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Gentle Parenting and Me – By Sarah Storey

Posted on April 26, 2016 by SarahOckwell-Smith

Welcome to the first of my special guest interviews on why gentle parenting matters to parents around the world. For this special first interview I chat with multi gold winning Paralympian Dame Sarah Storey about breastfeeding, bedsharing, tackling tantrums and postnatal bodies. Continue reading →

Posted in GentleParenting and Me, Mothering, Uncategorized | Tagged bedsharing, breastfeeding, cosleeping, gentle parenting, sarah storey, sarah storey baby, sarah storey louisa | Leave a comment

The Problem With ‘Attachment Parenting’ and How to Really Change the World

Posted on November 13, 2013 by SarahOckwell-Smith

“One generation of deeply loving parents would change the brain of the next generation, and with that, the world”. (Charles Raison). I really believe this, I truly believe it is possible to change the world in less than one hundred … Continue reading →

Posted in Babies, Birth, Mothering, Toddlers | Tagged AP, attachment parenting, attachment parenting expert, attachmentparenting, babywearing, bedsharing, breastfeeding, cosleeping, gentle parenting, Katie Hopkins, parenting website, peaches geldof, this morning | 55 Comments

Breastfeeding Benefits or Formula Risks – Does it make a difference?

Posted on August 2, 2013 by SarahOckwell-Smith

I’m writing this post during world breastfeeding week, spurred on by the usual promotion of breastfeeding – romanticised photographs of smiling mothers and breastfeeding babies and the standard ‘breast is best’ taglines, usually followed by a list of breastfeeding benefits and … Continue reading →

Posted in Babies, Mothering | Tagged breast is best, breastfeeding, breastfeeding benefits, breastfeeding counsellor, formula feeding, lactation consultant, risks of formula feeding, tongue tie, world breastfeeding week | 17 Comments

Do Fathers need to Bottlefeed to Bond with their Babies?

Posted on February 8, 2013 by SarahOckwell-Smith

“I want the baby to take a bottle so his dad can feed him and start to bond.” This is SUCH a strongly perpetuated myth, so many mothers express or give a bottle of formula so that their partners “can … Continue reading →

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Why I Hate Attachment Parenting

Posted on January 18, 2013 by SarahOckwell-Smith

The name that is! Yesterday I commented similar on facebook and was asked “why?”, so I spent the evening thinking about it a little more and these are my reasons (I will warn you many of them are VERY tongue in cheek … Continue reading →

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What I Would Tell My First Time Self as a Fourth Time Mum

Posted on November 3, 2012 by SarahOckwell-Smith

I’ve been thinking about this lots this week, but particularly today as it was around this day, 10yrs ago I conceived my first baby and 10yrs to me feels like a bit of a milestone so I’ve been doing much … Continue reading →