breastfeed

The memories. When my babies were babies, I breastfed them both for the first year of their life. Like most mums, I would imagine, my breastfeeding journey didn’t come without a few challenges, especially those first few months. Both my babies struggled a little bit with latching on, and one of them consistently seemed to […]

6 years ago

What does breastfeeding look like when it comes to premature babies? I think most of us assume it’s difficult and it is but it’s definitely achievable as this mum shows. Mum and parenting blogger Emma Reed shared some photos of her breastfeeding journey on Facebook and it’s honestly inspiring. Emma starts out by saying that […]

7 years ago

I kind of figured this. While I was breastfeeding my daughter, every so often if I needed a break, her dad or another family member would give her a bottle of formula. I know some people will say why not just pump some extra but when I say a break, I mean from breastfeeding, not […]

7 years ago

As every BF’ing mama will attest, breastmilk is worth its weight in gold. Indeed, while there’s no use crying over spilled milk – spilled breastmilk is a WHOLE other matter. So we want to savour. Every. Last. Drop. Still, most nursing mothers will get to time and place when they want to enjoy a few glasses […]

7 years ago

This is amazing! This viral post appeared in my home-feed recently and I was amazed at just how many fantastic uses for breast milk there really is. The photo shared by Chelsea Leigh Ward contains a list of all the medical uses for breast milk, and there’s far more than I had expected. Shared by DoulaCare […]

7 years ago

Very interesting! I remember when I was breastfeeding my daughter wishing that I could tag team with her dad. Between a lack of sleep from getting up every couple of hours during the night to the dehydration, no matter how much water I drank, it really took it out of me. Of course there’s not […]

8 years ago