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Hi,
Seems like a nice website, with lots of useful information for mums and mums to be.
It might be useful to add contact details and links to the national charity websites (BfN, NCT, ABM, LLL etc) and their helpline numbers as well as the national breastfeeding helpline.
The weaning information doesn't agree with the new Health Scotland 'Fun First Foods' leaflet which talks about going straight to mashed food and small pieces of soft fruit or toast rather than starting on purees.  Also, the peanut advice needs updating to match with current guidelines that peanuts can be given from six months if there is no immediate family history of allergy.

Sarah
Peer Supporter, Ayrshire

Also, it's not great when posts go unanswered on a forum.  If a parent is looking for some help, they really need a response from someone within a day or two at most.

I must have missed this stand completely at the conference, but recieved an email today from Lynn Soutar about the website.

It would be lovely to see some more specific help information on the site.  A mother who is struggling with feeding may be looking for some specific information from a reliable source.  They may be googling at 2am so can't call anyone.  Obviously a site of this size couldn't cover everything, but it would be nice to see some links to topics.  For example, the BfN have some great information leaflets about mastitis, thrush or storing expressed milk that could be linked to.  Although it's an American site, kellymom.com has some great information too.  At the moment the information on the site is very general much like an information leaflet.

It would also be great to have the various charity helplines opening hours on the website.

Bit of a bugbear with me...  but not all 6 month olds who are starting on solid foods want or need bland, liquid food.  Some cope very well with lumpy foods, strong flavours and finger foods.  My own children went from exclusive breastfeeding to eating some of what was on my plate if it was appropriate.  Also, is the current advice still to avoid all nuts until age 3?  I thought that only applied to children who had eczema/allergies/asthma or who had a family history of eczema/allergies/asthma. 

All in all though it's a good site and I'm off to wander around the forums 

Susan (mother of two breastfed babies, Fife peer supporter and online parenting forum(s) user/moderator) 

Hi everybody!

I'm seriously thinking about raising my child on a vegan diet after reading various books about the amazing health benefits.  But, already im starting to think that i may struggle with amount of time i need to prepare all of his food at home.

Before i go full steam ahead with this, are there any other challenges i might encounter by raising my child on a vegan diet?

Trust me, ALL info will be much appreciated!!!   

Hello, I thought I would introduce myself.
I have a 3-month-old and a 19-month-old. I breastfed my first boy for 8-and-a-half months and am currently feeding my youngest baby. I am such a fan of breastfeeding. It's so satisfying seeing your child grow from the milk that was designed especially for him! It also helped me lose lots of weight - a welcome bonus!
I went along to BRAG sessions a couple of times with baby number one, but unfortunately I discovered it a bit too late to get the most out of it. This time round it is my toddler putting me off going. He's a bit clingy and shy in new situations. Perhaps I'll take along toys and snacks to keep him busy because it's so great meeting other women in the same situation and having a chit-chat and a coffee with the group leaders. Can anyone else let me know if they, too, take older children along?
Hope to meet more mums soon.
Sarah. x

Hi Debbie, where are you studying? I am in the process of setting myself up to apply for a midwifery degree so it would be really interesting to hear a bit more about what you're doing.
Best wishes, Sarah

Hello, I have just joined the forum. I am breastfeeding my second son (only 16 months between my two boys). I agree that there are some places in the Elgin area that just don't seem baby friendly and some that are ideal.
I went along to the BRAG sessions at the community centre for a little while with my first baby and thought it was great. I would love to come along again, but I'm a bit worried that my clingy older toddler might make it too difficult. It can be hard to meet other breastfeeding mums who also have to deal with feeding in public.
Hopefully we'll make it along to the group soon and say hello. 

The breastfeeding group will be closed for Christmas holidays on the 24th and 31st December. We will reopen on Thursday 7th January and look forward to seeing you then.
Merry Christmas everyone!
Aileen, Ellie and Barbara.

This website just is not being used - maybe put on facebook? I'm amazed to see that I am one of the most recent posters on this site even though it has been more than 8 months since the birth of my second baby and more than that since my last post

Hi, it's been a while since I logged onto this site so I'm very sorry if it is too late. Congratulations on number 3! I have breast fed my two boys who are now 3 and 8 months. I had difficulty feeding my first as he was such a lazy boy! Between us we had a big struggle but with the second it was much easier. He took to it within 10 mins of being born whereas my first took 3 days. You are right though support is key (from all directions) you need help in distracting the older ones whilst you are trying to breastfeed the baby. I tried allsorts - special toys, chocolate but the only thing that worked consistently was putting on a favourite DVD on - yes I know you shouldn;t treat the tv as a babysitter but it made us all happy and was only for short supervised bursts during the day. I'm still breastfeeding my second and if you feel i can offer any help or support to you at all however tiny then get in touch