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August 6th, 2009
 10 comments By Megan Adams The female body is amazing and powerful. It provides your child with nourishing food for as long as you choose to breastfeed. Planning a nutritious menu day in and day out paired with an ample amount of water gives your body the fuel to do it all. Working out can only . . . → Read More: Breastfeeding, Exercise And Weight Loss May 23rd, 2009
23 comments WELCOME Carnival of Breastfeeding Readers!! I always knew that I would breastfeed. When I was in college, I spent a semester studying in Kenya and I remember seeing all of the moms there carrying their babies on their backs while they did their work and breastfeeding. I always thought that would be me. I . . . → Read More: How Breastfeeding Changed My Life March 8th, 2009
48 comments Weaning begins when your child starts to take something other than your breast milk as part of his diet. For most of us, that is around the six month mark. Weaning for some happens quickly, and for others lasts for a very long time. The American Academy of Pediatrics recommends that mothers breastfeed exclusively . . . → Read More: Gentle Weaning – My Journey Through Breastfeeding January 26th, 2009
22 comments Public health authorities seem intent on making motherhood impossible. They rightly tell mothers how important breastfeeding is and then wrongly suggest that co-sleeping is unsafe. Some of them, like the Australians, also tell parents that it is detrimental to use techniques like controlled crying to get their baby to sleep (and I . . . → Read More: One Moms View On Breastfeeding And Co-Sleeping January 6th, 2009
2 comments You will definitely want to freeze some of your milk away for future use. Always freeze in bags, not bottles. If you freeze in a bottle there is a much higher likelihood that the milk will get freezer burned. Milk frozen in bags can be stored for 6-12 months in a good freezer. You . . . → Read More: How To Care For Expressed Milk December 22nd, 2008
8 comments I was always trying to get more milk when I was pumping, so I have compiled a list of tips which will help with that. The best tip that I have for getting a 2nd let down while pumping is to: Pump for 10-15 minutes, then turn your pump off for 2-3 minutes, . . . → Read More: Breast Pumping Tip to get More Milk November 7th, 2008
5 comments The benefits of breastfeeding just keep growing! Not only do our breastfed children have better health, but better behavior. In a recent article from The Washington Post titled Breast-Fed Baby May Mean Better Behaved Child they discuss the results of a new study on breastfeeding. The study reviewed over 100,000 interviews of parents and . . . → Read More: Breastfeeding May Mean A Better Behaved Child |
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