Category Archives: Breastfeeding & Babycare
Momblog: Bumps and Babies Support Group
The next “Bumps and Babies” coffee morning and support group is Friday, 8 March 2013 from 10:00-11:45. Mothers who are expecting (bumps) and mothers with new babies (plus any older siblings) and their birth partners are invited out to talk to Michelle (a trained doula, breastfeeding counsellor, and childbirth & parenting educator) and other mothers [...]
Momblog: Babywearing in winter
Depending on where we live, it’s often difficult to figure out how to wear our babies when the temperature drops. The best solution, of course, depends on the mercury level. Luckily, you don’t have to try to figure out a solution alone. The Association Suisse de Portage de Bebes has compiled a list of tips [...]
Momblog: Learning to Breastfeed & Circles of Support – What is a Doula Part 2
So apparently learning to breastfeed and learning to become a parent wasn’t going to be as easy as achieving an empowered birth (read Part 1). Despite the fact that I was breastfed myself, despite my readings, despite following several friends in their breastfeeding journeys in the year before my birth, and despite the fact that [...]
BabyBlog: Breastfed babies at 3-8 weeks
You’ve gotten through the first couple of weeks with your new baby and you think you’ve figured things out and then WHAM! Something changes. We often forget this, but our children are constantly growing, maturing, changing (and so are we), so this is only the first change we’ll face as new parents. And they [...]