Did you just bring your newborn home? You might feel a bit overwhelmed. Night feedings, unwanted advice, and the sense of being on-call “24-7″ can be exhausting. The last thing you need is to be worried that jaundice in your newborn will make everything worse. If jaundice is a concern, please have a look at [...]
If you are breastfeeding, good for you (and your baby!) If you can pump some, and store some for later, so much the better. It can be stored for about 6 months in the back of your freezer. (Click HERE for more information.) Some mothers produce so much milk that their baby can’t drink it [...]
Breastfeeding mothers have been told for many years that pacifiers should be avoided, because of a fear that they might interfere with breastfeeding. Now, a review article in the AMA’s pediatrics journal (April 2009) reassures us that pacifiers may be okay for breastfed babies, after all. 4 randomized trials were reviewed; babies were assigned to [...]
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