Email update : 12 July 2012

The Ulverston Breastfeeding Festival: 11 - 17 August 2012

Baby Milk Action will be taking part in the informative and friendly Ulverston Breastfeeding Festival again this year.

Why not combine a family holiday or day out with attending some or all of the events during the week?

Ulverston in Cumbria is a great base for visiting the Lake District. Fell Foot Country Park, at the southern end of Lake Windermere, is less than 10 miles away.

For full details of events, visit the Breastfeeding Festival website at:
http://thebreastfeedingfestival.btck.co.uk/

**** ALL EVENTS ARE FREE ****

Mike Brady, Baby Milk Action's Campaigns and Networking Coordinator, will be running an interactive session on Thursday 16 August from 10:00 to 12:00.

This will look at two aspects of Baby Milk Action's work: monitoring the baby food companies in the UK and promoting the Nestlé boycott.

Full programme below.

Breastfeeding Festival Programme

Saturday 11th - Friday 17th August

The Madonna and Child Project - Exhibition

Saturday 11th August

11am-4pm: Breastfeeding Fair.

11:30am - 1pm: Doula! The Ultimate Birth Companion (documentary).

1pm-2pm : HypnoBirthing
(Taster session with Jean Anderson, HypnoBirthing practitioner and retired midwife)

2pm - 3pm: Posture in Pregnancy
(A talk by Timothy Marris, Registered Osteopath)

3pm - 4pm : Milk Banking
(A talk by Gillian Weaver, United Kingdom Association for Milk Banking)

4pm - 5pm: Biological Nurturing® Laid Back Breastfeeding for Mothers
(DVD by Suzanne Colson PhD)

Sunday 12th August

10am - 12noon: Donor Milk for Full Term Babies
(A talk by Gillian Weaver)

1:00pm - 2:30pm: Babyhood
(Screening of the documentary by director Kate Jangra, followed by discussion)

1pm - 4:30pm: Pulsing Stars: Everybody Sing!
(Singing event led by Naomi Edwards)

Monday 13th August

10am-12noon: Going back to Work
(Workshop with Karen Butterfield, co-organiser, The Breastfeeding Festival)

2pm - 4pm: Medication and Breastfeeding: You can't, can you? Yes, you can!
(A talk by Wendy Jones, Pharmacist specialising in the safety of drugs in breastmilk, via Skype)

Tuesday 14th August

10am - 12noon: Babyhood
(Repeat screening of the documentary from director Kate Jangra)

2pm - 4pm: Parenting as Performance Art
(Talk by Heather Cushman-Dowdee, via Skype)

Wednesday 15th August

10am - 12noon : Relactation
(Talk by Karleen Gribble, via Skype).

2pm - 4pm : Biological Nurturing® Laid-Back Breastfeeding for Mothers
(Repeat showing of DVD by Suzanne Colson PhD)

Thursday 16th August

10am - 12noon: Monitoring the baby food industry and promoting the Nestlé boycott
(Presentation and workshop by Mike Brady, Campaigns and Networking Coordinator, Baby Milk Action).

2pm - 4pm : Birth, Colic, and Hyperactive Children
(A talk about cranial osteopathy by Timothy Marris)

Friday 17th August

10am - 12noon: Baby-Led Weaning
(Workshop with Gill Rapley, co-author of Baby-Led Weaning: Helping your baby to love good food, via Skype)

2pm - 4pm: Eating to keep you and your baby in the best of health
(Workshop with nutritionist Georgie Wingfield-Hayes).

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