Women who did not plan to get pregnant stop breastfeeding sooner than women who did, researchers said today.

The release of this documentary by James Marsh (Man on Wire) in the same week as Rise of the Planet of the Apes is wittily timed. It too speaks of caged primates, though its judgement on their captors is far more disturbing.

Whimsical psychedelia must be like mother's milk to the Welsh.

Staff at an Australian hospital accidentally mixed up two newborns and gave them to the wrong mothers, who breast-fed the infants before the mistake was caught, the hospital said today.

The number of new mothers who start breastfeeding is on the rise, figures show.

Critics say move may undo years of work, just as message on benefits of mothers' milk gets through

Breast-fed babies grow into better behaved and more emotionally stable children than those that are bottle fed, a study has shown.

The fifth and final part of Patrick's story is set on the day of his mother's cremation and, as ever, is a beguiling blend of wit, intellect and compassion

Reading is helping couples to reconnect through sharing some well-chosen books. Rebecca Hardy discovers that reading out loud is just the literary fix her strained relationship needs

For advice and moral support in the early days, turn to those who've been there already, says Kate Hilpern

Everyone agrees breastfeeding is best for babies – but vulnerable new mothers are being bullied into it. Anne Wollenberg finds some disturbing evidence

Too few people understand the work involved in bringing up a baby and should be given more information on raising children, a Government-commissioned review has concluded.

Mothers beseiged internet forums and radio phone-ins yesterday to express their frustration at the latest scientific controversy about breastfeeding.

If you want your child to eat their greens, do not continue with exclusive breast feeding for too long, child health experts say today.