“There is a breastfeeding solution for every breastfeeding problem.” I don’t know where this phrase originated (perhaps Nancy Mohrbacher?) but it seems to have established itself in our collective consciousness over the last number of years. When I first entered …
The Stuff we Don’t Talk About
Sometimes I find that day-to-day, doing the school run, shopping, taking kids to gymnastics, rugby and various other activities, I’m on autopilot. Going through the motions, smiling, nodding, functioning as I should do, but inside I’m all angsty and full …
Attending Weddings (or not) with your Breastfed Baby
Certain life events seem to coincide, such as having a baby and moving house. I recently visited a couple and the 4 day old baby and they were actually moving house the next day. Another big event that happens quite …
Breastfeeding and Bodywork
Sometimes babies struggle to breastfeed efficiently. It’s not that they don’t want to or that they have a preference for some other feeding method – it’s that they can’t, or least can’t do so comfortably. This may be due to structural …
It takes a village to Breastfeed a Baby
Parenting is not something we’re meant to do in isolation. We do it (or at least we are meant to) in the context of extended family, community and society, with various people and organisations supporting us in our parenting and …