For many mothers, establishing breastfeeding is difficult and painful. But surprisingly, putting an end to breastfeeding can be a challenge, too. Here are some ideas for how to stop…
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Family
A recent trial offered a cash incentive to mothers for breastfeeding their babies. Annie Ridout argues that what mothers need is respect and a change in attitude towards breastfeeding in public – not a patronising suggestion that money solves all issues…
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While out running, Annie Ridout fell over. She didn’t trip, her body simply stopped working for a moment and collapsed. A trip to the doctors, followed by blood tests, revealed a calcium deficiency as the cause. In dairy farming, it’s called Milk Fever…
Sleep
We’re told that if we feed the baby to sleep (lull them off with a tit or teat in their mouth), they will never learn to self soothe. But it was working well for Annie Ridout, so she asked some other mothers what they thought…
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The NHS tell us to breastfeed. The WHO say we should continue for two years. But society doesn’t want to see our breasts in public, because they are for sex – not babies. Here’s why Annie Ridout feels self-conscious about continuing to breastfeed her baby, aged eight months…
Wellbeing
Following a smooth beginning to breastfeeding with her firstborn baby, the editor Annie Ridout assumed round two would be even easier. She couldn’t have been more wrong. Here are some tips for making breastfeeding more bearable in the early days…
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We’ve heard from a mother who chose to breastfeed, one who mixed bottle and boob and now Kerry, 27, mum to Tye and Tré, tells us why she chose to exclusively bottle-feed her baby…
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In Part II, Anna Collinson discusses her experience of breastfeeding – telling us about why she chose to breastfeed, the teeth-gritting pain at the beginning and what made her push on through…
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With conflicting advice from the experts, we turned to the mums and asked why they chose to breastfeed, bottle-feed or mix the two. Here, Jo Wilmot shares her thoughts on combining breast milk and formula…
Mornings
Charlotte Purdie is director of The Milk Lounge, the UK’s first specially designed infant feeding café in Nottingham. We ask her what it’s like to run her own business, alongside working nights and raising a 17-month-old…