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

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. 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: if a neater copy is needed, please email me.

I have also designed Knitted Knappies with coloured circles (knitted or crocheted) to show how baby's poo changes in the first 5 days, as long as feeding is going well. Here's one of my first attempts: start from 7 o'clock.

I have now developed a pattern for a single modern-shaped Knappy with 5 coloured circles. Contact me if you're interested in making your own Knappies.