As many of you know there have been lots of changes to our service over the years, but what we have always continued to do is put the mothers, parents and families in our local communities first. We know there is that want and need for additional Breastfeeding and Infant Feeding Support in our home town, and we’ve done all we can to make it happen!
That’s why we are so excited to announce we have secured funding from The National Lottery for the next 3 years to allow us to continue to offer support to families across Wigan Borough!
So if you need or know anyone who would benefit from our 1:1 Infant Feeding Support please get in touch!
Not had chance to get along to one of our Christmas groups this week? It’s not too late to get your festive craft on with our FREE downloadable keepsake footprint card templates. Just print them off, grab some poster paints and a pack of wipes and get painting those baby feet- they won’t be this small for long and these cards make an excellent keepsake for all the family!
National Breastfeeding Week is here, and it’s a perfect time to reflect on the profound impact that peer support can have on the journey of breastfeeding. The theme this year, “Everyone has a part to play in helping mums to breastfeed,” reminds us that we all play a crucial role in creating a nurturing environment for new mothers.
Breastfeeding can also be challenging, especially for first-time mums. This is where peer support comes into play. Peer support provides invaluable assistance, comfort, and guidance to mothers embarking on this incredible journey.
During National Breastfeeding Week, let’s celebrate the power of peer support in infant feeding. Whether you are a breastfeeding mother, a friend, a family member, or a healthcare provider, you can contribute to this support network. Be a listening ear, offer a helping hand, or simply share your encouragement. Together, we can ensure that every mum who chooses to breastfeed receives the support and care she deserves.
Remember, “Everyone has a part to play in helping mums to breastfeed,” and your part, no matter how small, can make a world of difference.
This years theme set by the World Alliance for Breastfeeding Action (WABA)is: “Enabling breastfeeding: making a difference for working parents.”
World Breastfeeding Week (WBW) is a global campaign to raise awareness and galvanise action on themes related to breastfeeding.
This week we have had lots of celebrations at our groups and shared lots of informative posts across our social media channels. We have focused on information and support around themes such as shared paternity leave, working rights and expressing and storing milk.
We will always be here to support you no matter what stage of your journey you are at.
We love our volunteers, they are an amazing group of women.
Thank you so much to each and every one of them!
They all give hours of their time to complete training to be able to be peer supporters, then attend supervision regularly to ensure they are always up to date with the most recent research and recommendations. And this is all on top of the hours the give supporting mums and families.
They are such a special bunch and we really do love and appreciate them all and everything they do.
Their passion, commitment to families and how they strive to make a difference to each and every mother, parent, pregnant woman or person they come into contact with is incredible and we are so very proud.
As we have moved back to face to face support it’s been great to see our volnteers again and see them adapt back into the post covid world. Seeing them continue to build their skills and through monthly supervision and additional training all whilst supporting each other and Breastfeeding Together is wonderful.
So on #volunteerrecognitionday we want to take a moment and say thank you.
We wouldn’t be where we are, or be able to do what we do without our volunteers.
If you have received support from our wonderful volunteers, and would like to help us continue our work there are several ways you can help to support us and we really do appreciate every single penny!
We have been awarded funding for 3 months of our popular Family Walking Group ‘Bumps, Boobs and Buggies’ – Supported by 10GM and GM Walking. The group will run every Monday 11am-12pm at Pennington Flash from the 9th January.
We would absolutely love to see you there and hope you can come along and support the group with your family and friends.
A- Antenatal- start as you mean to go on, get yourself informed and prepared
B- Benefits (So many of them ) of breastfeeding
C- Colostrum, your first milk, tiny volumes, big impact! It coats your baby’s gut and offers protection
D- Don’t worry, you’re doing a brilliant job
E- Engorgement- Fear not! It settles after a couple of days- feed to relieve!
F- Flipping heck- this can be hard work!!!
G- Get feeding off to a good start with skin to skin
H- Hand express to relieve engorgement
I- I’m getting the hang of this now
J- Join Connect and Share, our closed Facebook group for support and information from other mums and peer supporters.
K- Keep it up, you’re giving your baby a fantastic start
L- Little and often, their tummies are tiny and most breastfed babies will need frequent small feeds
M- Make use of us- We’re here 7 days a week for any support you need
N- Nipple confusion is a thing, waiting 4-6 weeks before introducing a bottle gives babies a better chance of switching between the two more effectively
O- Oh my goodness, it’s just getting so much easier
P- Positioning, getting your baby in an effective position can really help overcome any problems
Q- Questions- we know you’ll have lots and there’s never a silly one or one we’ve not been asked before
R- Reassurance, we don’t care how much you need, we are here to give it. We’ll help you believe in yourself
S- Safer sleep- we can give information about much more than just breastfeeding, ask us your safe sleep questions
T- Try different positions, not every position works well for every mum, but there’ll be one that works for you.
U- Understanding that any amount of breastmilk makes a difference, one feed, one week, one month, one year will all offer your baby some protection.
V- Village- find yours in us. We will be your people, your cheerleaders, your safety net
W- Whip it out if in doubt, you can’t overfeed a breast fed baby
X- X-pletives when you realise you’ve opened the door to amazon/the milk man/the window cleaner with your boob out
Y- You are protected whilst feeding in public, no one can stop you or ask you to move.
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