As with many stages of parenthood, I dived into the weaning stage with a mix of anxiety and excitement. I remember saying months ago that I couldn’t wait for our little one to try ‘real food’ mainly as I had hoped she would need less milk feeds, and therefore reduce the amount I would need to express milk for her. Starting to wean Initially we had...
Self-isolation with a baby. What a title for a blog post, and one which I had never thought I would be writing. 4 weeks ago, I was in Mallorca and excited to be writing things such as “flying with a baby” and “Mallorca, Spain: our first family holiday”. Hopefully, I will write those posts one day. Somehow it doesn’t feel that appropriate to be writing about travel...
Throughout my pregnancy I hadn’t given much consideration as to how I would feed my baby. I knew what the options were: breastfeeding and bottle feeding with formula. I assumed that I would naturally breastfeed. I assumed because you know, “breast is best”. It’s what ‘they’ say. They say it in the antenatal classes, your midwife...