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Common Breastfeeding Concerns: Thrush
When you begin breastfeeding, it’s natural (and very normal) for new moms to worry about everything. “Is my baby getting enough to eat?” “Am I getting a blocked milk duct?” “Maybe I’m overly paranoid,...
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Breastfeeding Success Tips from the Experts
Ever since the start of time, breastfeeding success has come naturally to mothers and newborns. Right? Not always. At least not immediately. Nursing comes naturally a little later for some mothers and...
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The Benefits of Breast Milk for Preemies
The benefits of breast milk for preemies are many, but the biggest advantage is, along with modern medical advances and an exclusive breast milk diet, premature infants are more likely to survive their...
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Tips for Weaning Baby: From Breast to Bottle
It’s not easy to move from breast to bottle, but at some point you’ll have a weaning baby. All breastfeeding women have this one thing in common and, yet, every weaning is a unique process that can...
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Breastfeeding: Easier or Harder than You Expected?
The reality of breastfeeding is often very different than what new mothers expected. Picture a cheerful, colorful image of the happily breastfeeding mom in a comfortable chair, smiling with love and...
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SIDS Prevention with Breastfeeding
Pretty much everyone with small children is concerned with SIDS prevention. It’s scary. It’s largely unexplained. And it’s often the biggest fear of new parents. Since the “Back to Sleep” campaign...
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Breast Cancer Risk Reduced through Breastfeeding
Breast Cancer Risk Reduced through Breastfeeding If you could significantly reduce your breast cancer risk, would you do everything in your power to do so? In 2012, it was estimated there were more...
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Ten Foods to Help Improve Your Milk Supply
Would you believe there are foods you can eat to help your milk supply? Believe it! Foods with lactation-promoting properties are called lactogenic foods or galactagogues. Adding these foods, along...
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The Why and How of Donating Your Breast Milk
When a preterm baby who weighs less than three pounds, three ounces is born, it’s unlikely mom’s milk has come in. And, if it has, it’s typically not enough to support her critically ill baby while in...
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Breastfeeding is on the Rise, but Support is Still Required
A report released in February by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention shows breastfeeding is on the rise in America and more are doing so longer. Between 2000 and 2008, the report found the...
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How to Get Dad Involved in Feeding Baby
Breast milk provides ideal nutrition, and while mom may be the one who does the most work, there are ways dad can help. Their attitude and support are crucial, and if they learn more about how...
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Tips for Pumping Breast Milk
The closeness and comfort of nursing a baby can make it a wonderful experience, but breastfeeding can be hard, and it can be a lot of work to establish and maintain your milk supply. One of the most...
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New Report Shows Breastfeeding Saves Lives
According to Superfood for Babies, a new report by Save the Children, 830,000 babies could be saved if all women breastfed in the first hour of life and exclusively breastfed for six months could save...
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CDC Study Shows Moms Stop Breastfeeding Earlier than Expected
The benefits of breast milk are well documented, but a recent study by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention found most moms stop breastfeeding earlier than they expected. Although there has...
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How to Juggle Breastfeeding and Work
Moms often worry about how they will manage the transition from maternity leave to life as a working mom. Nursing moms have an additional worry: They need to figure out how they will continue to...
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Three Common Breastfeeding Issues to Overcome
Breastfeeding may be a natural thing, but that doesn’t mean everyone takes to it naturally or that it’s easy. There are many challenges and questions associated with it. Sometimes there are physical...
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New Study Finds Mothers Introduce Solid Foods Too Early
Many moms appear to introduce solid foods before their babies’ bodies can handle it, despite warnings from pediatricians about feeding newborns anything besides breast milk or formula, according to a...
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The Best Breastfeeding Positions
Breastfeeding takes practice. Learning how to hold and support your baby while being in a comfortable position requires a bit of coordination and patience. Babies are born with the instinct to latch on...
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Eight Things to Not Say to Breastfeeding Moms
Friends, family, and sometimes even strangers will offer their opinion to nursing moms, whether it’s asked for or not. It’s meant to be helpful, but sometimes it can sound more like a criticism. We...
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Advice for Cracked or Sore Nipples
Many women have sore breasts or nipples, especially during the beginning of nursing. It’s normal to have some tenderness without broken skin in the first week or two. However, burning, throbbing, or...
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