Hello everyone, welcome to BritMums first round-up of breastfeeding blogs. It’s Mo @aNoviceMum here, sharing different fab posts about this important topic. I regularly read breastfeeding blogs as a result of my #BreastfeedingandI linky and project. When it comes to breastfeeding, knowledge is definitely power. I hope this round-up contributes to more positive and constructive conversations about infant feeding in general and breastfeeding (baby, toddler or school age) in particular.
The web has been particularly awash with breastfeeding posts in recent months, thanks to the surfeit of formal breastfeeding awareness programmes like the:
- UK National Breastfeeding Week at the end of June
- World Breastfeeding Week [WBW] at the start of August
- Keep Britain Breastfeeding Scavenger Hunt [KBBF] to celebrate WBW
- Various Breastfeeding Carnivals in celebration of WBW, including the BritMums Carnival I hosted
- US National Breastfeeding Month in August
It’s been a brilliant time for breastfeeding advocates to discuss breastfeeding and hopefully contribute to its promotion and protection around the world.
This year’s KBBF Scavenger Hunt was my first, and definitely the best blogging challenge/collaboration I’ve participated in. Over the months ahead, I hope to bring you selection of posts from BritMums Network bloggers that participated in the project, to give you a taste of how fab it was. I will also be sharing other breastfeeding blogs, so watch out for my monthly focus.
KBBF’s last day and theme, ‘The End of My Breastfeeding Journey’ was the most emotional for me, and I’m going to start with it to get the teary part out of the way. All the participating blogs were really delightful reads and are worth checking out.
So without much ado, here are the posts from BritMums Network bloggers who took part in the 2015 KBBF Scavenger Hunt: day 7.
It was so lovely and so sad reading Jenni‘s post about the beginning of the end of her breastfeeding journey. After 19 months of breastfeeding, Jenni’s desire for her daughter to self wean has been dented by medical reasons. She is not looking forward to Boo’s imminent last feed, which will probably be Jenni’s last breastfeed forever. I can’t imagine the emotional pain on this path, but I’m sure that Jenni cherishes every moment of every feed they still have.
Breastfeeding served Sian well with her toddler. She counted on breastmilk and breastfeeding to soothe in its own way, through reflux and morning sickness. Sian’s journey wasn’t an easy run; her son eventually self weaned like many do. Kudos to her motherly instinct; she has a picture to remind her of their very last feed when she was 5 months pregnant with baby 2. “A bittersweet moment”, it truly must have been.
Sarah‘s journey towards her last feed was gradual and smooth, though she had to come to terms with the ensuing ‘no-longer-breastfeeding-boobie-shrink’. Early weaning to solids, bottles, and Formula characterised the march to the end for Sarah and her daughter on their breastfeeding journey. The descent of the plane at the start of their sunny holiday was the venue of their last feed. It was a feed that provided needed comfort from the resulting hysteria of a premature wake from sweet sleep. For them, it was a happy end to a happy stage.
My breastfeeding journey is fast moving towards 20 months, and the end doesn’t seem to be in sight. I still can’t believe it considering our difficult start. Contemplating the end of our journey, when our last feed happens and our last latch comes wasn’t happy going. The tears fell and my heart was sad. When I think about it now, I smile; I’ve since had many ‘not another feed’ moments with my toddler who still feeds on request when we’re together. Natural term breastfeeding is my desire, self weaning is the goal; I know the last feed will eventually become.
Breastfeeding awareness continues, both formally and informally. I suppose it has to. After all, babies are born everyday and most mothers initially choose the biological norm to nourish their young.
September is National Preparedness Month in the US; especially pertinent for breastfeeding mums caught up in natural disasters or man-made conflict.
September is National Preparedness Month! Learn Key Facts about Breastfeeding in Emergencies @ http://t.co/kpvrqhLf6F #breastfeeding
— U.S. Breastfeeding Committee 🤱🏿🤱🏻🤱🏽🤱🏾🤱🏼 (@USbreastfeeding) September 20, 2015
I hope you’ve enjoyed my first round-up; I look forward to reading what you think, and all shares are of course appreciated.
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About Mo
Mo @aNoviceMum is a first-time mother, a full-time teacher, a glass-half-full dreamer, and an eager ideas manufacturer. She blogs at Adventures of a Novice Mum to express herself, and record snippets of her life, thoughts, and times for child. She also desires to encourage and inspire others on their life's journey. Blogging is one of the gifts motherhood gave Mo and an eye for photography is one of the many blogging treats she enjoys. Mo is always trying to find enough time to do everything on her non-existent and very long to-do list. She finds all of motherhood very fascinating, and can't get her head around how so many mothers have more than one child. Breastfeeding is one of her mothering past times, one that has taken more hours of her life than she can believe.
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