Breastfeeding connects us across language and across culture: this video from Bulgaria will be airing for World Breastfeeding Week.
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Marvelous Mammals Quiz
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…
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…
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…
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…
Playing at being a mother
GirlFeedsDoll (credit to MamaKnowsBreast.com) A friend is expecting her first baby. She’s just started taking a breastfeeding class. She reported that she’s learning a lot but she felt a little silly pretending to breastfeed a doll. My 8-year-old daughter is happy to pretend to mother her dolls. She nurses her doll — along with rocking,…
Mothering Expectations
I love Diane Wiessinger’s thoughts about breastfeeding. I always see things in a new way after I read what she has to say. Today I was reminded of Diane’s motherhood-magnet analogy as I talked with a very tired mother that was hoping her little breastfed baby would sleep through the night. Diane pointed out that…
Madison Breastfeeding Help 