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Benefits of Breastfeeding Are Over Stated

This is the post that almost wasn’t. If you’ve ever read my blog here, you know that I advocate breastfeeding whole heartedly. I do not believe that formula is just as good and I believe that many women who think they “can’t” simply didn’t have the support necessary to continue. Many of you have written me personally to tell me that I’ve helped you to continue by providing good information and support. (To those of you who have written me, I offer a big heart felt thank you–I’m so glad I could help.) But neither have I said that breastfeeding … Continue reading →

Ask a Baby Blogger: The Gory Details

Question: I wanted to ask you, since you are clearly in favor of breastfeeding, what you think about women who put down other women for not breastfeeding? Also, do you think there’s a limit (please say yes) to how much information should be shared by other moms in a conversation regarding breastfeeding and child birth. I almost answered this question privately, as really it doesn’t have to do with babies as much as motherhood and manners. But then I went back to my own early days as a mother. . .even during my pre-mothering days when I was pregnant. I … Continue reading →

Why We Should Love the ‘Breastfeeding Nazis’

I know plenty of people who have bad experiences with La Leche League and plenty of people who label them as a group of breastfeeding Nazis. I myself have not had good experiences with our local LLL group. I found them overly pushy (even for someone like me who clearly advocates breastfeeding) when I had to give my twins one bottle a day during their first few weeks of their lives. But I recognized that this was one group of women and not a single one of them had multiples. . .so I simply ignored them. Many women feel like … Continue reading →

The Breastfeeding Mafia is Starving Babies

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Or is it just a lack of common sense? This week in the United Kingdom, powerful organizations like La Leche League, Unicef and the National Childbirth Trust in conjunction with the Department of Health are trying to get the message out that Breast is Best. But apparently not everyone thinks that this is such a good thing. Enter Sarah Oliver, a new mom who nearly starved her baby because she felt like she was consistently ‘bullied’ into breastfeeding. Advised by midwives that even one bottle would permanently hamper the breastfeeding process. . .she continued to breastfeed and by the time … Continue reading →

Ask a Baby Blogger: Are You Anti-Formula?

Someone sent me a private message saying, “I noticed that you only write articles about breastfeeding. Why don’t you write anything about formula? Are you anti-formula? I figured that if one person had this question, perhaps more of our baby readers did as well. I will start by saying that I am absolutely, 100% NOT against formula. It provides a needed alternative to moms who can’t or shouldn’t breastfeed and I do recognize that. So why do I write all of the breastfeeding articles? Reason #1 Most of the articles I write for baby are on the topics of multiples … Continue reading →

The Outrage Over the Breast

We’re pro-breast here at the Baby Blog – we’re pro anything that is comfortable and healthy for mom and baby. So if you choose to breastfeed, huzzah, if you choose to express the milk and bottle feed, huzzah and if you chose to rely on formula, huzzah for you. So imagine my surprise this morning as I read a vitriolic letter written to a parenting magazine about having a bare breast on the cover of it with a baby attached to the breast, nursing. It’s a beautiful photograph and the baby was adorable. Yet the reader labeled this photograph as … Continue reading →

Baby Smarts & the Breast

I. . . .can. . .barely. . .choke. . .the. . .words. . .out. But it does seem to be that this study suggests that breast milk doesn’t make your babies smarter. This is actually a fairly landmark study because it’s the first of its kind (to my knowledge) to suggest that being breastfed doesn’t make the average Joe any smarter. Up until this point, researchers have sited that breastfed babies, as a group tend to be more intelligent than they’re formula fed counter parts. This study says that babies who are breastfed tend to come from families that have … Continue reading →

The “Breast” in Breastfeeding

Did you see this? It’s the cover of Baby Talk Magazine full of breast and feeding. To be exact, only about 1/8th of the cover is full of breast. The rest of the cover is technically the infant suckling at the breast. But whatever. It caused outrage. People are grossed out by watching someone breastfeed. In case you are not familiar with Baby Talk magazine, it is a free magazine whose readership is mostly expecting mothers. This is one of the free information sources you get when you go to visit your obstetrician, go to have your sonogram or some … Continue reading →

From the Forums: What Else is In Formula?

I began a new feature yesterday in the baby blog called ‘from the forums’ where we discuss a question that has recently been raised in the forums. In these features, you will always find links between the blog and the appropriate forum. Yesterday we talked about the types of carbohydrates (sugars) that are in formula as well as the type of proteins that are in formula. Today, we’ll tackle the rest of formula ingredients: fats, vitamins and minerals and additional nutrients. DHA & ARA If you’re feeding your infant formula you’ve undoubtedly heard all the hoopla about two fats that … Continue reading →

Preparing Before Birth for Pregnancy Weight Loss

We talked about losing pregnancy weight last week, but for those of you planning to get pregnant there are some things you can do from the get go to help promote your pregnancy weight loss before you give birth. The following is some good information, especially if you plan to breastfeed after the baby comes, because this will help promote healthy eating habits before you start nursing your child. So, remember when you are prengnacy you don’t eat for two. You eat for one, you just support your baby’s growth and development through eating more: Fruits, vegetables and whole grains … Continue reading →