This could be really helpful.
Breastfeeding is a normal thing, a natural thing, and absolutely nothing to be ashamed of. Ever.
Whether you’re doing it in the comfort of your own home, in a cafe, or out and about in the middle of the street, it’s absolutely grand and no one should ever tell you otherwise.
However, not all mothers are entirely comfortable with breastfeeding in public.
Everyone has their own way of feeing their child, and if that involves going somewhere private or doing it wherever takes your fancy, all are acceptable and all are natural.
For those mums though who prefer a bit more privacy when breastfeeding, there are a couple of options to consider.
One is physically going somewhere more private. The other is a breastfeeding cover.
Both options are, honestly, not the best – especially if you’re in a hurry, or forget the cover, or whatever the circumstance may be.
Lucky for us though that one woman has gone and invented something that’ll make even the most self conscious of new mums feel at ease while breastfeeding – the Milky Tee.
The Milky Tee is a T shirt featuring a zip down the side, allowing a mother to open her shirt with ease and allowing her baby to access their food.
The T shirts come in a range of different colours with different slogans on them so you could probably wear one every day of the week if you wanted to.
They start at about €30.00 too, depending on which one you want to buy, so not too expensive for a top you’ll definitely get your wear out of.
The Milky Tee company was founded by mum-of-two Lauren Hampshire, who one day decided that she couldn’t find any clothes to breastfeed in that were both comfortable and stylish.
So, she decided to design her own.
On her website, she writes:
“I really struggled to find clothes I could wear while I was breastfeeding which weren’t either a faff to use, having to lift up or pull down different layers, or which looked quite frumpy and ‘mumsy’.
“When my youngest daughter was two weeks old, I ordered my first T-shirt pattern, and with the help of my mum-in-law, who is a dab hand with a sewing machine, we created the first Milky Tee prototype.”
Stunning. We’ll definitely be picking up a few of these anyway.
