I can’t believe the last article I wrote about when to start solids was when my 3yo was starting! How time flies! My precious daughter is 8 months old today and has only just started eating solid foods. I know. It seems crazy when some 4 month…
World Breastfeeding Week is about awareness and education. The theme for 2012 is “Understanding the Past — Planning the Future” as well as commemorating 10 years of WHO/UNICEF’s Global Strategy for Infant and young child health. Breastfeeding seems an obvious choice when we consider how amazing breast…
Or so it seems………. Australian breastfeeding rates are among the lowest in the world. An article in the Adelaide Advertiser reported that although 92% of women try to breastfeed only half make it to three months and only 14% to six months. “These low breastfeeding…
The Australian recently published an article advising that breastfeeding can help reduce the risk of SIDS. Unfortunately, it has been met with the anti-breastfeeder brigade that implies that breastfeeding mothers are on a mission to make non-breastfeeding mothers feel guilty. These women who accuse advocates of…
This recipe for breastfeeding cookies (biscuits) or lactation cookies (biscuits) makes HEAPS! They taste AWESOME and freeze and thaw beautifully! I baked these a few days before my due date and ended up having so many that I took a container with me to hospital…
1. It helps us take time out to slow down and relax As modern mum’s, we are busy. We’re either juggling other kids or work and all the pressure and expectation that modern life brings. Breastfeeding means taking time to stop, sit down, relax and…
I recently took part in an online debate about the impact of ‘ toddler formula’ advertising. The hundreds of responses varied from mothers believing it had direct links to low breastfeeding rates (beyond 12 months) through to mothers believing there was absolutely nothing wrong with…
When I had my first child, I was adamant he would never be allowed in my bed. I read horror stories in parenting magazines that convinced me that co-sleeping was dangerous, old school and most definitely not for me! So strong was my paranoia,…