New mums and dads will now be able to get advice from Sheppey’s first male breast-feeding peer support worker.

Danny King graduated along with three women after training at Seashells Children and Families’ Centre.

They had been learning for eight weeks with Lyn Scazafabo from Peer Support Breast-feeding which runs courses around Swale.

Now they have passed, it means they can offer information and support to those who want help with learning how to nurse their babies. They will be there to give advice on the benefits of breast-feeding as well as the challenges and to help with positioning and attachment.

Mr King, from Minster, was already volunteering at the centre in Rose Street, Sheerness, and was doing a lot of work with the fathers who use the services there.

The dad-of-two said he was used to breast-feeding, having been around when many of his younger cousins were growing up and felt he wanted to offer knowledge to men who may not be so familiar with it.

Although he will also be offering support to breast-feeding mums by giving them advice and sign-posting them to the services available, his main role will be to help the men.

The 35-year-old said: “Breast-feeding is a very common occurrence – it’s just what happens But it can be quite hard for dads because you don’t always feel like you’re getting any time with the child that’s being breast-feed.

“It can sometimes leave you feeling a bit left out.”

Mr King says his fiancee is very supportive of what he’s doing and thinks it’s brilliant and he says he has had the same training as all the others and is just as qualified to help as his female colleagues.

“Obviously it does help if you’ve done it yourself but there’s plenty of midwives and social workers who don’t have children,” he said.

The four new peer supporters who graduated were given their certificates at a ceremony last Tuesday afternoon.