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  • BREASTFEEDING TWINS: Family #2. Dr Pamela Douglas, F2F Nova Health Co. October 2023
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The breastfeeding mother of a three-week-old baby has nipple damage

Dr Pamela Douglas18th of Dec 202522nd of Dec 2025

When I confirmed that this mother consented for us to use the recording of this clinical demonstration to help other parents, she generously agreed, and wrote that she was still breastfeeding her little one without any issues 14 months down the track.

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BREASTFEEDING TWINS: Family #2. Dr Pamela Douglas, F2F Nova Health Co. October 2023

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This little twin is fussy at the breast

The experienced mother of four in the videos on this page discusses how she's managed to breastfeed her two youngest, who are twins, so far. She has explained that she is now feeling ready to wean them from the breast and begin formula feeding.

This is in part because Otis, in the grey, is very fussy with breastfeeding and there are weight gain concerns.

The lady shows me how she usually feeds, using more of a 'windscreen wiper' approach, which is the approach I typically suggest when asked. (It refers to the old-fashioned kind of windscreen wiper which operated in…

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Possums acknowledges the traditional owners of the lands upon which The Possums Programs have been created, the Yuggera and Turrbal Peoples. We acknowledge that First Nations have breastfed, slept with, and lovingly raised their children on Australian lands for at least 65,000 years, to become the oldest continuous living culture on Earth. Possums stands with the Uluru Statement from the Heart.