I was sent a link to this post on Circus Queen about breastfeeding with a tongue-tie. It’s an inspiring story of a mum who perseveres when things aren’t easy and ends with her and her baby triumphantly combi-feeding for over a year. Well done that woman!
Nov 152011
When we trust the makers of baby formula more than we do our own ability to nourish our babies, we lose a chance to claim an aspect of our power as women.
Oct 052011
Sep 092011
Part of me wondered what I would do with myself when I gave up teaching. Of course, I’d taken on a franchise, so to some extent I already knew what I would be doing, but I wondered if that would fill my days or would I be bored?
Sep 052011
Although I finished my peer supporter training some time ago now (it feels like years ago, but it was some time around the end of May/beginning of June in reality), the assessment that went with it took a bit longer to organise, so I didn’t get assessed. Until today. I’ve known about this assessment for Read more —>
Jul 262011
So today I took my children off to Love Coffee in the Four Seasons shopping centre in Mansfield for coffee. Well, they didn’t have coffee, but I did. Bean had the biggest cake in the universe and some juice. Plum had milk and a taste of the biggest cake in the universe. But you get Read more —>
Jul 252011
Following the incident outlined in this post, a few of us local breastfeeding mums have decided to meet up for coffee tomorrow afternoon at the cafe in question. Anyone, especially breastfeeding mums, welcome to join us. We’re meeting at Love Coffee in the Four Seasons in Mansfield at 2pm. We’ll be armed with a copy Read more —>
Jul 232011
This week a local mum was told she couldn’t breastfeed her baby in a cafe after customers had complained about another mum doing the same on another day. You can read the story here. I thought we were passed this. I thought that in 2011, we could reasonably expect mothers to be able to feed Read more —>
Jul 212011
I recently trained as a breastfeeding peer supporter. When I first applied to do the role, I had a different idea of what it would entail. I thought it would mean helping out at a breastfeeding support group but perhaps not much more. It does involve doing this, but whilst I was training however, our Read more —>
Jul 202011
Says it all really… Wordless Wednesday
