by aabreastfeeding@hotmail.com | Dec 3, 2015 | Uncategorized
When you are born into and/or brought up in an environment where breastfeeding is the norm, you may never have to deal with criticism about your decision to begin breastfeeding or your decision to continue breastfeeding past the first year. For the parents who are in...
by aabreastfeeding@hotmail.com | Nov 30, 2015 | Uncategorized
The First Two Weeks The information in the last few posts were focused on information that is helpful to know for the first few days of breastfeeding. Here is a checklist to help you decide if breastfeeding is going well with your exclusively breastfed baby: 1. Your...
by aabreastfeeding@hotmail.com | Nov 30, 2015 | Uncategorized
I am very, very happy now to realize that I am going to be reading this book, not because I have to, but because I want to! Breastfeeding Made Simple has 267 pages of great information for the breastfeeding mother. Learning that the “laws” were not...
by aabreastfeeding@hotmail.com | Nov 23, 2015 | Uncategorized
Well, the good news is that your body has already begun to prepare for nourishing your baby, months before your baby is even born. Very cool you say! How does that happen. Well by the fourth month of pregnancy the breast has already made big changes in its preparation...
by aabreastfeeding@hotmail.com | Nov 23, 2015 | Uncategorized
Every now and then, we can all use some words of inspiration, messages that motivate. I thought I would share some of my favorites with you – minus the actual quotation marks. Light tomorrow with today. Elizabeth Barrett Browning The time is always right to do...
by aabreastfeeding@hotmail.com | Nov 22, 2015 | Uncategorized
The First Day – Getting Breastfeeding Established A mother’s experience can be dramatically affected by what happens during the first 24 hours after her baby is born. There are several steps to pay close attention to which help both mother and baby get off...