Thank you to Jenny who sent a picture of her beautiful daughter wearing a lactivist t-shirt:
“I thought you might like this photo of Becca, all worn out after a hard day of BF promotion during NBAW! Apologies for the lunch on her t-shirt - it’s a sign of her appreciation, honest
Jenny x”
I can’t see any dinner on her at all!
Come on folks I need some help here! When my milk dried up I think it took my slogan ideas with it.
I am looking for short, snappy slogans that can be put onto badges and keyrings.
Winner gets a Lactivist t-shirt of their choice, and a whopping 50 badges or keyrings of their own idea and huge thanks! If you are a member of a breastfeeding group you could get your heads together to come up with ideas, raffle your prize t-shirt and share the badges. If you enter individually you would have loads of badges to give away as presents.
Post your ideas here and I’ll be in touch if you are a winner.
This competition runs forever!
Ideas must be original, and not used by anyone else.
Competition only for the UK and Europe, but ideas from all over the world are welcome!
Please visit www.lactivist.co.uk for t-shirts, badges, keyrings, bags, postcards and more things that promote breastfeeding and gentle parenting.
baby sling dad
I have to admit I have a soft spot for baby sling dads. Seeing their little ones snuggled up on their chest or proudly perched on their baby melt my heart. Apparently I’m not the only one, my friend Alan used to call his sling his ‘babe magnet’.
Calin Bleu is calling all babywearing dads. Send them your baby wearing stories, the high and lows of living the life of a baby sling dad. Why do you love carrying your baby? What decided you to use a baby sling? What do you do when you’re together? Do you feel it allows you to build a special connection with your little one or is it just the convenience….
Your words will help other dads who are thinking about getting a baby sling. Photos would be great too. Any sling, anywhere!
3 entries will drawn at random to win a baby sling. The winners will be able to choose among the fleece baby slings and the cotton baby slings. Competition closes at midnight on June 25th, hurry! Spread the word and tell your friends too.
Do you have an interest in Breastfeeding?
If your answer is yes then please come along to this workshop and have your say on the future of breastfeeding in Surrey .
Tuesday 7th July 2009 10am - 2.30pm The Runnymede Centre, Chertsey
The aim is to involve local stakeholders in developing a Breastfeeding Strategy for Surrey
Places are limited so please book early.
To book your place please contact Jane Semo at
jane.semo@surreypct.nhs.uk or on 01372 201629
Closing date 23rd June 2009
This is Evan (20mths and still breastfed) wearing his Lactivist t-shirts. I love him rocking it out in his ‘mummy milk rocks’ one!
Thanks Cerys for sending them in for us to see, he is a star!
Here is the pic of Elsie-Mae sporting her lactivist tshirt for the first time! i couldnt wait to let her wear it when she was big enough, and what better time than breast feeding awareness week!
Thanks Vicky for showing us your beautiful breastfeeder!
Hello,
I breastfed my daughter until she was 2 years and three months.
Although it seemed common sense to me that breast milk is best, I was tremendously relieved to find so much evidence to support this theory because I couldn’t be bothered to sterilise bottles and mix formula!
Honestly, what would any sleep-deprived new mother rather do at 3:00am: mix and heat a bottle of formula or lift her nightshirt?
It also made travelling much easier. I had my hands full on a trans-Atlantic flight with a two-month old and all the nappies, the infant carrier, etc. Thank goodness I didn’t need to pack bottles!
My advice to new mothers (if they are able to breastfeed) would be, “Don’t make things harder than they need to be. Breastfeed!”
Sincerely,
Erika
P.S. It might just be coincidence, but my daughter didn’t get her first ear infection until three months after we stopped nursing. She also didn’t catch my colds while we were nursing.
‘Just Call Me Daisy; A Breastfeeding Mother’s Story’ is due out first week in August in time for World Breastfeeding Week.
This book contains 40 true stories and poems, each delivering unique, motivational tales for any woman planning to or already breastfeeding.
Lyndsey Bradley, Author, states “I believe breast milk should be a natural choice and a natural decision. Women need to be given information to feel empowered in order to make informed choices.”
Lyndsey would also like to personally thank each contributor and everyone who has supported this project so far.
Everyone is invited to read, rate and review an extract on the publishers webste www.countrybookshop.co.uk, where you can also register your interest to pre-order a first print edition copy.
Enjoy!
www.familyfriendlyworking.co.uk
Are featuring the story behind the pro-breastfeeding t-shirts sold at www.lactivist.co.uk on The Family Friendly Working blog.
If you are interested in working from home the Family Friendly Working book and free Ideas and Inspirations e-course will guide you through your options:
Do you make something that could sell?
Find out about skills that everyone has that you could use to earn in the evenings or while the children are asleep.
Discover courses to help you re-train for a career that means you can be there when the kids get home from school?
Find genuine opportunities for homeworking mums and dads.
Come and join us for a celebration tea party!
Mums to Be, Breastfeeding Mums, Peer Supporters, Parents and Children all welcome
Information …. Goody Bags ….. Raffle …. Refreshments
2-4 pm on Wednesday, 13th May 2009 at Saplings Children’s Centre, Queensway, Bletchley
Please park in the leisure centre carpark - cars parked outside the pub may be clamped!
Ulverston support group, Natural Beginnings is organising a Big Breastfeed to kick start Breastfeeding Awareness Week. Taking place on Sunday 10th in Ford Park at 2pm, Karen hopes it will attract mums, mums to be, parents, partners, friends & family as well as local businesses to find out more about breastfeeding and how they can help. “Breastfeeding in public can be quite daunting so hopefully this event will help mums feel more comfortable and at ease with everyone around them doing it too!”
Trained supporters will be on hand on the Sunday and also at the week long events taking place around the town. The breastfeeding roadshow will be at the support group on Monday 1 til 3, at Lindal toddlers on Tuesday afternoon, 1 til 3, at Lowick toddler group 10 til 11.30 on the Wednesday and at Home & Finance Cafe on Friday morning 9.30 til 11. Rounding up the week, Karen will be doing her bit about breastfeeding at the antenatal class (see you midwife for more details).
If anyone would like any information about any of the events taking place please feel free to contact me karen@naturalbeginnings.org.uk, visit our website www.naturalbeginnings.org.uk or our online support group. www.bibsbotsnboobs.proboards.com
As part of national breastfeeding awareness week 2009, Tiverton breastfeeding peer supporters are holding a baby blockbuster at the Merlin Tivoli cinema in Tiverton, mid Devon.
We have privately hired out the cinema for a tba U/PG film on wednesday 13th may 2009. Tickets are £2 per adult and all children/babies are free of charge. We welcome families supporting breastfeeding or anyone wanting to find out more from our peer supporters.
There will be a multitude of information available in the foyer, tons of freebies for mums and free fruit for the children.
Doors open at 10.30 and the film will start at 11am, to aviod disappointment, register a place with Tiverton Childrens centre on 01884 250449 or buy tickets on the door.
INVITATION
To all parents to be, parents/or carers and grandparents who have an interest in breastfeeding
An INVITATION to a social get together to celebrate Breastfeeding Awareness Week 2009
And
Meet our newly trained NCT Breastfeeding Peer Supporters
Town Hall, Chippenham
12th May 2009
10.30 to 12 noon
Nearly new sale
Cake sale
Baby/ toddler play area
Complimentary Refreshments
To find out more about Breastfeeding Awareness Week go to www.nct.org.uk
Supported by Redlands Children Centre, Chippenham
To celebrate and raise awareness for Breastfeeding Awareness Week 2009 (10-17 May) NCT Croydon are hosting a BREASTFEEDING DROP-IN at Café Giardino, 30 Croydon Centrale, Drummond Centre, CR0 1TY on the 13th May between 10am and 12pm.
Katie Fisher, a lactation consultant and a breastfeeding counsellor will also be present to talk to breastfeeding mums, or anyone who would like advice or information about breastfeeding.
FREE Tea or Coffee for every breastfeeding Mother.
Also open for expectant mums and their partners for information and advice on breastfeeding.
From the One Million Campaign to support women to Breastfeed:
http://www.onemillioncampaign.org/en/Resources1Temp.aspx
“We bring you an eye opener! The findings were announced in the journal ‘Obstetrics and Gynecology’ on Tuesday, 22nd April 2009.
Women who breastfeed their babies for more than a year in lifetime, actually end up lowering their own risk of a heart attack or stroke. Scientists have now found that women who breastfeed for more than a year are 10% less likely to develop heart conditions than those who did not. Breastfeeding was also found to reduce the risk of high blood pressure by 12% and diabetes and high cholesterol by around 20%.
This requires SUPPORT for WOMEN TO BREASTFEED SUCCESSFULLY
12:00.
IF YOU CAN’T MAKE IT THERE, SIGN UP TO THE VIRTUAL EVENT. You can also hold your own event at a Nestle factory or retail outlet selling Nestle goods. Contact Baby Milk Action for help and resources.
Protestors are calling on Nestle to abide by the World Health Assembly marketing requirements for baby milk. According to UNICEF: “Improved breastfeeding practices and reduction of artificial feeding could save an estimated 1.5 million children a year.”
Nestle practices undermine breastfeeding and endanger those infants who are fed on formula.
Come along. Placards and leaflets will be available on the day. See the Baby Milk Action website for further details.
Facebook Group Link:
http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=59171734370&ref=share
Host: Baby Milk Action - Nestle boycott
Type: Causes - Protest
Network: Global
Date: 16 May 2009
Time: 11:00 - 12:00
Location: Nestle HQ, Croydon.
Street: St. George’s House, Park Lane, Croydon, CR9 1NR, UK.
Town/City: Croydon, United Kingdom
Baby Milk Action website:
Just to let you know that Kit was born on 4th March at 11.30pm weighing 10lb7. I had been in and out of hospital four times in the previous three weeks, but in the end the labour was swift and went smoothly. Despite his size Kit only took 3 ½ hours to be born. Unfortunately this meant that no-one got around to giving me IV antibiotics that I needed for Group B Strep, so Kit and I then spent 5 days in hospital while he had antibiotics to prevent septicaemia. Fortunately it was only a preventative measure, and he seems incredibly healthy so far and is feeding and sleeping well.
Breastfeeding third time around has gone very smoothly so far. My breasts are enormous, but leaking much less than with DD and DS, and despite Kit spending as much time sucking as possible I’ve not really had any soreness. It was still quite painful when he latched on for the first few days, but that has settled down.
J, 3, is becoming more and more interested in his brother, but has not asked to breastfeed. Strangely, it is D, 7, who has asked me if she can try some if I express it - I think she remembers doing this from when J was born. Looking at Kit, AND looking at J can, however, be enough to start my milk reflex.
I have had some comments from midwives and the physio at the hospital about topping up (’he’s such a big baby’) and stopping breastfeeding already. The physio said that my SPD won’t resolve completely until I stop feeding. I’m not 100% convinced by this, as of course SPD is caused by relaxin not prolactin. However, it has, of course, sewn seeds in my mind, questioning whether I should just carry on this time as long as I did with J.
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