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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 [...]

By |August 1st, 2018|Breast feeding, Parenting|20 Comments

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 [...]

By |April 16th, 2018|Breast feeding, Parenting|15 Comments

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 [...]

By |February 23rd, 2018|Breast feeding, Parenting|14 Comments

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 [...]

By |November 6th, 2017|Breast feeding|9 Comments

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. [...]

By |August 7th, 2017|Breast feeding, Parenting, Reviews|17 Comments

#MySundayPhoto

Littlest B turned five months old this week. That means there's just one month left until the highchair comes out [...]

By |July 16th, 2017|Breast feeding, Parenting|3 Comments

#MySundayPhoto

'This Mama's milkin' it'. Those are the words on my new mug - a gift from breastfeeding experts Medela to [...]

By |June 11th, 2017|Breast feeding|5 Comments

You’re invited to my Big Breastfeeding Café!

Bear with me, it’s not as bonkers as it sounds! On Tuesday 16th May breastfeeding experts Medela are bringing mums (and [...]

By |May 13th, 2017|Breast feeding, Parenting|0 Comments

#MySundayPhoto

When you look at this photo, what do you see? Apologies for #MySundayPhoto being another breastfeeding image (and again in [...]

By |April 2nd, 2017|Breast feeding, Parenting|11 Comments

Breastfeeding friendly wedding guest outfits

Three weddings, at three different venues, requiring three very different outfits. That’s what we’ve got coming up this summer: one at [...]

By |March 29th, 2017|Breast feeding, Fashion|0 Comments

Why I’m proud to breastfeed in the pub

Brace yourselves. This is going to be a ranty one. Did you hear about the man who lambasted a mum [...]

By |March 29th, 2017|Breast feeding, Parenting|35 Comments

Things they don’t tell you about the first week of breastfeeding

Don't worry, this isn't going to be one of those posts featuring horror stories about bleeding nipples and mastitis. Well, it does include [...]

By |March 1st, 2017|Breast feeding, Parenting|47 Comments

My breastfeeding hopes…and fears

It’s official: the third trimester has arrived! With 10 weeks to go until baby number three is due to make their [...]

By |December 2nd, 2016|Breast feeding, Parenting|10 Comments

Why I gave up my dream job to breastfeed

‘Give mums paid breaks to breastfeed at work’. That’s the recommendation of a new report which blames the UK’s ‘unhelpful [...]

By |November 18th, 2016|Breast feeding, Parenting|34 Comments

The curious case of the shrinking boob

Pregnancy – and breastfeeding – have got lot to answer for in the boob department. Anyone who says they haven't is lying. [...]

By |September 7th, 2016|Breast feeding, Parenting, Pregnancy|16 Comments