This is post #2 in my Mental Health and Breastfeeding series. The other posts can be found here, here and here. In her article Does breastfeeding really protect against postpartum depression? Lauren Hale from the Atlanta Northside New Moms Examiner discusses one study’s findings that postpartum depression is the result of biochemical hormonal changes in the postpartum period. [...]
It’s World No Tobacco Day today. I was going to write a unique post about how smoking is bad for babies and moms but how if you are a smoker who can’t or won’t quit then it is better to breastfeed and smoke then formula feed and smoke because the breastfeeding will help protect your [...]
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 [...]
