I decided to answer a couple of the common questions about breastfeeding. These questions are great for my readers who don’t read the comments: 1- If your baby is just playing at the breast instead of nursing: This usually happens when your baby is about 3 months old and when (s)he can see better and chooses to observe his or her … [Read more...]
Archives for August 2007
Breastfeeding 107 – Storing Breast Milk
Even if you do not go to work after your baby is born and become a stay-at-home-mom, you might find pumping and storing your milk helpful. You have to use either a hand pump or an electric pump to express your milk and store it in the refrigerator. Here are the advantages of storing breast milk: If you have to go out, so that you can have milk … [Read more...]
Breastfeeding 106 – Troubleshooting for nursing problems
Probably the most common breastfeeding problem would be the sore nipples, nipple pains and cracked or blistered nipples. It would be helpful to read my post on "Tips for correct breastfeeding techniques" in order to prevent this from happening. As a precaution and a remedy you should start using a lanolin cream during the last weeks of your … [Read more...]
Breastfeeding 105 – Increasing mother’s milk supply
During the nursing period, there is a time when every mother wants to increase her milk supply. As I have written before the main ingredient of milk is water in our bodies. You need double the water intake during nursing period. Without cutting down on water intake, you can also supplement with other food and drinks that will help produce or … [Read more...]
Breastfeeding 104 – Comfortable and healthy nursing positions
You have the correct and complete latch on, created the Voltron and you are nursing really well. Great! But if you are sitting incorrectly, for 15 minutes to half an hour, 6 times a day, then it is inevitable to have neck and back pains. That’s why it is very important to nurse your baby in a correct posture and hold your baby correctly. One … [Read more...]