🗣️ 'We don't think it's right the price of something like first infant #formula should be entirely left to the market'

Our Executive Director Anna Taylor speaking to Rick Edwards on BBC Radio 5 Live

🎧 Listen in full: bit.ly/4aAv6X8
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Have you thought of training to be a registered BfN volunteer?

Applications for these courses close tomorrow!

- Midlothian, Dorset and Southwark
- Fife (30th April)

You can find more information, or apply, here:

breastfeedingnetwork.org.uk/get-involved/t…

#BfNVolunteerCourse #VolunteerForBfN

This week’s ‘ask the community’ is about tandem breastfeeding.

If you’re struggling with breastfeeding, Twins Trust has lots of resources available on our website as well as a peer-to-peer breastfeeding support service, a breastfeeding course and an online feeding drop-in.

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Our coalition is demanding urgent support for vulnerable babies, amid growing concerns about their health & welfare. So what is inside our #Manifestoforbabies ? We have 5 key priorities for politicians to support babies health & wellbeing.
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Details: bit.ly/3VpZKOk

Once did a 24-hr weighed assessment with mine at nearly 6mo. 650 ml of 1050 was during the night.

“Having IGT does not mean you can't breastfeed, says Caoimhe Whelan.”Excellent article well done Caoimhe Whelan, IBCLC and Justice Reilly and to the moms that shared their stories #IGT #Tonguetie full bf assessment , dx ,skilled support and a plan for BF are key

dailymail.co.uk/health/article…

Thank you so much for coming to present!

When will mothers in the U.K. get the right to #breastfeeding / expressing breaks and suitable facilities at work or study? WBTiUK Breastfeeding Women & Equalities Committee Women's Equality Party Maternity Action Birthrights Infant Feeding APPG

It's #SaferSleepWeek . Infant sleep is different from that of adults. Babies don’t sleep all night, fall asleep differently & have shorter sleep cycles. In this LLLI #LaLecheLeagueInternational article, Prof #HelenBall from Baby Sleep Info Source looks at how bf & bedsharing relate llli.org/news/infant-sl…

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HSE stops increasing breastfeeding targets, as they continue to be missed

#Breastfeeding #Ireland

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It's the ultra-processed milk powder intentionally marketed as a follow-on to breastfeeding or infant formulae. But the evidence suggests toddler or transition milks are unnecessary at best and harmful at worst. ab.co/4a9syP3

As Ramadan begins this evening, you may be wondering what this means for breastfeeding mums.

So we're taking a look back at a guest post written by BfN peer supporter, Zamzam Elmi 💜

breastfeedingnetwork.org.uk/breastfeeding-…

#SupportDuringRamadan #BreastfeedingSupport

🤎 Ramadan & Breastfeeding #breastfeeding awareness #culturalawareness #breastfeeding

Today is the Lambeth Breastfeeding Network Study Day! Who's going? There's a great lineup of guest speakers!

We'd love to see your photos if you're there - please use the hastag
#bfnlambethstudyday2024

Likewise: a new experience to be part of a presentation at the Infant Feeding APPG! Great to have the opportunity to share more widely how @bfn_lambeth support local families with #infantfeeding , thanks all for your time & comments! A real pleasure to work w/ Elaine Londesborough-van Rooyen & LEAP💜

Lisa Whipp Elaine Londesborough-van Rooyen LEAP #CarlaStanke Lisa Whipp & Elaine Londesborough-van Rooyen from LEAP are happy for their framework to be used elsewhere. Policy questions cover relationships and networks, individual factors, systems of power physiological pathways. Contact them for more information #APPGIFI

#CarlaStanke Lisa Whipp & Elaine Londesborough-van Rooyen
from LEAP are speaking now on breastfeeding peer support in Lambeth: a study on equity in access.

A first for me to have my talk live-tweeted! Thanks to all who came to the @appgifi to listen today and for thoughtful questions and insights. It was a pleasure to work with Lisa Whipp and LEAP on this project.

Infant Feeding APPG Patti Rundall World Health Organization (WHO) Katie Pereira-Kotze That's it from us today at the Infant Feeding APPG. Join the mailing list to receive slides from today's presentations and updates on future meetings eepurl.com/bY3dH9. We look forward to the next meeting #APPGIFI