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Breastfeeding plays an important role in cancer prevention and much more, so it is encouraging to see it getting attention in Parliament.

This is a testament to the amazing work of @1stepsnutrition.bsky.social & @katiepk.bsky.social who advocate tirelessly for better nutrition in the early years.

Great to see infant feeding being raised as a matter of policy priority for the UK Parliament by @jessbrownfullermp.bsky.social, who made it clear that the promise by Secretary of State for Health to create the “healthiest generation ever” cannot be met unless infant feeding is prioritised.

The meeting rooms in Facebook's offices all have cutesy names (Guns'n'Rosegarden in DC, I'll be Bak Choy in Singapore), and our goal of convincing human rights groups of Facebook's good intentions is perhaps not helped by the fact that the name of the meeting room, Wicked Witch of the West, is displayed, without explanation, under Chris's talking head for the entire meeting. (I point this out to him afterwards, and within days the name of the meeting room has been changed).

Can't recommend Careless People by Sarah Wynn-Williams enough. Excellently written, and while the subject is largely quite existentially depressing, there are moments where I have literally laughed out loud, including this gem... #carelesspeople

Additionally it increases the environmental cost of each Google search as ai requires much more energy. Making search results worse and damaging the planet 🤷‍♀️

We do the following: give veggies and dip as a snack pre-dinner, always include a veggie in a snack, include kid in cooking and choosing (when possible). Roasted beetroot to turn tongue (and poop) pink and other fun ways to try new veg. Mostly try not to make it a big deal if they're not into it.

Love how focussed everyone looks in this photo. Good to see they are all taking the process seriously

this is actually how it feels tbh

his is a great paper exploring perinatal peer support. Community based perinatal oeer support: a realist review bmcpregnancychildbirth.biomedcentral.com/articles/10....

Such an important topic, thanks for covering. Excellent point about delivering feeding advice in a way that is supportive of maternal mental health. I think it's often forgotten how vulnerable new parents are.

Better mental health care around pregnancy exists – I’ve seen it. Why aren’t all women getting it? | Rhiannon Lucy Cosslett The tragic loss of a new mother highlights how widespread perinatal mental illness is – and that care is patchy and underfunded, says Guardian columnist Rhiannon Lucy Cosslett

Better mental health care around pregnancy exists – I’ve seen it. Why aren’t all women getting it? | Rhiannon Lucy Cosslett

More people need to know this: "Suicide is the leading cause of maternal death in the period from six weeks to a year after birth."

Labour MP to push for better maternal mental health care after friend’s suicide Laura Kyrke-Smith says perinatal mental health care in England is ‘postcode lottery’, with disadvantaged women more likely to miss out

Labour MP to push for better maternal mental health care after friend’s suicide www.theguardian.com/society/2025...

I’m a mum who feels like the most boring fool on Earth. How do I find ‘interesting me’ again? | Leading questions You’re allowed to want to feel like yourself again, writes advice columnist Eleanor Gordon-Smith. Sometimes things have to change outside us for things to change inside * Read more Leading questions I’m 36 and a mother to two beautiful hyperactive…

I’m a mum who feels like the most boring fool on Earth. How do I find ‘interesting me’ again? | Leading questions

After a year it also contains more lysozyme and Immunoglobulin A meaning it better supports toddler immune systems. onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1...

It's magic!

I wonder what the impact of late or going undiagnosed is on life expectancy. The article points out that people with ADHD find it harder to access medical services, have mental health conditions and higher rates of suicide. Easy to believe these things get worse with late/no diagnosis.

8 years here 🫤

Infant feeding Beyond Baby Blues · Episode

Excellent episode of @beyondbabyblues.bsky.social looking at infant feeding and perinatal mental health.

open.spotify.com/episode/4YI2...

"This reiterates the simple fact we often gloss over: becoming a mother is not a singular act at birth but a painful, tentative, almighty learning process; the most physiologically and psychologically profound of her life."

"This is incredibly reassuring data because we all understand what learning involves: questioning, uncertainty, observation, experience and, most importantly, time."

"What relatively new research tells us is that the maternal brain circuitry established in pregnancy primes the new mother for learning in parenthood. We’re not supposed to know what we’re doing!"

This is a lovely article. Captures the bewilderment of early postpartum. With so many opinions on parenting/feeding/sleeping/everything so readily available, often unsolicited, reassurance that you're doing ok is so powerful.

This has had me giggling all afternoon. It was posted by @lisagillmore.bsky.social on X, but unfortunately she is not very active here, and I just have to share it.

"Planning Christmas dinner like"

When you start the day watching Paddington with your kid and finish it watch Black Doves with your partner, you find yourself seriously questioning whether the Browns are actually safe.

@thenewsagents.com What if ... the 2011 referendum on switching to AV had passed? Would love to hear your perspectives on this... Would we still have had Tories in gov for 12 years? Would Brexit even have been possible?