Someone recently challenged my use of the term “growth spurt.” The question was, “Marie, is there any evidence to support the concept of “growth spurts”?…
Recently, a friend who is a retired OR nurse called me. She relayed three or four questions from her daughter who had just given birth…
There’s any number of reasons why babies are admitted to the neonatal intensive care unit (NICU). As scary as admission might be, you might find…
These days, you hear a lot about babywearing for healthy, full-term babies. But there’s almost no buzz about wearing your premature baby. Jennifer Canvasser created…
It’s no wonder that TRICARE (the healthcare insurance of the US armed forces) and some other leading insurance providers are now covering the cost of…
When I was a young nurse, only a handful of milk banks dotted the United States. Then, in the early 1980s, we had the big…
For over two decades, we’ve had good evidence that cue-based feedings are best for breastfed infants born at term. Until recently, the evidence for cue-based…
Babywearing isn’t just a fad. For some women, it’s a life-changing event. And, although babywearing has become popular among parents of full-term infants, it’s possible for…