Breastfeeding is something I’m incredibly passionate about, having breastfed my son for 16 months and he’s weaned himself off the breast, I do feel a little sad that it’s all over. I even wrote about how I just wasn’t ready for our breastfeeding journey to end. For some,…
If you follow me over on Instagram you will have seen my #treeoflife post (how completely gorgeous are they?!) and how my breastfeeding journey has officially ended. I’m a little heartbroken and definitely don’t feel like I was ready for it to end just yet. Before writing this…
Henry will be 14 months old in three days time and we’re still continuing with our breastfeeding journey. Some people may query whether you should continue to breastfeed after a baby turns one, or even when the right age to stop breastfeeding is. For us, this is still…
It’s a question that many parents will ask their friends, midwives or even turn to Google. Just why does my baby wake in the night? Many people have their own theories and of course, there could be many reasons why your baby wakes. But something you should be…
One element that seems to worry mums is milk intake when weaning. It’s certainly an element that has worried me when I was weaning both my daughter and son. At 9 months Henry is loving his food and his milk intake has definitely lessened. I have found that…
As most of you will know I head back to work on Monday after being off work since the middle of July. Whilst I wrote a little a while ago how I was feeling about my return to work after maternity leave, I wanted to write a dedicated…
Back to work. I have been away from work since the end of July, eight whole months ago. I can’t believe it is time to go back already! I think every parent sounds like a broken record when they say this, but, where on earth has that time…
We have almost completed four weeks exclusively breastfeeding and to say I’m proud is an understatement. It was around four weeks with Darcie that I gave up, she wouldn’t latch without the aid of a nipple shield and she wasn’t gaining weight (due to the shield effecting my…
I have now been breastfeeding little Henry for two weeks and it has been a completely different experience to when I fed Darcie, it is seemingly going well (more on that in another post). I have been doing a lot of research to find ways to boost my…