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Bravado Embrace review (and a BoobieMilk giveaway)
Bra shopping is a bit of a nightmare for me. I’m generally really limited in what brands I can consider because I have an unusual bra size: small back, large cup. Wow. Now it feels like you may know a...
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“Breastfeeding a five-year-old. That’s too old.”
There’s been a whole hoo-haa in the media last week about breastfeeding older children. Sharon Spink, a mother of four, appeared in The Sun and on This Morning to talk about her experience of...
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“Breastfeeding Made Easy” by Carlos González – Book Review and Giveaway
Dr Carlos González is something of a legend among many breastfeeding supporters. I can’t tell you how many conversations I’ve been party to that opened with concern over a child’s fussy eating and...
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Lansinoh 2in1 Affinity Pro Electric Breast Pump – review
A breast-pump is by no means a baby must-have. Many mothers never find use for them, choosing not to leave their young babies, leaving them when they’re old enough to have solids instead or learning to...
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Breastfeeding the second time ’round? Support still needed.
A few friends were surprised that I was worried about breastfeeding the second time around. Sure, they knew I’d had lots of difficulty getting breastfeeding off the ground with Talitha (tongue-tie,...
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Breastfeeding and Birth books for children – review and giveaway
It always surprises me how interested children are in reading about the everyday. As in, I think we’ve probably read a book about going to the library – at the library. Books can powerfully demystify...
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Tandem breastfeeding – the early months
I transferred to hospital a few hours after Ophelia’s home birth because the midwives were unsure about the severity of my tear. So, Talitha, who’d been at her grandparents’ house during the labour and...
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Snoob – review and giveaway
Snoob calls itself “the stylish breastfeeding scarf”. It’s basically scarf meets nursing cover. When Snoob got in touch, asking me to review one and give one away, my first thought was honestly, “Omg,...
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Let’s share some positive public breastfeeding stories
In the first few months of Talitha’s life, I was pretty nervous about breastfeeding in public. I’d even go as far as to say that I felt a bit panicked about it in the very beginning. I know I’m not...
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Breastfeeding – both mysterious and normal
Breastfeeding is kind of mysterious. I find myself thinking this every time I look at the folds of my five-month-old baby’s Buddha body. Where is all this fat coming from? How on earth is she growing...
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Sweet Sleep: Nighttime & Naptime Strategies for the Breastfeeding Family –...
Every now and then I read a parenting book that makes me think: “I must give someone a copy.” La Leche League International’s Sweet Sleep: Nighttime & Naptime Strategies for the Breastfeeding...
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Mothering my nursing 3.5-year-old
“I can’t stop crying,” Talitha wailed. There was a look of panic on her face. She had literally lost control of her big emotions. She was pleading with me to help her, to restore the peace. We’d had a...
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ARDO Breastpump videos I made
I don’t often mention work on this blog but I recently made a couple of videos which are pretty relevant so I thought I’d share them here. ARDO, manufacturer of top quality breast pumps, is a company...
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When it’s hard getting breastfeeding started
I had a hard time establishing breastfeeding with my first baby, Talitha. From the start something didn’t seem right but we didn’t suspect a tongue tie until a lactation consultant suggested it at six...
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How weaning happened – the end of our breastfeeding journey
I didn’t set out to breastfeed my older daughter as long as I did. I doubt anyone gazes into the face of their newborn and imagines breastfeeding them for four years. Certainly, at the time, I felt...
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Support breastfeeding help for refugees
So many times this blog has been a place to talk about breastfeeding; about what it can mean for mothers and children, and about how we can protect it. As more and more Syrian refugees make their way...
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Things I’ve learned while breastfeeding through pregnancy
I’m 24 weeks pregnant and this is my second time breastfeeding while pregnant. Believe me when I say this is not something I imagined doing once, let alone twice. Struggling for months to establish...
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Ten things that happen when you’re tandem breastfeeding
Despite the universal-sounding title, this is just how it’s gone and is going for me, breastfeeding older and younger siblings at the same time. The first thing you learn when you start asking other...
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Things I’ve learned while breastfeeding through pregnancy
I’m 24 weeks pregnant and this is my second time breastfeeding while pregnant. Believe me when I say this is not something I imagined doing…
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Ten things that happen when you’re tandem breastfeeding
Despite the universal-sounding title, this is just how it’s gone and is going for me, breastfeeding older and younger siblings at the same time. The…
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