The recipe that got me through COVID maternity leave.

Here's the honest version.

I'm not a nutritionist. I have no idea if these bites did anything specific for my milk supply.

What I do know is that my daughter was born in 2020, right as the world locked down. My maternity leave was just the two of us — no visitors, no village, no dropping in. The quiet was both tender and enormous.

Every week, I'd make a batch of these. Oats, brewer's yeast, flaxseed, chocolate chips, dried apricot. Every afternoon I'd put the kettle on. I'd sit down. I'd eat one or two while she slept.

And in a season that was asking everything of me, that small act of making something nourishing for myself felt like enough.

These contain ingredients traditionally associated with supporting lactation. But honestly? The ritual mattered just as much as anything in them.

I've shared the recipe because I think every solo mum in the newborn days deserves a little afternoon ritual of her own.

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What’s inside

🍪 The full recipe — makes 24 bites, ready in 30 minutes

📦 Storage tips — how to freeze a batch before baby arrives (future you will be grateful)

🎁 The gift version — how to bake these for a solo mum to be, and why it matters