Category Archives: Breastfeeding

Are boobs too confronting?

Is this a little too in your face? Do you find boobs confronting? The sight of them? Seeing them in a child’s mouth? Many people will. And do you know what is strangest of all? More women would find it confronting than men. I read a study recently done on the reactions of hundreds of…

Comment of the day…

And todays comment of the day goes to an Associate Professor at Flinders University… “Some people do it, so it’s not as if it’s impossible.” [in regards to breastfeeding] When I sat down with my little Evangeline in our local cafe today, there was a newspaper on the table. I don’t know when the last…

The great age gap debate: The Shower Cap

Todays Shower Cap: My latest thoughts are dedicated to my children. Ok, that’s not unusual so more specifically… when to turn ‘child’ into ‘children’. I need someone to give me an answer: What is the perfect age gap between children? Time for all of you party poopers to roll in and tell me there is…

World Milk Sharing Week

Image source here. This week is World Milksharing Week. And I love love love the idea! Yesterday I enjoyed the most perfect day in celebration of this week – a picnic and a portrait. A beautifully sunny day, fruit platters, rainbow cupcakes, children playing, families chatting, mums breastfeeding and some fantastic professional photographers to capture…

Ooo taboo! Who’s sharing milk?

Yes it is currently a taboo topic. Sharing breast milk. Many of my friends turn their noses up at the merest mention of it. And they are definitely not alone! The way I see it, the fact that someone would produce milk for another child is a beautiful act. But far too rare. I mean…