Submitted by Petra on Sun, 07/29/2012 - 23:12
Hello - this is a bit of an unusual request for your help.
As you know the Children's Centres have been re-organized into clusters - now the managers are looking into the best way to reorganize the services, to meet the needs of their families; with the budget available.
I thought it would be amazing if a lot of mums and dads could write to me (petra22@btinternet.com) of what has supported them to get started with breastfeeding and/ or keep going and what has hindered them.
Submitted by Petra on Wed, 06/27/2012 - 20:59
I can’t believe this is already the last week of the ‘Keep Britain Breastfeeding Scavenger Hunt’.
I thoroughly enjoyed reading the wide and varied entries. I hope you found the information and support you needed.
I decided at the very beginning that I would write about ‘Allergies’ as it seems that parents are often left alone in their quest to find support if they have an allergic baby.
Submitted by Petra on Sun, 06/24/2012 - 11:32
Strange – I thought I had a good idea of what I want to say and then when I sat down to write….nothing.
I tried a few sentences, but found them not to my liking……
Then I started wondering what people mean when they use the word ‘community’ and looked up the definition of the word – there are quite a number of different definitions, depending on the context the word is used in.
For me community is the area I live in and the services and support I can access there.
What does community mean for you?
Submitted by Petra on Wed, 06/13/2012 - 11:05
I hope you are enjoying the Scavenger Hunt as much as I do.
I have been reading during the first week of the hunt some great posts and discovered some interesting websites.
This week’s theme is: Mother to Mother support
I was going to compile a list of things women have found helpful and passed on at La Leche League meetings and in the Breastfeeding cafes I run (see under ‘Breastfeeding’ for times and places if you are in London). I discovered that there is already a blog about it, so decided to look at it from a different angle.
Submitted by Petra on Sun, 06/03/2012 - 10:30
What a theme to start the ‘Scavenger Hunt 2012’ with.
I am sorry if that rattles you. That is not my intention.
My intention is to support you and I hope you can bring yourself to read what I have to say and it will hopefully do just that 
:
For weeks and weeks you have been imagining how it will be to give birth and how you will look after your beautiful baby.
Submitted by Petra on Thu, 05/31/2012 - 22:42
Keep Britain Breastfeeding Scavenger Hunt
Submitted by Petra on Wed, 05/16/2012 - 13:27
I think a lot of people will have heard about the Time magazine's cover of breastfeeding (Are you Mum enough lightbox.time.com/2012/05/10/parenting/) and the furore it caused.
Breastfeeding and attachment parenting have been all over the media. Films, interviews and statements came in from all sides of the arguments.
I took it all in and noticed I was emotionally not engaging - I had stepped back and observed.
What an interesting reaction.
Curious I started exploring what had led me to this course of action.
