I’ve been reading a lot about cue feeding (the more reasonable and attractive way to talk aboutwhat is commonly spoken about as “demand feeding”) and it being the best way to establish breastfeeding.
I shall write more here on that after I’ve had a chance to digest fully all the different issues with it (more than [...]
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I don’t have personal experience of this, but I know many of the readers of this blog have breastfed their premature babies. If you have and you would like to share your experience, please leave a comment. I would love to have many personal breastfeeding stories on here - I very much appreciate the time [...]
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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 the [...]
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This was sent to me by one of the loveliest women I know. She’s an experienced doula and runs antenatal classes in North London - including special ones for parents expecting multiples. Thank you very much, Mars!
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I’m the mother of twins who are almost 4. I breastfed them until they were 18 months. The choice [...]
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I’ve been thinking a lot recently about how when you have a new baby, everybody’s got their own little pearls of wisdom for you. Depending on various things - their generation, their ideas about bringing up babies, their own personality - this advice can range from very helpful to out and out lunacy. Unfortunately, a lot [...]
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