Why Take Part?
The UK has one of the lowest rates of breastfeeding in the world so it is not surprising that breastfeeding beyond infancy isn't something we are used to seeing all the time. Although it is something that could and should be seen as absolutely normal! Awareness and knowledge of the biological norm is severely lacking which is why it is so important to help normalise natural term breastfeeding.
I feel it is important to honour and celebrate our journeys truthfully. By sharing our stories through words and images we empower ourselves and others. To know you are not alone and a part of a larger community is incredibly empowering & healing.
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I feel it's important to see older children being breastfed as it's still providing your child with comfort, I'm like her security blanket now, she likes to snuggle down for nap times and it's a special bonding experience while I kiss and smell her little head and she snuggles me
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I think there is still a stigma about women breastfeeding in public, especially with a child that is older than a newborn. I think it’s important for people to know it’s the most natural thing in the world and no woman should be made to feel uncomfortable for feeding her baby anywhere