Can I give my breastfeeding baby a pacifier?

July - 25 - 2021

Pacifiers are a tool, like any other tool in the parenting bag of tricks. Using the right tool at the appropriate time can be very handy. Using the wrong tool can be problematic. Good uses for a pacifier:🚗 When in the car and you can’t…

My breastfed baby is biting. What do I do?

July - 25 - 2021

🦷 One concern when breastfeeding longer than 6 months is teeth for the fear of biting. When a baby is latched well, they physically cannot bite. The tongue covers the lower teeth while breastfeeding. Biting usually happens toward the end of the feeding as baby…

Can I drink coffee while breastfeeding?

July - 25 - 2021

It is safe to drink coffee while breastfeeding☕️Research says it’s safe to drink approximately 300-500mg of caffeine a day as only about 1% of caffeine reaches your breast milk. ♨️Not all coffee is created equally. That Folgers your grandparents used to make at home has…

Twin breastfeeding

July - 25 - 2021

TWIN MOMS👩🏽‍🦳University of Utah researchers looked at 59,000 birth records from 1800-1979 and found that moms of twins tend to live longer than moms without twins.👥Fraternal and identical twins are the most common types of twins. Other rare twin types include “half identical twins” (when…

Toddler Breastfeeding

July - 25 - 2021

Information on toddler nutrition seems to assume your toddler is no longer breastfeeding. Breast milk does not magically lose nutritional value after the first birthday. In fact, the US is one of the only countries to recommend stopping breastfeeding at 1. The WHO recommends continuing…

Breastfeeding facts

July - 25 - 2021

Do you some time feel like baby is constantly feeding? As long as breastfeeding is pain free, baby is making 6+ wet and consistent poops and gaining weight over time, everything is going as it should!! The more baby removes milk from the breast, the…

Manuka Honey for Nipple Damage

July - 25 - 2021

HONEY: It’s the Bees Knees for Nipple Healing A person with sore, cracked nipples will do absolutely anything to bring relief to the pain and heal the damage. Sterile, medical grade manuka honey is one of the most unique and beneficial forms of honey in…

Do I need a breast milk stash?

July - 25 - 2021

NO STASH NEEDEDDid you know up until 2010 most people didn’t even own a breast pump? You either breastfed until you weaned or bottle fed formula. The Affordable Care Act signed in 2010 changed the game by saying insurance had to provide lactating parents a…

Making breast milk: How do I increase my milk supply??

July - 25 - 2021

MAKING MILKThe uterus doesn’t tell the breasts how many babies have come out. So the breast, when things go right, is designed to readily make milk for the first 6-8 weeks to feed however many babies have come out, in the event there are twins…

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