Carneika Washbrook

World Breastfeeding Week August 2024: Closing the Gap

Every year we celebrate World Breastfeeding Week on 1st-7th August to raise awareness about the issues around breastfeeding. #WBW2024’s theme ‘Closing the Gap: Support for...

Starting Solid Foods: with Baby-led Weaning Tips

© Gill Rapley, May 2024 Co-author, Baby-led Weaning: Helping Your Baby to Love Good Food Starting your baby on complementary (‘solid’) foods is an exciting...

Volunteers’ Week 2024: A Thank You from Our CEO

Image from BfN South Coast Volunteers’ Week Celebration #VolunteersWeek coincided with Portsmouth’s preparations to mark the 80th anniversary of the D-Day landings. I do not want...

Volunteer Stories: Why I Want to be a BfN Helper

As part of Volunteer’s Week 2024, we’re sharing stories from volunteer Helpers, Carly Karran and Stephanie Rees, on why they decided to train as Helpers...

Maternal Mental Health Awareness Week: April 2024

by Lottie Ayres Lottie Ayres is a Volunteer Pharmacist on the Drugs in Breastmilk (DiBM) Team at the Breastfeeding Network. She lives in the North...

World Down Syndrome Day 2024: End the Stereotypes

by Sarah Ojar Down syndrome is a naturally occurring genetic condition caused by having an extra chromosome. Typically, we have 46 chromosomes, 23 pairs. People...

World Breastfeeding in Public Day 2024

World Breastfeeding in Public Day was set up in 2022 by breastfeeding mother, Destiny Smith, to help give mothers the confidence to breastfeed in public...