When we have our babies and are planning to breastfeed, it can be heartbreaking and frustrating when our baby just won't latch on. Mothers will often think, "What is wrong with me?! What am I doing wrong?" However, there are many different things to consider and important steps to take if you find yourself in [...]
"Your baby is losing weight so you need to do the following: breastfeed, pump and then top your baby up with that pumped milk." This is the most common advice women received when their baby is not gaining enough weight. It's called "triple feeding" ...sounds fun doesn't it?! NOT. There are many challenges that [...]
*Just as with any article you see online, this is not medical advice specifically for you! This is for general information ONLY. It is important to work with your own doctor and IBCLC when assessing your baby's intake.* The myths surrounding breastmilk supply and supplementation keep spreading among social media, scaring women along the [...]
There is this huge push to bring awareness to the "accidental" starvation of breastfed babies to further push the "fed is best" campaign that's floating around. You know, the one that assumes us "lactavists" are all just sitting around trying to find ways to MAKE women breastfeed even if they can't make enough... because ya'll [...]
An open letter to formula feeding companies, I recently saw the headlines all over social media and Facebook; {source: http://www.firstcoastnews.com/news/study-breakthrough-infant-formula-protects-immune-system-like-breast-milk/343573688} {source: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/article-3875216/Does-finally-end-breast-best-debate-Scientists-develop-formula-milk-human-bacteria.html} You came to the conclusion from your "research" [1, 2] that you have discovered a way to put the good bacteria found in breastmilk, into your formula. You then go on to claim [...]
Every time a new study is published the arguing online starts. The defending, the judging, the plain old mean and hurtful comments about infant feeding. Breastfeeding vs. formula. A new study has just been published, "Is Breast Truly Best? Estimating the Effects of Breastfeeding on Long-term Child Health and Wellbeing in the United States Using [...]
I have an awesome extended family and although I live far away from them across the world, we keep in touch and always try to see each other when I travel back home. My cousin Amy and I have been great friends and LOVE to make fun of each other's parenting styles. As Amy describes, [...]
Within the past decade of working with breastfeeding women and their families, I have come across many people who have given their babies an occasional bottle of formula, a bottle before bedtime or have been told to just “give their baby a top up or supplement with formula” if needed now and then. Sometimes women [...]
My Breastfeeding Toddler Many mums wonder... "Is my milk still important for my toddler?" "Should I wean and switch to cow's milk or toddler formula?" Have a piece of toast, have a little boob... Let me first tell you what this post is NOT about... ** It is not [...]
Most women who give birth can breastfeed their babies. If this were not the case then we would have died out as a species long ago! Yet there are some circumstances where a woman is just not able to breastfeed for physical or psychological reasons. Breastfeeding women have been feeding each other's babies since the [...]
Poster above was developed as a student project for the Breastfeeding Course For Health Care Providers, Douglas College, Canada Have you ever wondered what the ingredients are in breastmilk? Have you ever looked at the back of a formula can to have a look at the ingredients? Each year "new" things are being discovered in [...]
