The panel discuss breastfeeding, dealing with difficult sleeping patterns and keeping your kids entertained during Halloween.

Breastfeeding is one of the biggest challenges for any new mother, some women struggle and some take to it naturally. How long it is appropriate to breastfeed for and whether to breastfeed in public are just a few of the concerns.
 
It is not only the stress of knowing how long it is appropriate to breastfeed for and whether to breastfeed in public but it is also the stress of looking after a new baby, most …

One thing no one ever told me about breastfeeding was how messy it would be. I assumed my baby and I would sit there serenely. He would happily and discreetly guzzle away while I would perhaps use my free hand to read a book. Instead, I found myself pinned to the sofa, surrounded by pillows and naked from the waist up, while my son flailed about, kicking out and scratching me – and making embarrassingly loud slurping noises – and milk sprayed wildly from my other boob.
Things only improved when …

Lifft™ baby slings and Bras4Mums are offering an exclusive discount in celebration of National Breastfeeding Awareness Week.

As a mum to a baby born in March, breastfeeding is a subject that is close to my heart and I can rant and rave with the best of them about this topic that seems to be far more controversial than it should be!

I had to return to work when babies were 5 months old, and I wanted to carry on breastfeeding. My eldest, (now 8), went onto solids at 14 weeks (WHO guidelines were different then), so I was only feeding about 4 times a day when he was 5 months old.

Tell us about your family
I am Arabella, married to Paul with one daughter, aged 7.
As a family, we moved back to Devon where I was born a couple of years ago so we could have a bigger garden and be closer to the sea. 

Kirsten Baxter of Bellamama.co.uk, is on a mission to bring Breastfeeding back into fashion, and is backing the national breastfeeding week (NBAW) campaign this June to quash the stigmas modern mums so often relate to breastfeeding. She was inspired to create the online boutique after the birth of her second baby in 2007.

National Breastfeeding Week will run from 21st – 27th June 2010 – Natural Nursery will be running special offers and competitions to celebrate and are offering a 10% discount on all breastfeeding items using code BAW2010, including: