Click on the above image to find out how you can add it to your own websites!

Breastfeeding supporters are welcome to use the ideas given here and to download one image or document for personal use. Please respect copyright by not photocopying documents, and by acknowledging the source and author. Multiple copies of these resources are available from me for purchase.

See the page Fit to Bust for a book of breastfeeding songs and other resources to get the message across in an amusing way, and raise funds for Baby Milk Action at the same time. One of my songs is now on YouTube; I joined protesters on 18 July 2008, singing a campaign song on Parliament Square. Click here.

Breast models

Using a breast model can be very helpful to show mothers how and where the baby attaches, and how to hand express milk. It also makes them laugh! 

A knitted breast pattern is available at http://www.lcgb.org/ at the bottom of the home page.

I have created a sock breast and baby's mouth:

I made this during a month-long International Breastfeeding Practice and Policy Course at the Institute of Child Health, London, in 1998. At the time, I was based at Kingston Hospital in Surrey. Dr Felicity Savage-King, who has years of experience in helping mothers with breastfeeding in developing countries, showed us how to make a sock breast and a doll out of two towels. She offered prizes for the best breast and doll. My breast, accompanied by a baby's mouth made from a juice-bottle top and balloon, won a video of Breastfeeding Promotion in Kingston Hospital - Jamaica. 

Instructions for making and use can be downloaded here.

Knappies

I have also designed Knitted Knappies with coloured circles to show how baby's poo changes in the first 5 days, when feeding is going well. It can help alert parents and health workers to early signs of inadequate intake.  Click here for a pattern.

Latch Key

Use this to explain the importance of a good attachment, without prescriptive rules. The inspiration came from Suzanne Colson's Biological Nurturing research which showed that empowerment is more important than instruction.

Click here for an image: contact me for a set of cards.

L lean back comfortably

A allow baby to rest on your body

T take off outer clothing

C check breast is soft for baby to grasp

H help baby very gently

K keep asking for help if it hurts

E express milk if necessary

Y your nipples should look the same after feeding