Tag Archives: breastfeeding

Grandmas and Breastfeeding in Antiquity and Beyond

Posted on April 4, 2017 by laurencetotelin

One of the great pleasures of working in academia is to collaborate with people from different disciplines. Over the last eighteen months, I have had the great privilege to work with sociologist Heather Trickey (@HeatherTrickey) and consultant midwife Julia Sanders … Continue reading →

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Switzerland: a cheese-island in a sea of milk

Posted on June 14, 2015 by laurencetotelin

Switzerland must be the worst country for vegans or people afflicted with any milk-related intolerance/allergy. I have been eating dairy literally at every single meal for a week now, which is far from my usual diet. Add to this the … Continue reading →

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Nursing dolly

Posted on May 6, 2015 by laurencetotelin

Over the last few weeks, I have been working on a new project, which is really exciting. Together with other members of staff at Cardiff University, we are planning an event for the National Eisteddfod of Wales, which is a … Continue reading →

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Breastmilk and other bodily fluids

Posted on December 8, 2014 by laurencetotelin

UK news have been awash with breastfeeding this last week. A mum of a 12-week old baby was told to cover up while nursing at posh hotel Claridge’s. This was followed by a media frenzy, with commentators on both sides of the … Continue reading →

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She-Wolf

Posted on October 26, 2014 by laurencetotelin

Today Big Boy T and I went to Ostia Antica, the ruins of the harbour of Rome. I thought I would blog about the midwife Scribonia Attica (second century CE), whose tomb is supposed to be somewhere in Ostia. Let’s just say … Continue reading →

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Nanny care

Posted on June 12, 2014 by laurencetotelin

Posted 24 hours after writing… As I am writing this, I am on the train from Fribourg (Switzerland) to Geneva airport. The landscape is absolutely breath-taking. The grass is particularly green and the sun is shining (which makes it very … Continue reading →

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Milky love

Posted on July 12, 2013 by laurencetotelin

 So I have not blogged for a month. I guess I have been a bit busy juggling family life and full-time academic work. Baby G. and Big-Boy T. have also decided that they would celebrate the Summer Solstice for a … Continue reading →

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Of milk and honey II

Posted on May 30, 2013 by laurencetotelin

I have not posted for a while. I got ‘distracted’ writing blog posts on King Attalus’ interest in pharmacology for the Recipes Project and on the use of deer penis and deer antlers for Guerilla Archaeology. As promised though, I … Continue reading →

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Of milk and honey

Posted on May 14, 2013 by laurencetotelin

There hardly goes a week without a newsreport on breatsmilk and/or breastfeeding. This week we are told that giving some formula during the first few days of a baby’s life will boost chances of breastfeeding for the recommended six-month period. … Continue reading →

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Crying over spilt milk

Posted on April 23, 2013 by laurencetotelin

 ‘No need to cry over spilt milk’: the person who first came up with that saying surely must never have spent half an hour trying to express an ounce of milk. So goes the ‘joke’ amongst breast-feeding mothers. To me, … Continue reading →

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