It is with great sadness that due to personal circumstances and the effects of the pandemic, I am unable to run The Global Big Latch On as I have done for the last 12 years. I am incredibly proud of what we have achieved over the years; supporting communities, encouraging networks and celebrating breastfeeding. …
Kia ora, Talofa lava, Kia orana, Malo e lelei, Fakalofa lahi atu, Talohani, Bula vinaka, Ni Hao, Namaste, Greetings!! We hope you are all doing relatively ok during these challenging times! We are sure that this will come as no surprise, but after careful consideration with our global partners the decision has been made to…
Press Release August 14th 2019: ALMOST 60,000 PEOPLE SHOW THEIR SUPPORT FOR BREASTFEEDING AT SYNCHRONIZED BREASTFEEDING EVENT On August 2, 3 and 4 2019, over 58,000 people around the world took part in the tenth Global Big Latch On, demonstrating their support for breastfeeding. 19,414 breastfeeding parents attended events held in their community and…
Press Release August 13th 2018: ALMOST 60,000 PEOPLE SHOW THEIR SUPPORT FOR BREASTFEEDING AT SYNCHRONIZED BREASTFEEDING EVENT On August 3, 4 and 5 2018, almost 60,000 people around the world took part in the Global Big Latch On, demonstrating their support for breastfeeding. 22,592 breastfeeding parents attended events held in their community and…
Experienced Big Latch On host Stephanie DiMatties of Florida, USA spills the beans on how she keeps organized each year for her Global Big Latch On event. Spoiler alert… All you need is a handy binder and a big box! (Well, and the stuff to go in it.) If you’re a first time host or…
MEDIA RELEASE – Wednesday 16th August 2017. On Friday 4th and Saturday 5th August at 10:30am each day, women and their children came together round the world and breastfed simultaneously as part of the Global Big Latch On. The Global Big Latch On takes place at a registered locations around the world, where…
The NUMBER ONE tip I can give on how to make exclusively pumping (EP) easier is this: Don’t wash your pump parts between each use. Put them in the refrigerator between uses, and wash them once a day (as long as the baby does not have a medical need that requires washing or sterilizing between…
A fellow mother posted the following comment to our mom’s group Facebook page recently: “I track breastfeeding in an app pretty religiously. Doug breastfed 366 times for a total of 94 hours and 52 minutes his first month of life. Alice breastfed 297 times for a total of 97 hours and 54 minutes her first…
When I thought back to my experience of feeding my first born I largely considered it in practical terms; managing timings, making sure the baby fed enough during the day, how I would sit in the rocker for hours, when and how I weaned to solid food, and what that final weaning and dropping…
In this house currently, we are preparing for our second baby. One of the things that our two year old has become really interested in is looking at photographs of himself when he was born. It turns out my husband took more photos than I realized of me during labour and in the few days…