Preventing Dehydration in Babies Taking your baby outdoors is an exciting and highly beneficial experience. here are some easy ways to protect them whenever you venture outside.
Skin-to-Skin Featured Why Is Skin-to-Skin Contact Important? With skin-to-skin contact, your baby can spend energy on growing and thriving, instead of just surviving.
Benefits of Breastfeeding What Are the Benefits of Breastfeeding? Why Breastfeed? The benefits of breastfeeding are immense; nothing can compare to the properties of human milk.
Engorgement Symptoms of Engorgement and Treating Swollen Breasts Engorgement is sometimes apparent in the areola or the breast or both, in one breast or in both breasts. (you may have just one engorged, sore swollen breast).
Benefits of Breastfeeding How Much Should I Breastfeed at 6 Months? So, the amount that your baby drinks at the breast is determined by the amount of solid foods that he/she eats. Mothers will notice that their babies spend less time at the breast when they eat more food.
Gassy Breastfed Baby Featured How Can I Relieve My Baby's Gas? Spitting-up frequently, crying after a feed, trouble falling asleep and excessive fussiness all point to the possibility of trapped air that needs to escape.
Benefits of Breastfeeding Why Is Breastfeeding Important? Breast milk is alive, formula, on the other hand, is a non-living substance. Your breast milk changes from meal to meal, day to day, and year to year as your little one’s needs evolve.
Attachment Parenting Interventions That Can Hamper the Breastfeeding Relationship Many interventions can affect the breastfeeding relationship. Drugs during labor and drugs that are taken during pregnancy can have an effect on the baby’s feeding behavior.
Food and Diet Related Breastfeeding and Iron Intake - Is Iron-Supplementation Necessary Surprisingly, it is the mother who will face the brunt, since she will already be low in iron, and breastfeeding will further deplete her of the nutrient, making her anemic.
Interesting Got a Breastfeeding Headache? Know the Triggers and How to Prevent Them. A breastfeeding headache is more common than you would think. There are ways to rectify, prevent and at least make it a bit more bearable.
Food and Diet Related Should I Take Extra Vitamin D When Breastfeeding? Yes, nursing mothers do need to supplement themselves or their babies with extra vitamin D; this is mostly because people are not spending enough time in the sun these days. Your body uses the sun to make Vitamin D.
Benefits of Breastfeeding Breast Milk Lollies & Ice Cream And now, you have the beautiful chance to offer the best of nutrition to your child in a different form, appealing to the young one’s taste buds even more! The tempting and delicious breast milk ice lollies and ice-creams do just that for you!
Sore Nipples Eczema of the Areola, Breast, or Nipple Eczema found on the nipples and breasts of nursing mothers is not uncommon. It usually occurs after a few months of nursing. The mother should be sure first to rule out the possibility of thrush.
Low Milk Supply Breastfeeding and Diabetes - Can You Still Breastfeed? Yes, a diabetic mother can continue to breastfeed her baby. Whether you have type 1, 2 or gestational diabetes, you can and should continue to breastfeed. Diabetic mothers are advised to breastfeed their babies exclusively for 6 months or longer.
Pumping Exclusive Pumping - The Benefits Outweigh the Challenges Drain your breasts as much as possible with every pumping session; this will signal your body to produce more milk. Drink lots of fluids, especially water, this will hydrate your body to increase milk production.
Sore Nipples A Breast Care Guide for Breastfeeding Mothers You can care for your breasts after breastfeeding by rinsing with clean water, to wash away any saliva, then you can apply some of your own breast milk or nipple cream and allow to air dry.
Low Milk Supply Goats Rue & Breastfeeding - Stimulating the Growth of Breast Tissue. Goat's Rue supports the swift natural production of breast milk due to its galactagogue attributes, which boost milk flow.
Herbs Fenugreek Intake While Breastfeeding Fenugreek seed extract, is most famous for its milk supply benefits, as it is an excellent galactagogue for inducing lactation.
Sore Nipples Mastitis Causes, Symptoms, Treatment, and Prevention Continue to breastfeed. Breastfeeding will help to clear the infection and relieve some breast soreness. Apply warm compresses to the breast, or take a warm shower before breastfeeding or expressing.
Oversupply How to Reduce Oversupply - Too Much Breast Milk By the six week mark after your baby's birth, you will know whether your body has adapted to your baby's needs and thus if you are genuinely struggling with an oversupply issue.
Baby Massage The Baby Massage Guide - Special Techniques Explained The basic idea though, is that you gently knead, stroke or rub the muscles and soft tissue on each part of a baby's body. By doing this, you help your baby relax, heal and bond with you (and vice versa!).
Skin-to-Skin Featured The Incredible Skin-To-Skin Benefits You Should Take Advantage Of Early skin-to-skin contact is very important, and the skin-to-skin benefits speak for themselves; skin-to-skin connection goes far beyond successful breastfeeding but has proven to calm and medicate babies, especially those sick and premature.
Benefits of Breastfeeding How to Prepare for Breastfeeding - What You Need to Know Your body will do most of the work in preparation for breastfeeding; your nipples increase in size, your milk ducts increase in number and become mature during pregnancy.
Growth Spurt Infant Growth Spurts All babies will experience growth spurts, also called “frequency days." Mothers usually assume that they have low milk production during this time. Their babies may demand to be breastfed more often during the day and night and may become very fussy.
Benefits of Breastfeeding Successfully Breastfeeding Twins - Tips and Tricks Some people wonder whether it is possible to have enough breast milk for twin babies, and yes it is. It is possible to have enough milk for both your babies and extra for freezing.
