When it comes to chest/breastfeeding, parents often wonder whether on-demand feeding or scheduled feeding is best. Explore the differences and find what works for you.
Ease Up on Yourself
Written by Ashley Treadwell, IBCLC
Picture it: You’re having coffee with a good friend and she’s confiding in you about her guilt over not knowing her son had a double ear infection when he was running a fever recently. He wasn’t pulling at his ears or crying when she laid him down. He ran a fever for a few days, but had no other symptoms, and when she took him into his pediatrician, they diagnosed a double ear infection and prescribed antibiotics. Your friend is feeling awful that she waited a few days to take her baby in. She’s calling herself a bad mom.
What’s your response?
I’ve Had My Baby - Now What? Breastfeeding During Weeks 3-6
Welcome back to our new series, I’ve Had My Baby - Now What? This is a guide with basic information to help you navigate the first days, weeks, and months of breastfeeding your new baby.
Today we’d like to talk about weeks 3 through 6 of your baby’s life, and what breastfeeding looks like. What can you expect for normal behavior from your new baby, and when do you know there’s a problem that you should seek professional help for?
I’ve Had My Baby - Now What? Breastfeeding During the Second Week
Welcome to our new series, I’ve Had My Baby - Now What? This is a guide with basic information to help you navigate the first days, weeks, and months of breastfeeding your new baby.
Today we’d like to talk about the second week of your baby’s life, and what breastfeeding looks like. What can you expect for normal behavior from your new baby, and when do you know there’s a problem that you should seek professional help for?
Now that my milk has increased in volume, what should feedings look like? How much does a baby need at each feeding and how long should it take?
I’ve Had My Baby - Now What?: Breastfeeding During the First Week
Welcome to our new series, I’ve Had My Baby - Now What? This is a guide with basic information to help you navigate the first days, weeks, and months of breastfeeding your new baby.
Today we would like to talk about that first week after your baby has arrived. Breastfeeding can often seem overwhelming and unfamiliar. New moms often receive a *huge* amount of differing advice from many well-intentioned people, which can be incredibly confusing and discouraging. Below is a quick guideline to what “normal” breastfeeding looks like, as well as some examples of when things aren’t going as they should and when you might want to seek help.
What Every Mom Should Know About Breastfeeding During the Early Weeks
How much breast milk does my baby need per feeding?
What is common nursing behavior for a newborn?
How will I know that my baby is getting enough?
As a new mom, these are common questions that you may ask your pediatrician, midwife, postpartum nurse, family, and friends and GUESS WHAT..... they may all have a different answer!
Nurturing your Child's Potential with Voila Montessori
This week, we’re highlighting a local practitioner who is helping parents establish and integrate their parenting beliefs and styles into a peaceful, nurturing environment for their children. She also offers Skype consultations for those not located in San Diego. I’m thrilled to introduce Jeanne-Marie of Voila Montessori!
Comebacks for ‘Why Are You Still Breastfeeding?’
Any woman who has ever had a breastfeeding challenge or has breastfed longer than than someone else deems ‘normal’ has been asked this question at one time or another.
“Why are you still breastfeeding?”
Sometimes this question is passive aggressive with undertones of “I can’t believe you have breastfed your baby for THIS long.” Other times it comes from a place of love meaning “You seem like you are in pain... are you sure you still want to try this?”
Regardless, if you are anything like me, the snappy comeback or educated response that I SO desired to say only comes after the situation is long gone and I am kicking myself for not defending myself and my choice to breastfeed the way I wanted to.
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Advice for a Newly Breastfeeding Mama’s Partner
Let’s face it… becoming a new parent can be extremely overwhelming! I still remember that first drive home from the hospital. My husband and I were cracking up as we stared at our son in the car seat behind us. “Can you believe that they trusted us enough to take this little guy home? Do they know that we have never changed a diaper or bathed a baby before? What were they thinking????”
As I spent the first few weeks mastering breastfeeding, it became apparent that two sets of hands were often better than one. It amazed me that an entire day would pass before I realized that I forgot to eat or take a shower. It was my hubby, aka breastfeeding cheerleader/parenting partner, that made sure that I was being taken care of as I was all consumed in feeding and caring for our newborn.
I often get asked by the soon-to-be parents in my breastfeeding classes about the roles of the partner. What role does he/she play while mom is breastfeeding? Many partners often feel like they don’t have a defined role when their partner is breastfeeding because unless his/her breasts start lactating, it is truly a one person feeding show for those first few weeks. Plus, diaper duty doesn’t sound too glamorous!