Time and time again I am reminded of why we think our babies are broken. Just yesterday I saw an advertisement in my local newspaper. "Does your child need some help sleeping?" it read. I cringed...I looked at the picture of the beautiful baby sleeping peacefully in his cot. And I was brought back to [...]
Most of us mothers have a bit of an obsession with our baby's "gassiness". We analyze every little fart and burp. We inspect their poop and how many times they squirmed around and seemed unsettled. We basically blame every little unsettled, "colicky" episode on gas or reflux. We then head [...]
I recently saw a young couple for a breastfeeding consult. They were here with their first baby who was about 4 months old. They had just recently been to see a doctor. During the 15 minute appointment the doctor looked at the baby’s weight gain from the last time the baby had been weighed and [...]
As breastfeeding mothers we hear criticism and questionings from family, friends and strangers frequently. I wanted to hear from mothers out there on the negative statements and questions people have said to them. I received over 350 comments from people on Facebook when I asked this question! Here are some of their answers and my [...]
It’s the most heartbreaking and most difficult question for me to answer, “Should I just give up? How long should I keep doing this…waiting for breastfeeding to just happen easily? Will it ever work? What can I do when breastfeeding is really hard?” There are many different situations where a [...]
Causes of nipple pain while breastfeeding and why it does not matter what someone thinks of the latch... “The latch looks fine! “Ooooohhhh wait, that doesn't look right” “He is not latched on right” the [...]
1. You will feel mother guilt no matter what you do. We are constantly making decisions. The simplest things (how we are going to feed our babies and how they are going to sleep) can become so overwhelming; with so much information thrown at us on a daily basis we end up [...]
I have written before on my blog about the first time I saw a breastfeeding toddler. I was at the house of a mother I had only just met. She was a La Leche League Leader (volunteer breastfeeding counsellor) and mother of two. Her youngest who was about 18 months old at the time, jumped [...]
The Do’s and DO NOT'S to weight loss while boobin’ your baby! This is pretty much what I looked like from behind when pregnant with my first. Artist: Jeanne Lorioz Having had three babies, my body has gone through many changes. Seriously, my ass was the size of a small mountain when I [...]
"He is just breastfeeding for comfort." "You really do not have to feed him again, he is just looking for comfort." "She is not really hungry, just feeding for comfort." Many of us have heard (or read) these words... Almost daily I hear from women who have been told that they should [...]
How can I get my breastmilk supply off to a great start? What can I do to increase my supply? Do I have enough breastmilk for my baby? 1. Breastfeed your baby by following their cues...not the clock or the schedule in the book you were given. Most of [...]
"I heard I can't overfeed my breastfed baby BUT..." "My friend told me I am over-feeding my baby and she really only needs to breastfeed every 3 hours or so..." "Have I breastfed my baby too frequently today? She keeps going on and off the breast." "Is my baby spitting up so much because I'm [...]
This past week was probably the most sleep deprived I have ever been in my entire life! I was working and traveling across the country to film a documentary based on one of my blog posts, all while I had a very sick toddler attached to my boob! Oh the mother guilt... I have [...]
Is the above picture familiar to you? The empty chair with the plate of food! But where is your toddler?! Probably trying to find you to ask for boob... *If you'd like more information after reading this, click here to check out my BOOBinar (breastfeeding webinar) on this topic!* Many of us go through [...]
Did you know that babies are able to self attach? It's awesome to watch and always amazes the mum how easily her baby can attach and breastfeed without her having to do a thing. Often times in hospitals a mum has someone hold her boob, sandwiched like a hamburger while trying to shove the baby's [...]
Oh the advice us new breastfeeding mums receive (and sometimes give ourselves!)... We go through our whole pregnancy having to listen to people tell us we look; "Huge", "Small", "Wow! You are so overdue!", "You're going to use drugs during your labour?!", "You're NOT going to use drugs?!", "Wow, you are carrying so low you will [...]
No amount of research and scientific findings could ever pinpoint every reason as to why babies and toddlers breastfeed frequently. No amount of scientific exploration into the composition of breastmilk could grasp the variety of possible answers to the question, "why does my child breastfeed so much?" This is because breastfeeding is much more [...]
No matter how supportive people are of breastfeeding, you are bound to come across a very unexpected comment from that particular person whom you felt was 100% behind you and your breastfeeding efforts. My mother is the perfect example of this. When my first son was born (over ten years ago, wow how time flies!) [...]
Little Zaxon! Tori came to see me for a consult about six weeks ago. She was a chill, new young twenty year old mum. My mouth dropped when I looked into the baby capsule she brought in from the car. Her baby boy was so teeny tiny! He was [...]
Sometimes breastfeeding a newborn sucks...yup, it's true. For more than one reason. We constantly question our own instincts, we don't know who to listen to (ourselves or our mothers and friends?), we read every bit of information we can get our hands on and are still confused. Different doctors, midwives, lactation consultants and breastfeeding volunteers [...]
