MumUnplugged

The lovely folks at Plum have recently launched a very cool new range of baby snacks that I’ve no doubt will make their way into my handbag as ammunition in the war against boredom-induced tantrums!  As you’d expect from Plum, these dinky biscuits include superfoods such as spelt and quinoa and are flavoured using only [...]

I recently had the privilege of getting to read a rather fab e-book written by Sinead Hoben, founder of  www.breastfeedingmums.com and author of the Breastfeeding Mothers Blog. Sinead’s book, ‘Mama Milk: A Breastfeeding Mum’s Story’, charts her journey through breastfeeding her three children, and as mum to a breastfed baby myself I was extremely [...]

Just read that a couple in Northern Ireland have become the proud parents of not one, not two, but SIX beautiful babies, born at Belfast’s Royal Jubilee Maternity Hospital.  Having been utterly shell-shocked following the birth of my single baby, I can’t imagine the rollercoaster of emotions involved in becoming parents to six tiny, premature [...]

Apologies for the knee-jerk reaction but I have just read this on the BBC and it’s made me so angry.  This woman goes on about being fit for her age - but how fit will she be in five, ten or  20 years - if she even lives that long?  At best when the child [...]

Just saw this on the Beeb; the government has finally caught on that breastfed babies gain weight more slowly than their formula fed counterparts and is changing the growth charts used by health visitors to reflect this.  So many mums give up breastfeeding because midwives and heath visitors tell them their babies aren’t ‘thriving’ according [...]