Category Archives: 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.
Dont Judge other Parents
Mother does more than her best to get breastfeeding established, but switches to formula This
Drink Lots of Water to Make Milk
Drinking a glass of water after every breastfeed can help your milk supply
Exclusively Expressing
A mother shares her story, about how her baby is fed full breast milk, via
Breastfeeding a Baby in Hospital
Expressing breast milk to feed to a baby in hospital. A personal journey of
First Weeks of Breastfeeding
Kathy Fray shares her thoughts on getting through the first six weeks of breastfeeding, and
Food Sensitivities
One mum shares her experience of breastfeeding her son with multiple food sensitivities. She had
Gallstones
One mother shares her story on her commitment to breastfeeding and then journey to bottle
Get a Lactation Consultant
Lactation Consultant helps mother to get the correct latch, and continue breastfeeding. Changes to
Get Baby Used to a Bottle
It is a good idea to start baby drinking expressed milk from a bottle from
Hard to Start
Breastfeeding Stories from real mothers, she says that it is really hard to start with,
