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The end of my breastfeeding journey . . .
Continue ReadingLast Thursday afternoon (16th January) marked a bittersweet moment for me as I breastfed Jelly Bean for the very last time. I consider myself to be a very lucky Mummy because when I first became a Mum in 2008 to Little Bean my breastfeeding journey began. Like many expectant Mums I knew from the moment […]
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When feeding doesn’t go as planned . . .
Continue ReadingI have heard it enough times, every child is different but sometimes you just kind of ‘forget’. Before Jelly Bean arrived I assumed that I would breastfeed him as I did with Little Bean and Beanie Boy but things haven’t quite gone to plan. I had a few breastfeeding issues with Little Bean when she […]
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036/365-2013 – Transitional Care/Coming Home
Continue ReadingI woke up this morning feeling much more human than yesterday. We had a really good night, near perfect in fact. Jelly Bean woke up every 3 hours for a feed like clockwork and because I wasn’t expressing I was able to get straight off to sleep as soon as he had finished feeding which […]
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035/365-2013 – Transitional Care Day 2
Continue ReadingOur first night back in hospital was beyond tough, I had been told to set an alarm to feed him expressed breast milk every 3 hours throughout the night. What this meant was giving him the bottle, winding him, then expressing milk ready for the next feed. Sounds quite simple really but in reality, he […]
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Breastfeeding Support
Continue ReadingFor as long as I can remember I wanted to be a Mum, and in all that time I honestly never considered bottle feeding as an issue. My gut feeling has always been that I would want to breastfeed my children and I’m happy to say that I successfully managed to breastfeed both of them […]
