Breastfeeding is something I am quite passionate about, partially because I’ve breastfed 3 children, for a total of 4.5 years. That’s a lot of feeds and little sleep 😉 however totally worth it in terms of the impact on their long term health. Now this is totally not meant to be a dig at anyone […]
Breastfeeding – is it best?
In August I was asked to write an article on Breastfeeding for Dietetics Today Magazine. I’ll admit I was a little nervous as this is a magazine that is read by all my dietitian peers! However it is also a subject close to my heart as I breastfed my little one until she was 17 […]
The End of an Era, Breastfeeding.
Somehow my little one is now 17 months and amazingly we’ve been breastfeeding all this time. I say “amazingly” as we had a very rocky start to our feeding journey, our feeds used to be an average of 2 hrs and cluster feeds of 4-5 hrs. I have breastfed everywhere – park benches, cafe’s, cars, […]
My breastfeeding journey…
An article out recently about the rats of breastfeeding stirred a discussion amongst a few fellow dietitians and mums. The research states that the numbers of mums starting out breastfeeding have increased from 6/10 in 1990 to over 8/10. Great. But at 6-8 weeks only 45% of mums are still feeding and these numbers aren’t increasing. […]