It's World Breastfeeding Week.
A week where we celebrate breastfeeding and breastfeeding mums – and aim to educate parents and prospective parents worldwide about the benefits of breast milk and breastfeeding – for mums and babies – and even the economy and environment.
The focus is also to try to normalize breastfeeding and remove any stigma around it – and increase breastfeeding statistics across the globe.
However, while many mamas (and babies) take to breastfeeding with little or no problems, many other mums struggle and can often be left feeling like failures for not being able to feed their babies the way the wanted. Or left feeling like they are less of mum for deciding against breastfeeding their baby, for whatever reason.
This week, with the hashtag
#worldbreastfeedingweek trending across social media, this can feel even harder for mums who bottle-feed.
Which is why we love the Instagram post Angela Scanlon shared yesterday
so much, and her message for every mum, no matter what way they feed their babies, that they are enough – in fact, they are all bloody troopers.
Just take a look:
