This is a guest post from my lovely friend and doula trainee, Rosie Spampinato. I have encouraged her to write this post to illustrate the power that society has on our breastfeeding journeys. We do not nurse in a vacuum, but are prey to all the influences, good and bad, that society can throw at Continue Reading
Carrying Vs Caching – Which are We?
Infant care: Cache or Carry To test the hypothesis that a characteristic infant-care pattern existed during most of human history, contemporary hunter-gatherers in a representative sample of world cultures were examined. Numerically coded measures of infant care revealed a uniform pattern. Mothers Continue Reading
Breastfeeding in a Baby Sling
The closeness and comfort of a sling is very conducive to successful breastfeeding and with a bit of practice it is possible to manage hands free! Latching on with your baby in the sling is often trail and error, depending on the kind of sling you use and where you are in your breastfeeding journey Continue Reading
So just what is the problem with pushchairs and prams?
Since they were invented in the 18th Century western culture has seen prams and pushchairs as the default means for getting around with your baby. Once cars took over our lives we needed car seats which we now use to carry babies and in which we leave babies sitting and sleeping for hours. The Continue Reading