Ultimate Guide to Chester and Cheshire
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LEFT: TATTON PARK<br />
BELOW: STORYHOUSE<br />
Best places for<br />
a feed (<strong>and</strong> tips<br />
for travels with<br />
a baby)<br />
New mum? Sick of staring at the same<br />
four walls? Ease yourself back in<strong>to</strong><br />
public life by finding a few quiet, buggyfriendly<br />
places <strong>to</strong> go, preferably not <strong>to</strong>o<br />
far from the car (or bus, or train). Take<br />
more wipes, nappies <strong>and</strong> changes of<br />
clothes than seems reasonable <strong>and</strong>,<br />
most importantly, don’t try <strong>to</strong> do <strong>to</strong>o<br />
much. You may once have shopped<br />
till you dropped, lunched with friends,<br />
nipped <strong>to</strong> the Post Office <strong>and</strong> called<br />
your mum all in your lunch hour –<br />
but those days are over, for now at<br />
least. As for places <strong>to</strong> go, S<strong>to</strong>ryhouse<br />
is a no-brainer. It’s buggy-friendly,<br />
pro-breastfeeding, has good baby<br />
changing facilities <strong>and</strong> is big enough<br />
<strong>to</strong> absorb a little screaming (from your<br />
babe, not you). Breastfeeding Friendly<br />
<strong>Chester</strong> should also be your go-<strong>to</strong>.<br />
The Facebook group behind Breastival<br />
has compiled an invaluable direc<strong>to</strong>ry<br />
of cafés, shops, restaurants, pubs <strong>and</strong><br />
even schools that actually, you know,<br />
like babies, among them Marks <strong>and</strong><br />
Spencer (Foregate St), Watergate Deli<br />
(Watergate Row) <strong>and</strong> Joseph Benjamin<br />
(Northgate St). Keep an eye out for<br />
the window stickers that denote who’s<br />
baby-friendly – <strong>and</strong> good luck. It does<br />
get easier. Honest.<br />
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