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Announcing....The Breast Book. Coming from Pinter & Martin in March 2019.
When breasts first start to grow, no one talks about it. There aren't any greetings cards that say, 'Woo Hoo! Your breasts are developing!' but you get a birthday card when you are ten and that's...
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Grannies matter
Yesterday, I met a wonderful granny. I was doing a home visit and she was staying with her daughter after the arrival of a first grandchild. She had that ability to be present without being THERE all...
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A breast-shaped void: where are the breasts in the new sex /relationships/...
After a long wait and a thorough consultation with more than 11,000 responses, the Department for Education released its updated guidance for Relationships, Sex and Health education a few weeks ago....
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Do minutes matter?
A new mum is asking for help. Her 8-week-old baby is refusing the breast and every feed is turning into a battle. She can get him to feed ‘a little’ and nappies seem OK for the moment but she’s...
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Where's Booby?
Here's a conversation starter that can be used with any age group. Can you find all the babies in this picture? Which ones are feeding? Which ones were feeding 10 minutes before? Breastfeeding happens...
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Body confidence and breastfeeding: it's up to us to join the dots.
You are the most advanced human there has ever been. Thousands and thousands of generations have been preparing for your existence. Millions of years of births and deaths, predators catching prey,...
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Making breastfeeding work when you #StayAtHome
So, you are home with your new baby. Someone said something to you antenatally about ‘taking time’ as a new family, reducing unnecessary visitors and making a ‘new baby nest’.And the world has taken...
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Breastfeeding a toddler or beyond during #lockdown? The best of times and the...
An image from the app 'Forest - Stay focused' which can help you set nursing limits. It’s been a challenging month for many different reasons. But never in the history of natural-term breastfeeding,...
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35 activities for children during #StayAtHome
Every day since the #StayAtHome order began in the UK, I have been posting a daily activity for the children of volunteers of the Association of Breastfeeding Mothers. Our amazing volunteers have been...
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Toddler twiddling
If you spend 10 minutes in a social media group where breastfeeding older children is the norm, you’ll come across the topic of toddler twiddling.Toddlers enjoy fiddling generally: the little plastic...
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Lactation cookery or lactation crookery? Why I’m worried about lactation...
Two of my favourite things in the world are lactation and cookies, so you’d think that ‘lactation cookies’ would be my dream. Sadly, this couldn’t be much further from the truth.“But what harm can...
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Newborn breast refusal: why didn't my baby get the memo?
When you were preparing for this breastfeeding thing, you were worried it might hurt. Your sister-in-law worried you that your baby might feed ‘all the time’. You were concerned how you were going to...
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A first Christmas
Ilustration by JoJo Ford It’s your baby’s first Christmas. It may be hard at the moment to picture exactly how that might go. Usually, it seems beautifully predictable: certain family members,...
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Flat nipples
Two mothers have flat nipples.One, in her first conversation about breastfeeding antenatally, was told by a health professional looking at her nipples, “You won’t get any milk out of those!”The second...
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Breastfeeding after 12 months and dental decay
Continuing to breastfeed after the first few months can bring some challenges. Sadly, one of the biggest struggles can be dealing with the lack of education in wider society. You might imagine that at...
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"Don't offer, don't refuse."
When a mother decides it’s time to end breastfeeding and she looks for information online, she’s likely to come across the phrase, “Don’t offer, Don’t refuse.” Many sources describe this as a ‘weaning...
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"It's like a switch has flipped": The older baby nursing strike
This article is focused on breast refusal that sometimes happens at around 8-12 months (although those ages are not set in stone). We often use the term “nursing strike” to describe this experience....
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