by admin | Jun 19, 2021 | Infant Feeding, Parenting
Today is fathers day and tomorrow is the start of National Breastfeeding Celebration week in the UK. The theme this year is how breastfeeding can be supported by the wider family unit. Dads and breastfeeding often get missed from antenatal discussions yet partners and...
by admin | May 16, 2021 | Parenting, Uncategorized
Many of us may remember spending a huge amount of time outdoors as children. The freedom to play and explore nature in all of it’s glory. Most of my childhood memories revolve around my garden or the surrounding countryside. Children thrive outdoors....
by admin | Mar 6, 2021 | Infant Feeding, Parenting, Uncategorized
Government guidance is changing at a fast pace. Parents have asked when we will be returning to face to face support with both our Nourished feeding drop-in’s and our baby & toddler sessions. Whilst we understand the need for these sessions, we need to...
by admin | Oct 29, 2020 | Parenting, Perinatal Mental Health
The mental load is a term many use to describe the project management of household and childcare tasks. Emma, a French comic artist, describes the mental load in some detail here. It is often the unseen tasks that women tend to do that others may not notice. The...
by admin | Sep 27, 2020 | Infant Feeding, Parenting, Perinatal Mental Health
For the parents of babies born in lockdown 2020 it has been such a hard year. In my role as a breastfeeding counsellor for both Early Nourishment and the NCT I have listened to hundreds of parents in the last 6 months. I am hearing just how hard this year has been and...
by admin | Sep 22, 2020 | Parenting, Perinatal Mental Health
Go back 4 years and we were first time parents to our daughter Phoebe. She was a dream, such a chilled out baby, breastfed perfectly from birth and generally never had any problems with her. Well, that was until the sun went down, and suddenly I would think someone...