Birth Practice & Politics Infant feeding practice

About

We make knowledge about feeding accessible: brief, evidence-based and without pressure. The project grew out of conversations with parents, consultants and doctors.

The project team at a table: a midwife, a feeding consultant and a doctor discussing materials Team and experts

Why it matters

Feeding is a subject with too much noise and too little support

Parents get hundreds of pieces of advice: from grandmother’s recipes to aggressive social-media marathons. We collect what actually helps a decision: how lactation works, what your baby’s signs mean, which guidance is backed by research and which is simply habit.

The project brings three views together: parents’ practice, clinical evidence and the experience of feeding specialists. That is how texts appear that neither frighten nor promise miracles.

Principles and timeline

How we work

2019

The start

The first explainers for parents and consultants: latching, routine, night feeds.

2021

Editorial policy

We set a rule: every claim comes with a source or clearly marked practical experience.

2023

Forum

Discussions appeared where questions are asked before exhaustion and despair build up.

2026

A new version of the site

We rebuilt the section structure, added quick access to topics and materials about solids.

Editorial

Who is behind the materials

Team and experts

Midwives, lactation consultants and doctors write our materials and review them.

Editorial policy

Every claim is checked against research and clinical guidance; anything contested is marked as such.

Partners

Communities and specialists we discuss topics with and who check our wording.