it REALLY Looks like
By Hannah Schenker Often depicted in beautiful lighting, with radiant mamas and babes gazing lovingly into one another’s eyes, breastfeeding easily becomes lifted from…
Let’s Normalize Breastsleeping
By Megan McCue Breastsleeping: NORMAL, HEALTHY, SAFE, COMFORTING. Breastsleeping is a term coined by infant sleep researcher James McKenna, of the University of Notre…
Big Latch On Connecting Isolated Families
On this Friday the 3rd and Saturday 4th of August, thousands of kiwi parents will be gathering at registered locations throughout Aotearoa New Zealand…
Swimsuit Model Breastfeeds On Catwalk: Is This Normalising Breastfeeding?
Stunning Mara Martin modelled a swimsuit on the catwalk for Sports Illustrated this week, all while breastfeeding her five-month-old daughter Aria. Some say it’s…
Breastfeed for longer or share parental leave? This shouldn’t be a choice couples have to make
Ernestine Gheyoh Ndzi, University of Hertfordshire When it introduced legislation for shared parental leave in 2015, the UK was widely praised. The move allowed…