Almost all breastfeeding mothers come across situations, as one offs or on a regular basis, when they have to pump some milk. The psychological pressure can make it more difficult to remove milk in an already difficult situation when you’re juggling a newborn, perhaps older children and worrying about your baby’s weight and your supply….
WHAT IS JAUNDICE? After birth, excess red blood cells break down and the yellow pigment – the byproduct of this process – circulates around in the blood. While the liver ‘catches up’ with the amount of bilirubin to be processed and eliminated from the baby’s body, it can show up in yellowing of the skin…
When we’re born our lungs are an expectation for oxygen. In the same way our nervous systems are an expectation for LOVE, for nurturing, for being held, for being valued, for being enjoyed. That’s what the infant is born with: those expectations! And whether we develop well or we don’t depends on how fully those…
Fathers matter!
Poor mummy Elmo can’t sleep!
Baby Elmo is asleep!
“Help! What to do if my baby has started sleeping longer stretches and my boobs are full?”
Other birds sew, too. This weaver bird braids grass! People braid with their hands – but birds have to use their beaks!
Exhausted?
Breastfeeding a 6-12 months old baby day and night?
How can you maximise sleep for the whole family (while continuing to breastfeed)?
You’re a new parent. A new mother. You’re breastfeeding your baby. Your baby. Your body. You wonder what your parents will think if you stay in your pyjamas all day. It’s only been 2 days since you went through major surgery, your body needs to heal. It takes 6 weeks at the very least for…
Are you ready for…
breastfeeding second (or third…) time around?
How do you feel about your next breastfeeding journey?
We keep hearing about the importance of skin to skin in the first hour after birth. But there’s more: It stimulates the baby’s digestion and interest in feeding. Enables colonisation of the baby’s skin with the mother’s friendly bacteria, thus providing protection against infection. Reduces stress hormone (cortisol) levels in babies. May reduce hospital stay….
If you have one of these (or ever had one), please comment below, and share what it contained. Anything different from mine?If you haven’t a clue what I’m talking about, please read on.Well, let’s put it this way: in the early days you will be glad to escape long enough to visit the loo or…
When you have a crying baby (day or night)… Go to them. At the first squeak. You WON’T spoil them. They are NOT manipulating you. They are COMMUNICATING with you. Hold them. Keep them close. Carry them in a sling. Have a bath with them. Breastfeed them. Talk or sing to them. The 4th trimester…