Abstract The World Health Organisation guidance recommends breastfeeding peer support
(BFPS) as part of a strategy to improve breastfeeding rates. In the UK, BFPS is supported by …

Recent recommendations and prevention programs have focused on the promotion of
responsive feeding during infancy, but more research is needed to understand best …

Aims To examine the relationship between specific reasons for stopping breastfeeding and
depressive symptoms in the postnatal period. Background Difficulty breastfeeding has been …

Breastfeeding support is integral to many women's successful breastfeeding experiences.
However, cuts to professional and peer support services, distance from family, and a …

Objective breast feeding is affected by numerous psycho-social factors. Antenatal concerns
such as embarrassment regarding public feeding and the impact of breast feeding upon …

The current study represents the first longitudinal investigation of the potential effects of
breastfeeding duration on maternal sensitivity over the following decade. This study also …

Background Popular parenting literature promotes different approaches to caring for infants,
based around variations in the use of parent-led routines and promoting infant …

A mother's responses to her newborn and her confidence in the child's caretaking depend
on her attachment security, general parental stress, and perceived self-efficacy. However …

Baby‐led weaning, where infants self‐feed family foods in place of traditional spoon‐feeding
of purees, is continuing to grow in popularity. Evidence is emerging which suggests that the …

Background Breastfeeding is a complex behaviour relying on a combination of individual
mother and infant characteristics, health systems, and family, community and professional …