Is it really that simple? There has been so much talk about breastfeeding among the blogs lately that I thought I should jump on the bandwagon and throw in my two cents. Healthy Green Mom, in her post North American Moms: What the Heck is Wrong with our Milk? questioned why so many women these [...]
Breast milk is full of a mother’s antibodies that preventively helps babies and toddlers develop immunity to illness. However, breast milk can also be used to treat illness and I think most of us tend to forget that part. Colostrum is rich in protective antibodies and gives babies a foundation of immunity to fight germs [...]
You may have seen this photo in my random photo generator at the top of my website. I love it. I found it on a stock photo site and had to have it. Unfortunately, I don’t know where it was taken or who took it, but I do know it was royalty-free. That being said [...]
Continue reading about Monday Musings: Mannequin Mommy Breastfeeds!
It’s daylight savings 2009 and I empathize with all the breastfeeding moms out there who are losing sleep tonight. Because breastmilk is so easily and quickly digested, breastfed babies generally wake up more often than their formula fed counterparts. While this can be frustrating to parents trying to get a good night’s sleep, frequent night [...]
My breastfeeding toddler still isn’t terribly interested in my cooking. She likes all things plain and I like all things anything-BUT-plain. She eats: Rice. Crackers. Apples. Oranges. Cheese. Yogurt. Beans. Tofu. Cucumbers. Celery. Spaghetti. And all things on everyone else’s plate but her own. Even though she doesn’t eat very much (Her meal portions couldn’t [...]
If you’re anything like me, when your baby needs to breastfeed, you drop what you’re doing and breastfeed. Breastfeeding on demand helps our children to feel safe knowing that their needs will get met, but sometimes doing this means our needs don’t always get met in the process. Many breastfeeding moms have things to do [...]
Continue reading about Time Saving Tips For Breastfeeding Moms (Or How To Do It All)
Newborn babies who are laid on their mother’s bare tummies and left to their own devices after a natural childbirth can innately find their mother’s breast and latch on. This process is called “self-attachment” and was researched and documented on a video called “Delivery Self Attachment,” by a team of Swedish scientists in the 1990′s. [...]
Continue reading about Self-Attachment: Smart Babies Want to Breastfeed
