Everyone is invited to a fundraiser for La Leche League on Saturday 12 September, 10am to 2pm, at a Car Boot Sale at The Southville Centre, Beauley Rd, Southville. All profits will go to support LLL Bristol. So we need your help - have a clear out and pass on to us any items that we could sell (clothes, toys, books, household things etc) or make us up your favourite recipe - everything you can give us will be very much appreciated!
Anything you have to donate can be dropped off beforehand at either Charlie's house (39 Hamilton Rd, Southville) or April's house (53 Zetland Rd, off Gloucester Rd) or you can bring things along on the day of the sale.
The La Leche League table will be in the Beauley Room, which is behind the main hall. We hope to see you there!
Sunday, 16 August 2009
Wednesday, 24 June 2009
shared lunch
Dear Ladies,
It's almost time to go for me :(
My last meeting will be 8th of July. We thought it would be nice for having a shared lunch after the meeting. So bring something to share with the other mums and babies/ children.
Coby
It's almost time to go for me :(
My last meeting will be 8th of July. We thought it would be nice for having a shared lunch after the meeting. So bring something to share with the other mums and babies/ children.
Coby
Monday, 18 May 2009
Welcome Charlie!!
We've got another leader! Charlie welcome to the group of Bristol leaders. Well done and we hope you enjoy your "new" function.
growing charts
Dear ladies,
I've spoken with some mums about the new growing charts and I've promissed them to put them on the website.
UK-WHO Growth Charts: Early Years
The new UK-WHO growth charts for children from birth to 4 years of age are now available. The charts have been developed as a project undertaken within the Science and Research Department led by Professor Charlotte Wright from University of Glasgow and funded by the Department of Health.
The charts are available in an A4 format and as 6 separate charts for insertion in the Personal Child Heatlh Record (PCHR). There is also a new specialist low birthweight A4 chart for births from 23 weeks gestation .
http://www.rcpch.ac.uk/Research/UK-WHO-Growth-Charts
Coby
I've spoken with some mums about the new growing charts and I've promissed them to put them on the website.
UK-WHO Growth Charts: Early Years
The new UK-WHO growth charts for children from birth to 4 years of age are now available. The charts have been developed as a project undertaken within the Science and Research Department led by Professor Charlotte Wright from University of Glasgow and funded by the Department of Health.
The charts are available in an A4 format and as 6 separate charts for insertion in the Personal Child Heatlh Record (PCHR). There is also a new specialist low birthweight A4 chart for births from 23 weeks gestation .
http://www.rcpch.ac.uk/Research/UK-WHO-Growth-Charts
Coby
Tuesday, 12 May 2009
national breastfeeding awareness week.
National Breastfeeding Awareness Week 10 -16 May 2009
Breastfeeding: every day makes a difference to your baby
The theme of National Breastfeeding Awareness Week this year is support, and the strapline , ‘Breastfeeding: every day makes a difference to your baby’, reflects the message that each day a woman continues to breastfeed is another day her child receives important health benefits from its mother. If women receive support - whether it be from a friend or family member, a health professional, or volunteer breastfeeding supporter, they are likely to breastfeed for longer.
Research indicates breastmilk gives babies all the nutrients they need for the first six months of life and helps protect them from infection and diseases such as gastro-intestinal infections, ear infections, urine infections, eczema and obesity in later childhood. Mothers also benefit from breastfeeding. It can reduce the risk of against ovarian cancer, breast cancer and weak bones later in life.
During National Breastfeeding Awareness Week the new UK-World Health Organisation growth charts are being introduced to England for the first time, providing accurate guidance on child growth. The charts, which have been developed for the Department of Health by the Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health will offer important reassurance for parents of breastfed babies, and will replace current charts that were based on predominately formula fed babies. The new charts will help parents and healthcare professionals identify children at risk of obesity at an early age. The charts are based on measurements of over 7000 children worldwide – selected because they were growing up in healthy circumstances: breast fed children of non smoking mothers, not living in poverty. Research has shown that breastfed babies exhibit a more desirable pattern of growth and are associated with healthier outcomes, including being less likely to become obese in later life.
Features of the new growth charts include a height predictor and a chart specifically for premature infants. For the first time, they will also include parent friendly instructions. In addition to the new growth charts, the Department of Health is extending Breast Buddy, an initiative introduced last year which encourages women to breastfeed for longer by encouraging them to nominate a buddy from within their circle of friends and family to provide practical and emotional support. This is part of the Department of Health’s campaign to address the inequalities that exist in infant feeding practices.
La Leche League GB supports National Breastfeeding Awareness Week. La Leche League is an international nonprofit, nonsectarian organisation which, for over 50 years, has been dedicated to providing education, information and mother-to-mother support and encouragement to women who want to breastfeed.
LLL Leaders are mothers who have themselves breastfed for 12 months or longer. They provide telephone counselling, email support and local group meetings. They have leaflets on a wide range of breastfeeding questions, information on more unusual situations, access to a Medical Advisory Panel and can often lend out books covering various aspects of pregnancy and child care.
LLL's national telephone helpline (0845 120 2 918 ) connects mothers directly to an accredited Leader, while the organisation' s website (http://www. laleche.org. uk/) includes an online help form to which an individual Leader responds to help each mother directly with her concerns. All our Leaders are volunteers and work from their own homes while looking after their own families.
Breastfeeding: every day makes a difference to your baby
The theme of National Breastfeeding Awareness Week this year is support, and the strapline , ‘Breastfeeding: every day makes a difference to your baby’, reflects the message that each day a woman continues to breastfeed is another day her child receives important health benefits from its mother. If women receive support - whether it be from a friend or family member, a health professional, or volunteer breastfeeding supporter, they are likely to breastfeed for longer.
Research indicates breastmilk gives babies all the nutrients they need for the first six months of life and helps protect them from infection and diseases such as gastro-intestinal infections, ear infections, urine infections, eczema and obesity in later childhood. Mothers also benefit from breastfeeding. It can reduce the risk of against ovarian cancer, breast cancer and weak bones later in life.
During National Breastfeeding Awareness Week the new UK-World Health Organisation growth charts are being introduced to England for the first time, providing accurate guidance on child growth. The charts, which have been developed for the Department of Health by the Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health will offer important reassurance for parents of breastfed babies, and will replace current charts that were based on predominately formula fed babies. The new charts will help parents and healthcare professionals identify children at risk of obesity at an early age. The charts are based on measurements of over 7000 children worldwide – selected because they were growing up in healthy circumstances: breast fed children of non smoking mothers, not living in poverty. Research has shown that breastfed babies exhibit a more desirable pattern of growth and are associated with healthier outcomes, including being less likely to become obese in later life.
Features of the new growth charts include a height predictor and a chart specifically for premature infants. For the first time, they will also include parent friendly instructions. In addition to the new growth charts, the Department of Health is extending Breast Buddy, an initiative introduced last year which encourages women to breastfeed for longer by encouraging them to nominate a buddy from within their circle of friends and family to provide practical and emotional support. This is part of the Department of Health’s campaign to address the inequalities that exist in infant feeding practices.
La Leche League GB supports National Breastfeeding Awareness Week. La Leche League is an international nonprofit, nonsectarian organisation which, for over 50 years, has been dedicated to providing education, information and mother-to-mother support and encouragement to women who want to breastfeed.
LLL Leaders are mothers who have themselves breastfed for 12 months or longer. They provide telephone counselling, email support and local group meetings. They have leaflets on a wide range of breastfeeding questions, information on more unusual situations, access to a Medical Advisory Panel and can often lend out books covering various aspects of pregnancy and child care.
LLL's national telephone helpline (0845 120 2 918 ) connects mothers directly to an accredited Leader, while the organisation' s website (http://www. laleche.org. uk/) includes an online help form to which an individual Leader responds to help each mother directly with her concerns. All our Leaders are volunteers and work from their own homes while looking after their own families.
Friday, 1 May 2009
Breastfeeding awareness week
Breastfeeding Awareness Week Get Together
Every year since 1993 the Department of Health has run the Breastfeeding Awareness Week to raise awareness of the health benefits of breastfeeding, increase social acceptance of breastfeeding and promote support for breastfeeding. This year it will run from Sunday 10 to Sunday 17 May. If you would like to know more about it check out the NHS website: http://www.breastfeeding.nhs.uk/en/fe/page.asp?n1=5&n2=13 or http://tinyurl.com/cvxgvd
We will be celebrating with a gathering in Greville Smythe Park in Southville (Ashton Road, close to North Street) on Tuesday 12 May from 2-4pm. Please come and join us, bring your friends and family and a snack to share if you would like to. If the weather is questionable, then check the website or the yahoo group for further instructions.
Every year since 1993 the Department of Health has run the Breastfeeding Awareness Week to raise awareness of the health benefits of breastfeeding, increase social acceptance of breastfeeding and promote support for breastfeeding. This year it will run from Sunday 10 to Sunday 17 May. If you would like to know more about it check out the NHS website: http://www.breastfeeding.nhs.uk/en/fe/page.asp?n1=5&n2=13 or http://tinyurl.com/cvxgvd
We will be celebrating with a gathering in Greville Smythe Park in Southville (Ashton Road, close to North Street) on Tuesday 12 May from 2-4pm. Please come and join us, bring your friends and family and a snack to share if you would like to. If the weather is questionable, then check the website or the yahoo group for further instructions.
Wednesday, 29 April 2009
Friday, 3 April 2009
a taste of the newsletter
The Newsletter
Charlie is busy working on The Newsletter which will come out with May's eletter. If you have any stories about experiences in feeding with special circumstances, birth announcements and other local breastfeeding news do let Charlie know either at one of the meetings or by email, call one of the leaders for her email adres.
Baby Led Weaning Survey
If you would like to help out with some research at the University of Nottingham on Baby Led Weaning please email Dr Ellen Townsend (call on of the leaderrs for her email adres). She is looking for parents of children (currently 20-72 months) who have been weaned using Baby Led Weaning to complete a questionnaires on their experience of BLW and their child's food preferences.
News from the Bristol Precious Drops Campaign - April Whincop
The Bristol Precious Drops campaign organised a zip ride into the Avon Gorge on 28th March. I did it as well as my son Ralph! It was pretty scary stepping off into a very big and high space, and I did fly down at 30 mph - but I'm very proud of myself for doing it! Big congratulations to the Infant Feeding Team at Southmead and Eva Fernandes at Born - as well as lots of others - for doing such a lot of organisation to make the day possible. Let's hope lots of money has been raised for the future milk bank unit.
Ed note: Well done April and Ralph! We are now seeing a more adventurous side of you we didn't know existed!
Breastfeeding Awareness Week
Breastfeeding Awareness Week is the second week of May, but as yet we have no firm plans as we are still discussing a venue. We will let you know in the next eletter what we are doing in time to be able to make plans to participate.
If you are interested in the whole newsletter, please join the yahoogroup for free, at the left side of this website.
Charlie is busy working on The Newsletter which will come out with May's eletter. If you have any stories about experiences in feeding with special circumstances, birth announcements and other local breastfeeding news do let Charlie know either at one of the meetings or by email, call one of the leaders for her email adres.
Baby Led Weaning Survey
If you would like to help out with some research at the University of Nottingham on Baby Led Weaning please email Dr Ellen Townsend (call on of the leaderrs for her email adres). She is looking for parents of children (currently 20-72 months) who have been weaned using Baby Led Weaning to complete a questionnaires on their experience of BLW and their child's food preferences.
News from the Bristol Precious Drops Campaign - April Whincop
The Bristol Precious Drops campaign organised a zip ride into the Avon Gorge on 28th March. I did it as well as my son Ralph! It was pretty scary stepping off into a very big and high space, and I did fly down at 30 mph - but I'm very proud of myself for doing it! Big congratulations to the Infant Feeding Team at Southmead and Eva Fernandes at Born - as well as lots of others - for doing such a lot of organisation to make the day possible. Let's hope lots of money has been raised for the future milk bank unit.
Ed note: Well done April and Ralph! We are now seeing a more adventurous side of you we didn't know existed!
Breastfeeding Awareness Week
Breastfeeding Awareness Week is the second week of May, but as yet we have no firm plans as we are still discussing a venue. We will let you know in the next eletter what we are doing in time to be able to make plans to participate.
If you are interested in the whole newsletter, please join the yahoogroup for free, at the left side of this website.
Tuesday, 13 January 2009
101 reasons to breastfeed
Tomorrow it will be our first meeting of this year Yeh!! I really like the topic this time "how breastfeeding helps mothers". This will be our first meeting at Samanta's house, I hope you all can find it. We will talk a bit about the 101 reasons to breastfeed. It's a long list but its an amazing list. They should make a TV program about it, saying that have a look at the next link.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JcjKeDyTZP8
I don't know this person and haven't watch the rest of her movies, its only this one I know I love it.
Coby
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JcjKeDyTZP8
I don't know this person and haven't watch the rest of her movies, its only this one I know I love it.
Coby
Wednesday, 7 January 2009
happy new year!
dear all,
First a happy new year! I hope you all had a great time!
For me this is my last year in the UK, I'm a bit sad about it, because we have a great time in Bristol. But it would be nice too see our family a bit more often. Anyway!
The new spring letter is out, with new dates and venues! Check before you go! If you don't know where to go, give me a call and I'll help you. If you haven't signed up yet for the newsletter, this might be the right time, it only cost you a couple minutes. Click in the left corner and the rest will follow!
X Coby
First a happy new year! I hope you all had a great time!
For me this is my last year in the UK, I'm a bit sad about it, because we have a great time in Bristol. But it would be nice too see our family a bit more often. Anyway!
The new spring letter is out, with new dates and venues! Check before you go! If you don't know where to go, give me a call and I'll help you. If you haven't signed up yet for the newsletter, this might be the right time, it only cost you a couple minutes. Click in the left corner and the rest will follow!
X Coby
Sunday, 31 August 2008
september meetings
Series Meeting:
As these meetings are held in people's homes, we ask that you respect the times given.
All series meetings are usually from 10.30 - 11.30 am so it is advisable to arrive at 10.15. There is time to socialise and browse through the library outside the main meeting between 11.30 and midday or before it starts. Coffee Mornings run from 10.30-11.30.
Wed Sept 10th Series 1 - "Breastfeeding Begins Before Your Due Date"
Charlie's house:
Coffee Morning
There is a coffee morning this month at Coby's house.
Wed Sept 24th 10.30- 11.30 - Coffee morning
Coby’s house: . Ring: 0117 910 9676 for further directions.
As these meetings are held in people's homes, we ask that you respect the times given.
All series meetings are usually from 10.30 - 11.30 am so it is advisable to arrive at 10.15. There is time to socialise and browse through the library outside the main meeting between 11.30 and midday or before it starts. Coffee Mornings run from 10.30-11.30.
Wed Sept 10th Series 1 - "Breastfeeding Begins Before Your Due Date"
Charlie's house:
Coffee Morning
There is a coffee morning this month at Coby's house.
Wed Sept 24th 10.30- 11.30 - Coffee morning
Coby’s house: . Ring: 0117 910 9676 for further directions.
Wednesday, 13 August 2008
Baby led weaning
dear all,
it was so nice too see you all. We've talked about baby led weaning and i've promessed you a good article by Jill Rapley, she wrote a paper about how she thinks how solides should be offered too baby's. you can find it here http//www.borstvoeding.com/voedselintroductie/blw/engels.html
We also talked about quick healty meals. A lot of mums uses their pasta/pizza or lasagna saus for "hidding" the veggies.
If your child likes pies you could make mashed patatoes with all kind of veggies. My child likes a bit of meat in it, bacon for example. But if your child adores nuts, why don't you try a bit nuts trough the "pie".
"children do not grow because of what they eat; they eat because they are growing."
it was so nice too see you all. We've talked about baby led weaning and i've promessed you a good article by Jill Rapley, she wrote a paper about how she thinks how solides should be offered too baby's. you can find it here http//www.borstvoeding.com/voedselintroductie/blw/engels.html
We also talked about quick healty meals. A lot of mums uses their pasta/pizza or lasagna saus for "hidding" the veggies.
If your child likes pies you could make mashed patatoes with all kind of veggies. My child likes a bit of meat in it, bacon for example. But if your child adores nuts, why don't you try a bit nuts trough the "pie".
"children do not grow because of what they eat; they eat because they are growing."
Tuesday, 5 August 2008
13 august eating with toddlers
Bring your favorite recipes with you. This meeting will go all about eating with toddlers. If you're baby is not eating solid food, you are still very welcome.
27 of August the first informal meeting in Cotham Gardens park.
XX
27 of August the first informal meeting in Cotham Gardens park.
XX
Tuesday, 8 July 2008
coffeemorning 30th of July swap or sell morning
This morning we have space for swapping or selling toys, maternity clothes etc. etc. If you have nothing to swap or sell, just want to chat, that is fine too, you are always welcome. We have the donation tin on the table for covering the costs of this morning.
We'll have the library too with good books you can borrow. There will be a leader if you have questions or concerns.
Call Coby for any questions 0117-9109676
We'll have the library too with good books you can borrow. There will be a leader if you have questions or concerns.
Call Coby for any questions 0117-9109676
Wednesday, 18 June 2008
Informal Coffee Morning 30th of July
There will be no informal coffee morning this month. the next one will be at Coby's the 30th of July. There will be a a park outing on 4th Wed. in August which Floredia will attend. See next months eletter for details and what to do if it rains.
Thursday, 15 May 2008
Coffee morning
Wednesday 28st of May there will be a coffee morning at Coby's house. For more details lllcoby@yahoo.com
Monday, 28 April 2008
monthly meetings
14 th May Series 1
How breastfeeding enhances our lives
11th June Series 2
The real needs of the older baby
9th July Series 3
Breastfeeding challenges – bumps along the road
13th Aug Series 4
Recipes for success: eating with toddlers
All Series meetings will take place at Zetland Rd, Redland. (Just off Gloucester Rd.) ‘Phone April for directions.
Meetings are from 10.30 – 11.30 am. There is time to socialize and browse through the library outside the main meeting between 10.15 and midday.
These Series meetings are designed for pregnant women, mothers breastfeeding young or older babies and also for mothers with toddlers who may or may not still be breastfeeding.
All breastfeeding mothers are welcome at all meetings, where you are welcome to share your current concerns whether or not they are part of the meeting focus
If you want more information of directions. Please sent an email to lllcoby @ yahoo.com (remove the empty space)
How breastfeeding enhances our lives
11th June Series 2
The real needs of the older baby
9th July Series 3
Breastfeeding challenges – bumps along the road
13th Aug Series 4
Recipes for success: eating with toddlers
All Series meetings will take place at Zetland Rd, Redland. (Just off Gloucester Rd.) ‘Phone April for directions.
Meetings are from 10.30 – 11.30 am. There is time to socialize and browse through the library outside the main meeting between 10.15 and midday.
These Series meetings are designed for pregnant women, mothers breastfeeding young or older babies and also for mothers with toddlers who may or may not still be breastfeeding.
All breastfeeding mothers are welcome at all meetings, where you are welcome to share your current concerns whether or not they are part of the meeting focus
If you want more information of directions. Please sent an email to lllcoby @ yahoo.com (remove the empty space)
Thursday, 3 April 2008
Welcome
La Leche League mission is to help mothers worldwide to breastfeed through mother-to-mother support, encouragement, information and education, and to promote a better understanding of breastfeeding as an important element in the healthy development of the baby and mother.
La Leche League is an international, nonprofit, nonsectarian organization dedicated to helping women who want to breastfeed.
National helpline 08451202918
La Leche League is an international, nonprofit, nonsectarian organization dedicated to helping women who want to breastfeed.
National helpline 08451202918
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