Infant Feeding Team - Manchester Health Visiting Services MLCO

09/03/2026

📣 NEW BREASTFEEDING GROUP IN M9!📣

Our brand new session will be held at Higher Blackley Sure Start Centre every Tuesday 1:30pm - 3:30pm for Infant Feeding Support, all are welcome to come along.

See the attached poster including all details of location and IFT contact.

We hope to see you there! 🥰

* Please share this post to make people aware of our new group *

- Infant feeding team.

08/03/2026

This International Women’s Day, we celebrate the achievement of every feeding journey.

🤱 Every drop of breastmilk
🌛 Every late night
🎖Every challenge overcome
🗓 Every change of plan

Breastfeeding, pumping, combination feeding, donor milk, or formula — your journey matters.
Today we celebrate you, and your body’s incredible achievements. 💛


Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust Manchester Health Visitors
Manchester Art Gallery

04/03/2026

Are you a new parent desperate for some uninterrupted sleep and willing to try any products that might help your little one snooze for a bit longer? 👶💤

But can sleep nests, rocking devices and weighted sleeping bags do that and are they safe?

Our baby sleep expert, Professor Helen Ball, gives her verdict in this BBC Radio 4 episode of Sliced Bread.

🎧 https://brnw.ch/21x0pWE

Durham Infancy & Sleep Centre | Durham University Anthropology | Baby Sleep Info Source - Basis | The Lullaby Trust

04/03/2026

Happy IBCLC Day to our inspirational Claire B ! 💛

We are so fortunate to have you in our team, always striving for and inspiring us to provide better feeding support to all our families and babies. 🩵

Today we celebrate IBCLC Day 🤍

International Board Certified Lactation Consultants are at the heart of evidence-based lactation care: supporting families, advancing research, and translating science into practice every single day.

IBCLCs show up in hospitals, clinics, communities, classrooms, and research settings. They guide families through complex feeding challenges, protect the physiology of lactation, and advocate for policies that improve maternal and infant health worldwide.

At the Journal of Human Lactation, we are proud to collaborate with so many IBCLCs as authors, reviewers, researchers, and clinicians. Your clinical insight strengthens scholarship. Your scholarship strengthens care.

Today, we thank you for your expertise, compassion, and leadership in advancing lactation science and practice.

Happy IBCLC Day 💛

04/03/2026

Breastfeeding support available every Thursday at the Miles Platting and Ancoats Sure Start Centre. We look forward to seeing you!
Full address on the second image.

03/03/2026

**NEW SPACE to see us in, at the Art Gallery**
BREASTFEEDING SUPPORT Manchester Art Gallery.
Our friendly, knowledgeable infant feeding support workers and breast friends peer supporters will be on hand to share evidenced based information and offer support.
**LOCATION CHANGE** - Find us in Gallery 1 at the Baby Social.
This is a beautiful space to relax and play with your little one and chat to us!
(Enter the main Art Gallery entrance and turn left).
More details about the art installation: https://manchesterartgallery.org/things-of-the-least/
Every Wednesday
10:30 - 12:00
Mosley Street
M2 3JL
We'll be ready to chat all things infant feeding, come and see us at Manchester Art Gallery






Photographs shared with permission of Manchester Art Gallery.

03/03/2026

Our drop-in session at the Message Community Church 🤩 in on every Wednesday.

Come and see us if you need advice about feeding your baby. Find us in the Mess Café ☕ every Wednesday morning: ⏰10:30 - 12:00 , The Mess Café, Harper Road, M22 4RG

22/02/2026

Throwback to our team members sharing their experiences of feeding in public last year 💚

Today is World Breastfeeding in Public Day!

World Breastfeeding in Public Day was set up in 2022 by breastfeeding mother, Destiny Smith, to help give mothers the confidence to breastfeed in public places.

We would like to help normalise breastfeeding in public and so a few members of our team (who had the foresight to photograph themselves breastfeeding out and about) would like to share their 'breastfeeding in public' photos with our families.

First up, Michele:
'I feel privileged to say I never had any issues breastfeeding in public, people always smiled at me knowingly. I found that being able to breastfeed on a train was a very useful skill, as I travelled a lot to London to see family'

22/02/2026

Throwback to our team members sharing their experiences of feeding in public last year 🩶

How lovely and relaxing does this look - Kate feeding her little one in the park on a summery afternoon.

She says: "When my breastfeeding journey first began I could never imagine that I would ever be able to breastfeed anywhere other than at home. With patience and lots of support from my partner, friends and the local breastfeeding support group, my confidence grew and grew.

I would encourage new mothers to reach out for support in the early days. The knowledge and information gained whilst you are still learning, will help you to achieve your own breastfeeding goals."

And who knows - she may have even gone on to breastfeed in Churches, at soft play, on an airplane and up mountains! 😊 ✈️ ⛰ 💒