
A More Comfortable Position
Consider your arm as a wing … tuck your baby close to you, under your wing. Allow the head to tilt back as necessary.
Consider your arm as a wing … tuck your baby close to you, under your wing. Allow the head to tilt back as necessary.
Babies need to move and figure out how to co-ordinate their bodies in this new space.
Time on the belly encourages babies to use the neck, torso, shoulder, even jaw muscles.
Herbs are very effective and can be helpful. Here’s a story for your amusement.
To nourish means: to support the growth of, to sustain with nutriment, support.
A most excellent food for human babies, infants and through the toddler years, is still human breast milk.
All the benefits of breastfeeding are cumulative. That is, the longer you breastfeed, the more the benefit. What a great investment!
That is a wise gift to bring to a woman who’s recently travelled uncomfortably, given birth and has a lot of postpartum visitors.
The decrease in premature births was noted in the United States, Denmark, Ireland, the Netherlands, Canada and Australia.
What are we doing to preserve and protect the growing environment of mothers?
Breastfeeding makes your bones stronger. This makes it more fun to be a mother because you can be more active with your kids!
Stretch daily, even for ten minutes at a time and pay attention to your posture throughout the day. These two simple things will help you recover your energy.
“Remember, you are not managing an inconvenience, you are raising a human being.” Kittie Franz
From the very start, you have the ability to make milk. Here’s the basic biology to encourage you.
Florence Williams discussions of endocrine disrupters, though a worrying topic, were engaging and informative.
‘Teething biscuits’ become mushy, a sticky paste on the gums and teeth. Ironically, that means they are actually bad for teeth.
Hand to mouth is part of the learning process. Even when in the womb, newborns suck their thumbs. Sucking on their fingers is a precursor to finding a good latch and nursing.