Tag archives for Mother and child
Why Mothers Nurse Their Children into Toddlerhood
When I ask mothers who have nursed longer than a year why they chose to do so, they usually say, "It just seemed natural," or, "He seemed to need it…
Is Your Baby On A Nursing Strike?
Babies are notorious for fooling their moms into thinking they're weaning. Beginning at around three to five months or later, some babies abruptly refuse to nurse. Known as a "nursing…
Childbearing & Mothering …
Rogue Midwifery: Birthing Babies on the Sly Women helping other women deliver babies is as old as humanity. It makes sense. So why do mainstream doctors and hospitals act like…
Breastfeeding a Toddler
Because more and more women are now breastfeeding their babies, more and more are also finding that they enjoy breastfeeding enough to want to continue longer than the usual few…
Will Breastfeeding Give Your Child Cavities?
Breastfed children have far fewer dental cavities than those who are bottle-fed. This includes nursing caries as well as other cavities. The unfortunate term "nursing caries" refers to a typical…
Breastfeeding Trial
Moments after he was born, I lifted my newborn son to my breast. He nursed beautifully for fifteen minutes, the perfect end to the perfect birth. Ha! Somewhere in those…
Trouble Putting The Kids To Sleep
Children and Sleeping Although about half of pediatricians recommend that children under age 2 can be given diphenhydramine to help them sleep, the first study to look at effectiveness of…
Breastfeeding – Starting Out Right
Breastfeeding is the natural, physiologic way of feeding infants and young children, and human milk is the milk made specifically for human infants. Formulas made from cow’s milk or soybeans…
One Father’s Perspective on Demand Nursing
I wanted only the best for my child. Yet then, as now, the issue seemed to be: who will control? It didn't make any difference to me whether or not…
So I Nursed Him Every 45 Minutes
I nursed my first child every 45 minutes--big deal. Boy, was it! I never expected a child of mine to be so demanding. He had to nurse every 45 minutes…
Equal Opportunity for Babies: Breastfeeding as a Strategic Priority
In March 2005 in Canberra, three MPs decided to breastfeed their babies while in Parliament House. This could have stimulated wider understanding of the far-reaching importance of breastfeeding for human…
Breastfeeding Baby Refuses Bottle
QUESTION: I'm trying to get my 3-month-old son to take a bottle for when I have to go out, and he absolutely refuses. I've tried every different nipple on the…
Some Breastfeeding Myths
1. Many women do not produce enough milk. Not true! The vast majority of women produce more than enough milk. Indeed, an overabundance of milk is common. Most babies that…
Returning to Work or School
Once you successfully make it through the early weeks of breastfeeding, and manage to overcome any problems you may have had in the beginning (soreness, engorgement, hormonal rushes, etc.) you…
More Breastfeeding Myths
1. A breastfeeding mother has to be obsessive about what she eats. Not true! A breastfeeding mother should try to eat a balanced diet, but neither needs to eat any…
Identifying a Child
Foreign Service personnel can be confronted with a situation where a child needs a home and their hearts go out to rescue a child in dire need of a family. The…
Breastfeeding and the Children and Families Commission
"A society which does not put its women and children at the forefront of consciousness and commitment is a society without a future." Robert A. Heinlein "Low breastfeeding rates are…