Almost everyone now knows that breast milk is the optimal nutrition for babies and that breastfeeding is the normal and best way to feed infants. If you’re like most women, you turn to your mother for advice on taking care of a new baby. However, our mothers as a general rule did not breastfeed. Although [...]

Everyone knows that correct positioning is critical to successful breastfeeding—it ensures a baby is properly latched and is thoroughly able to express milk—but this isn’t always easy to achieve.
Early days of breastfeeding are often full of aches, pains, and the stress of correctly getting your baby to the breast. Quit scrambling with a million pillows [...]

Every day there seems to be a new study confirming the numerous benefits of breastfeeding. Can you keep up with the good news?
The International Breastfeeding Journal is an open-access, peer-reviewed, multi-disciplinary online journal and article database that will keep you up-to-date with new studies.
On the website of the International Breastfeeding Journal, you’ll find [...]

We all know that breastfeeding isn’t supposed to hurt, but in the early days of nursing, it often does.
Cracked, sore nipples sometimes occur as your nipples get accustomed to your baby’s sucking and your baby perfects his or her latch. Luckily, Lansinoh has created many products to ease this transition and make nursing more [...]

Leaking is something most breastfeeding moms have to contend with, at least in the first few months postpartum. Most moms think the only way to hide leakage is by wearing large, saucer-like nursing pads inside their bra to absorb any milk.
Sure, you can take this route—but I bet when you stuffed pads down your [...]

Daisy Nursing Bra
Wrap yourself in lace and bows with the Daisy nursing bra by Emily B Maternity.
This sexy, feminine nursing bra has cotton-lined cups that are covered with sheer lace and are accented by two adorable bows. The lace continues up the strap to two easy to open nursing clips. Six back adjusters give you [...]

There has been plenty of controversy over which is better for breast milk storage—plastic or glass. Plastic was the preferred material up until recently when the dangers of biphenyl-A (BPA) were exposed.

Plastic is still a good option to use, especially if you use BPA-free baby bottles, but you can never go wrong with glass.
Glass [...]

Is your newborn gassy from time to time?
Breastfed baby gas is normal as long as it doesn’t leave your baby screaming in pain.
Many babies are gassy, some more than others, especially in the first month due to immature digestive systems. Some babies are very bothered when they have gas and others couldn’t care less.
If [...]

You have to go back to work soon so you start pumping and storing milk. You introduce your baby to this foreign plastic container with a rubber nipple (aka bottle) only to discover that your baby’s having none of it.

Poof!
There goes your plan to transition baby to drink expressed milk before you start working.
Now [...]

Is your breastfed baby spitting up frequently?
Don’t worry—this is very common and usually normal, especially for a young baby.
Many babies spit up because, as babies, they have immature digestive systems that make it easy for food to flow back up the esophagus.
Spitting up is also a reaction to getting too much milk too fast, either [...]