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The early months with my daughter were very difficult due to (what we now know were) multiple food allergies and tongue tie.

A challenging start In 2019 I became a Mother to my first daughter. I thought I had prepared for the experience in as much depth as...

Before our son was born, I was keen to try and breastfeed, but I knew from my experience working with babies and their parents that it...

*** Trigger warning, this story is a personal experience of postnatal depression *** My experience of having my second baby was so very...

Without really thinking about it too much I decided I would breastfeed. I didn’t know much about it and I didn’t know anyone else who...

My son Edward was born with a tongue tie and like many other new parents with tongue tied babies we were desperate to help him. He was...

Trigger warning: birth story, stop-start labour From the minute a baby is conceived there is something that develops that can ruin...

Rowan’s arrival Rowan’s arrival into the world was swift! A planned, and much desired, home birth came off like a dream. Start to finish,...

As we launch our first poetry evening for Baby Umbrella, I thought I would try to explain what writing means to me and how it links to my...

One of the things parents often say when they’ve recently had a baby, and even more so when they've had a difficult journey, is why did...