Research into breastmilk composition shows it contains stem cells

I don’t pretend to know a vast amount about the science behind this (well, I could pretend, but it would be very clear rather quickly that I was doing just that!) – but I thought this was an interesting and positive story and I wanted to add it to the blog. Apparently stem cells found [...]

Government launches National Breastfeeding Helpline

 At last! I’ve been saying for ages that there needs to be more Government money in supporting breastfeeding and somebody who can actually make this happen has, well, made this happen!  Public Health Minister Dawn Primarolo has revealed a £150,000 a year package which will support the new helpline.  The Association of Breastfeeding Mothers and the Breastfeeding Network [...]

Breastfeeding and dummies and SIDS – what to do when the advice appears to conflict

I thought it was worth having something on here about dummy usage, since one of the things lots of new mums hear is “Save your nipples, give him a dummy!” and it can be hard to know whether this is good advice or not. Whilst researching something else, I came across this excellent page on [...]