Your breastfed baby has thrived off your milk and is doing quite well but she’s approaching her first birthday. Now people are saying your baby should drink cow’s milk, rather than exclusively drink milk from the mama.
Do breastfed babies need cow’s milk?
Nope! There is nothing special about cow’s milk. It’s merely a convenient way [...]

Moms, this can be either good or bad news depending on your fitness level: Exercising does not interfere with breastfeeding. Since I love working out, this is great news. I have the green light to work out as much as I’d like without it affecting my milk supply. Cool.
But, if going to the gym sounds [...]

You’ve probably heard of “baby bottle mouth”–how letting your baby go to sleep with a bottle of formula will result in a mouthful of rotting, decaying teeth.
But what about breastfeeding your baby to sleep or nursing throughout the night? Will this practice also destroy your baby’s precious new teeth?
Well, the answer depends on who you [...]

“Don’t nurse that baby to sleep or he won’t ever fall asleep on his own.”
If you ever nursed your baby to sleep, you’ve probably heard this well-meaning (but totally wrong) piece of advice.
I mostly knew this advice was misguided but there were those times–like when my child wouldn’t go to sleep after nursing for 45 [...]

In short, YES!
Breastmilk is a hundred times better than chicken noodle soup for a sick little one. It contains antibodies created specifically to fight the baby’s illness and is easily digested by even the fussiest tummies.
If your baby is congested, keep her as upright as possible when nursing. Wearing her in a sling or baby [...]

Taking care of baby when you’re sick is no fun… but can you breastfeed when you’re sick? What about breastfeeding with swine flu (H1N1)?
Breastfeeding, in almost all cases, should continue when mom is sick.
Most illness in mom is caused by a virus, which are typically most contagious before mom even knows she’s sick. That [...]