Should I harvest my colostrum before my baby is born?
It sounds like the sort of thing best left to scientists in labs, but it's the latest recommendation being dished [...]
Why shopping vouchers for breastfeeding makes me SO mad!
Brace yourselves: this is going to be a ranty one. Have you heard the one about new mums being offered [...]
10 things I learnt breastfeeding three babies
I don’t mean three babies at once (although hats off to anyone who does that!) I mean three consecutive children. [...]
Why I had my breast milk turned into jewellery
They say there's no use crying over spilt milk. Except there is when that milk is your own breast milk, [...]
Breast vs bottle: why do we get so mad?
So the latest research from the World Health Organisation on the benefits of breastfeeding over bottle feeding has caused a [...]
Breastfeeding at two – what happened next
Four weeks. That’s how long it’s been since I stopped breastfeeding the youngest. And it’s been the most challenging four [...]
Breastfeeding at two – now what?
So we’ve reached the World Health Organisation’s recommended two years of breastfeeding. Not deliberately – I didn’t set out to [...]
10 things the experts don’t tell you about breastfeeding
Did you that know half of women who breastfeed their babies say they feel like they let their baby down [...]
Why I’ve decided to give up breastfeeding
Two years. That's how long the World Health Organisation recommends breastfeeding babies for. But 20 months in I've decided it's [...]
10 things they don’t tell you about breastfeeding a toddler
Nineteen months. That's how old the littlest turns this week. Which means I'm officially breastfeeding a toddler. Having fed my [...]
The truth about breastfeeding in public
Tuts, comments and disapproving stares. That’s the reason many new mums decide to stop breastfeeding in the first six months [...]
5 great reasons to breastfeed beyond one
Fourteen months. That’s how long I’ve been breastfeeding baby number three for. And for at least the last four of [...]
The truth about breastfeeding at one
One in 200. That’s how many women in the UK are still breastfeeding after a year, putting me among the [...]
7 amazing uses for breast milk
Breast milk. They call it liquid gold, and it turns out it really is. Having exclusively breastfed all three of [...]
6 things I’ve learnt in six months of exclusive breastfeeding
Six months. That’s how long the NHS recommends exclusive breastfeeding for, and it looks like we might have made it. [...]
