As a mother I had some favourite places to feed away from home. Our son was born during a warm autumn and as we lived in easy walking distance of the local Botanical Gardens and I took him there most days. There were many quiet spots to sit and enjoy my lovely son and the world.

There were seats in many parts of the Gardens and the most wonderful one was under a willow tree beside a pond with colourful water lilies on it. Being a first time mother I found that the fronds of the willow were like a curtain I could

The Colour Purple

Purple is such a calming colour to me!

When the Australian Breastfeeding Association, the publishers of Baby Magic asked me what colour I would like the cover there was no hesitation in choosing purple – a warm, comforting colour.

I have always loved lilac and purple form the lilac bush outside my bedroom window as a child and since then I have always had a lilac bush and purple flowers such as violets and pansies in our garden.

So purple, lilac, violet are favourite comforting shades for me and comfort, love and friendship is what Baby Magic seeks to bring to its readers with the keys to assisting with the normal crying that occurs in the first seven weeks of life.

This is an illustration based on the one in childcare booklets for parents for much of the twentieth century.