Issue 55 - The Natural Parent Magazine

If there is one thing we can all agree that parents need more than anything, it’s support. Our latest beautiful issue is here to support you too, with inspiration, advice, tips and real-life experiences to guide you on your journey through pregnancy, birth and motherhood. In Lucy Ruddle’s article ‘Fed isn’t best, but breast isn’t either’, she delves into the challenges surrounding statements of something being “best" in the world of infant feeding. She talks about how when we segregate parents based on feeding method, “we create an environment of ‘us vs them’ instead of one of understanding and support for everyone", and that when we divide parents into camps, “no one is working on making governments work harder to help more people reach whatever feeding goal they have in mind". Kato Matthews explores how babywearing can help parents to get more rest and restore energy levels. She talks about the different types of rest, like physical, mental, sensory and creative...