Stories
- Comic
The breastfeeding solution
There’s nothing inappropriate about feeding a child.
- Article
Are you still nursing?
Julia Martins might get the side-eye for breastfeeding a three-year-old in the UK but, as she explains, examples from history, as well as the cultural norms of Brazil, where she grew up, are firmly on the side of extended nursing.
- Article
Communities of cross-feeders
A desire to help leads some women to “cross-feed” – breastfeed other parents’ babies for free. Alev Scott delves into the emotions behind this altruistic act.
- Article
The work of wet-nursing
Many of us know that in the past, babies were sometimes nourished by wet-nurses. But, perhaps surprisingly, the practice continues today – and the milk recipients are not only babies.
Catalogue
- Archives and manuscripts
Breastfeeding Information.
Date: 1978-1996Reference: PP/KWI/D/1Part of: Kate Williams: archives- Archives and manuscripts
Breastfeeding: files
Date: Dec 1948-July 1970Reference: PP/MKH/A/8/1Part of: Ronald MacKeith (1908-1977)- Archives and manuscripts
Breastfeeding: outsize material
Date: Dec 1948-July 1970Reference: PP/MKH/A/8/2Part of: Ronald MacKeith (1908-1977)- Archives and manuscripts
Breastfeeding Research Files: "Research"
Date: 1981Reference: PP/KZR/E/16/1Part of: The archive of Sheila Kitzinger (1929-2015)- Archives and manuscripts
Breastfeeding promotion papers and campaign materials
Date: 1998-2001Reference: SA/NCT/E/3/1/4Part of: National Childbirth Trust (NCT)