Breast-feeding wisdom

Breast-feeding has been the preferred (and often only way) of feeding our offspring since... well, since forever. Over the centuries, lots of myths have grown around the do's and don'ts of breast-feeding. We help you cut through them to get to more simple breast-feeding wisdom.

Breast-feeding myths and legends: Part I

Some of the myths and legends surrounding breast-feeding are unexplained, far-fetched and sometimes even counter-productive. You’ll hear more than a few… but almost all of them are untrue.
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Breast-feeding myths and legends: Part II

The second in our series, here we look at a few more of the weird and wonderful myths that exist concerning breast-feeding. For the most part these myths, have no medical or scientific basis, but can unfortunately be a source of worry and doubt to new mums. Cut through the legend to the simple...
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Exclusively breast-feeding babies over 4 months old may not be the best solution…

Exclusively breast-feeding for the first six months of a baby’s life is apparently not the ‘cure-all’ solution it is thought to be. At least this is the finding of a British study published in the British Medical Journal which calls into question breastfeeding exclusively over the age of 4 months...
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The ‘downside’ of breast-feeding

In certain ways breast-feeding is more of a constraint than bottle-feeding. So what is the downside, the possible difficulties and reasons for not breast-feeding?
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The ‘downside’ of breast-feeding

In certain ways breast-feeding is more of a constraint than bottle-feeding. So what is the downside; the possible difficulties and reasons for not breast-feeding?

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