As breastfeeding awareness continues to increase, I wonder how we can assist and educate mums about the practical aspects of breastfeeding – from the infants point of view. I do smile when I chat to prospective parents, who are often … Continue reading
As the days grow dark and cold, the temptation to turn on the kettle have a have a nice hot drink becomes almost irresistible, especially when baby seemed to be up every hour during the night. Continue reading
If you have been waking your baby to feed for the last three days, you should hopefully see that he or she has not lost too much birth weight. Your baby should be getting rid of a lot of the meconium and should have moved onto producing spinach green poos. If your baby is 3 days old and this is not the case – you need to feed more frequently. Continue reading
Yes, it does feel mean and harsh to wake a little baby who looks so super peaceful, but there are good reasons why one should wake a baby to feed….and when you realize what they are, all that guilt will instantly melt away. So here are some of the reasons you should wake your little one. Continue reading
At lunch a week or so ago, a friend asked me to sell him the idea of breastfeeding. Sell him the idea of breastfeeding? Has he not been around for the last 5 years, where the benefits of breastfeeding have been plastered all over newspapers, TV, Magazines, bill boards? Seriously?!? Continue reading
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