Breastmilk isn't just food... it's M&S... wait, no, that's a different advert! 

But it's true! Breastmilk is so much more than food.

• It's up-to-date antibodies to help your little one's tackle the latest cold - isn't that clever! Your baby and you communicate through baby's saliva while suckling and you kissing your baby's skin, so your developed and experienced immune system can help your baby's less developed one!

•  It's the calming, soporific, oxytocin-boosting suckling that soothes your upset, but too small to articulate the problem, little one and possibly even send them dozing off to the land of nod, whether it's 3pm or 3am!

•  It's closeness that they were so used to when all snuggled up in the warmth of a belly with the familiar sound and feel of a heartbeat, a loving voice and warm, gentle touch. When the world can feel so out of their control for our littlest ones, a familiar chest is somewhere safe to come back to!

So, let this be the year that you don't let anyone tell you you're spoiling your baby or that 'they just fed' and just enjoy all the goodness that that your breastfeeding relationship brings to you and your family!