Begin your world breastfeeding week celebration with a fun quiz about marvelous mammals (yup — those awesome animals that feed their babies mother’s milk). Can you figure out which statement matches which picture? Hint: “These animals nurse sitting up. Babies weigh about 2 pounds at birth and will weigh 500-1300 pounds as an adult. They…
Author: AdriaC
Everyone deserves a doula…
I’ve known about how great birth doulas can be for years (a birth doula is one of the best ways to help get breastfeeding off to a good start). I don’t know how I would have made it through the birth of my fourth baby without my doula. But I never realized all the great…
Kangaroo Care Handout
Kangaroo Mother Care — it’s all about keeping mothers and newborns together so that babies can thrive. Here’s a handout by one of the original KMC advocates, Dr. Nils Bergman. I’m posting it here with his permission. Print it out, share it with care providers, friends, and family. Good stuff. Kangaroo Mother Care Handout
Recipe
It’s fun to make food that the whole family can share — including your older baby that’s learning to enjoy solid foods. My family loves this meal and it’s really easy to adapt for sharing with a baby. If your baby is very young, you can just share some of the mashed sweet potatoes. If…
Iron supplementation?
We’re still learning about the specifics of nutrition — like how much of what each person really needs at any particular time. So nutrition recommendations change over time. Dr. Tom Hale in his Medications and More newsletter (June 2008) talks about new research that questions earlier recommendations that little babies need iron supplements. He talks…
Let Down
Most mothers feel really good when their milk lets down (Milk Ejection Reflex (MER)). The surge of oxytocin (also sometimes called the “mothering hormone”) makes lots of women feel relaxed and calm. But it’s not this way for everyone. Some women feel a surge of negative emotions when their milk lets down. The website D-MER.org…
World Breastfeeding Week
Are you ready to celebrate breastfeeding? August 1-7 is World Breastfeeding Week. As WABA (World Alliance for Breastfeeding Action) describes this year’s theme: World Breastfeeding Week 2008 Mother Support : Going for the Gold Breastfeeding results from a reproductive health continuum for the mother to the child with no beginning or end, from generation to…
MMAW newsletter
The Mothers Milk Association of Wisconsin just put out their June newsletter. MMAW is working toward making human donor milk available to more families in Wisconsin that need it. Dr. Jill Mallory notes in the newsletter: In the vast history of the human race there have been lactating communities, not just lactating mothers. If a…
Older Nurslings
How old is too old for nursing? Every family has a different answer to this question. The World Health Organization encourages mothers to nurse their babies for two years or more. But in the midwestern USA it’s not typical to nurse beyond a few months. This public information video from Puerto Rico shows how normal…
Working (out) with Baby
It’s hard to get back in shape after baby is born but here’s a fun video that combines a breastfeeding baby with working and working out. Workout advisor, Bob Harper, shows up at a mama’s office where she works on the computer (while taking care of her breastfed 4-month old) to help her figure out…
Madison Breastfeeding Help 