RBM Conference Programme
Here is the final programme for Friday’s Conference at the Penventon Hotel. Please download the pdf here.
Real Baby Milk Christmas Appeal: We need more breasts!
Ditch the naff party games and bond with Great-Aunt Agatha by the fireside this Christmas by crafting some woolly breasts! While they often look quite comical, they are actually an essential item in a peer supporter’s tool kit, as we use them to demonstrate practical skills such as positioning and attachment, hand expressing and the … Read more…
Top 10 ways for partners to help breastfeeding
As a dad myself, I know that a partner’s support can make a massive difference to anyone’s experience of breastfeeding. Taken from Amy Brown’s book, published by Pinter & Martin ltd, here is some advice on how a partner can help: Top 10 ways for partners to help 1. Feed the mother. This might mean literally cutting … Read more…
NEW! Easy Read Guide
Re-worked using European standands of Easy Reading, we have restructured and rewritten the Essential guide to feeding and caring for your baby to make it much easier to read and follow. Tired new parents, people whose first language is not English and people with intellectual disabilities can find it challenging to understand and to learn … Read more…
Come and see us at UNICEF Baby Friendly Conference
On 14 November, we will pack up our cars and make our way up to Liverpool to set up our stand at the annual UNICEF Baby Friendly Conference. This year it is at the ACC Liverpool on 15th and 16th November. Being our 12th stand at the conference, we are really excited to see the … Read more…
More White Wool Please!
More White Wool Please! A baby’s brain will develop depending on the positive and negative influences it gets in the first few months. This video demonstrates how this happens in a nice simple demonstration.
Real Baby Milk Conference 2019
The are still some tickets remaining for the Real Baby Milk Conference on the 25th January 2019 with key note speaker Professor Amy Brown. Active peer supporters can book free tickets. £16 for health care workers or other interested parties. Click here to book your tickets Click here to view the Conference draft outline Thank … Read more…
National Breastfeeding Week
To celebrate National Breastfeeding Week 2018 (25th-29th June 2018) we have a sale on our Real Baby Milk guides! £100 for 500 guides! Sale open now and closes on 30th June 2018. #CelebrateBreastfeeding England’s National Breastfeeding Week 2018, run by Public Health England (PHE), will take place between 25th-29th June, 2018. The week will focus … Read more…
Launching a new peer support group
Suzi (pictured with LO), Shelley and George found great motivation and perseverance to launch a new Breastfeeding group within RNAS Culdrose Community Centre, Helston. Breast Intentions Breastfeeding Support Group is running as a supported group under RNAS Culdrose in partnership with Real Baby Milk. We asked them how they went about it. What made you want to start a … Read more…
Pattern for Crochet Breast
Materials: 4:00mm Crochet Hook Light coloured double knitting wool Dark coloured double knitting wool Toy Stuffing Abbreviations: Ch. Chain dc. Double Crochet sl. st. Slip stitch htr. Half treble 2 htr dec: wool on hook, insert hook into next st., wool on hook then insert hook into next … Read more…