Advice & Tips

Parenting can be hard work, and pregnant mums and new mothers sometimes need a little bit of extra help from other mums who know what they’re going through. Breastmates has created a special resource section filled with tried and tested parenting tips, common-sense advice on pregnancy and motherhood, unbiased help with infant feeding, and expert answers to your most important questions. Being a mum is the most important job you’ll ever do, and Breastmates cares about helping you to enjoy being a mum without the stress.

How to cope with newborn sleep deprivation

How to cope with newborn sleep deprivation

Medela Nipple Shield Sizing Chart

Here is my trusted "at-home-measuring-technique" to calculate your nipple size

Why won’t my baby stop crying

True colic begins around 3 weeks old and stops around 12 weeks old. Not all

8 Newborn Sleep Tips to Get Your Baby Napping Easily

Newborn Sleep Tips to gently improve your newborn’s sleep cycle when you get home

How to adjust for Daylight Savings: Autumn edition

how to prepare bubs for daylight savings

What is nesting, and why am I doing it?

Nesting is instinctual behaviour is, as so many things seem to be during pregnancy, related

What you need to know about prolapse

Prolapse is a condition that is relatively common in women who have had babies, and

Myth vs Fact: Newborn sleep

Myths vs Facts. 5 Newborn Sleep Myths Debunked

Incontinence: More than just a wee problem

Incontinence Post Partum - Many new mums experience incontinence following the birth of their baby

How Do I Know I’m in Labour?

 Is it labour or false alarm?