Happy new year lovely people. How are you all? I’m going to be trying to make quite a few changes with Southwarkbelle this year. More on that in a bit but, at risk of being a new year cliche, I’ve also got a few personal changes to make. The first of those is shifting some… Continue reading Meal Plan Monday – Getting Started On Weight Watchers
Paying Women To Breastfeed: A few things to think about
Our old friend the NoSH study is back in the news today, I wrote about the feasibility study a while ago but they have now conducted and published a much larger trial looking at financial incentives to encourage women to breastfeed. What is the Study? The study looked at electoral ward areas where… Continue reading Paying Women To Breastfeed: A few things to think about
Michael Odent Wants Me Dead
I’ve written about Michael Odent before here and here. For those not familiar with him, he is a retired French obstetrician, credited with, among other things, introducing water births. This weekend he got himself a piece in the Guardian to promote his new book: The Birth Of Homo, The Marine Chimpanzee. I’ll be honest, I’ve not… Continue reading Michael Odent Wants Me Dead
Healthy Eating – We Need Honest Information Not Expensive Ingredients
I am currently breast feeding a small baby. Which means two things: 1: I spend a lot of time idly scrolling through Facebook. 2: I am constantly hungry. So I was very happy for the random algorithms at face face to offer me a recipe for a “Healthy” chocolate dessert. I am not one… Continue reading Healthy Eating – We Need Honest Information Not Expensive Ingredients
Breastfeeding; Science, Advice And Survival
I’m on baby number three now, so I guess that makes me an experienced mum (at least of this age group). But from this exalted status I have only one* good bit of advice: Don’t judge other parent’s choices by what works for you. Or your own by what works for them. The… Continue reading Breastfeeding; Science, Advice And Survival
London Bridge Won’t Fall Down
I have a new baby. MissA is just three weeks old and so I live in a world where normal time is suspended. Day and night are a continuous blur where sometimes it just happens to be light or dark. Where I long to sleep all the time but could be summoned from that slumber… Continue reading London Bridge Won’t Fall Down
Better Postnatal Care
Our new baby, MissA is here. When I’m a bit less sleep deprived I’ll write more about her but for the moment I want to share an old post. The Mumsnet Better Postnatal Care Campaign began not long before MissA was born, when the subject was very much on my mind. Even when facing a… Continue reading Better Postnatal Care
