Baby feeding patterns

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 [...]

Breastfeeding a premature baby

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 [...]

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 [...]

Breastfeeding twins

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! *** I’m the mother of twins who are almost 4. I breastfed them until they were 18 months. [...]

What it’s “OK” to do when you’re breastfeeding – a bit of a ramble

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 [...]