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Summer breastfeeding tips: Stay cool and comfortable while providing your baby with the best nutrition. Discover hydration hacks, breastfeeding positions for warm weather, essential items, and outdoor breastfeeding tips

Exhausted by late-night baby cries? You're not alone! This whirlwind phase is temporary, but those precious winks of sleep feel oh-so-distant. Don't fret, parents! We've got a toolbox of tips to transform those chaotic nights into calmer stretches (and maybe even some sleep!).

The summer heat poses unique challenges for breastfeeding mothers, requiring careful management to ensure adequate hydration and comfort for both mumma and bub. In these warmer months, maintaining sufficient hydration is essential, impacting milk production and overall maternal well-being.

To help you choose the best breast pump for your needs, we've created a comparison table. 

When I was younger I had absolutely no idea about the ins and outs of pregnancy and having a baby. I remember without a care in the world, walking past the maternity shops snickering at the roundness and beige-ness of it all. Maternity wear signalled maturity wear and the end of style and colour and a land I could not see myself ever visiting....

  As the final stages of pregnancy creep up on you, much like those swollen ankles, you know it’s time to start thinking about the arrival of this baby. I’ll never forget sitting in my antenatal class and having our teacher passionately describe how women have been birthing babies for thousands of years. How it’s such a natural process for the female body to...

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Life is such a freeing experience until a young girl hits puberty and is confronted with her first bra. Some girls cannot wait to join the club of young women and wear those new supports with such pride; I was not one of those girls. Being somewhat of a tomboy I found it very confronting to make that leap into womanhood, all because my...

  I never really considered myself to be much of a feminist until I started breastfeeding. Then it became apparent that there are a lot of people who dislike public breastfeeding and are quite vocal about it. The simple act of breastfeeding your child outside has become a real opinion poll and you’d be surprised at the looks or rather the glares you get...