As a goal-seeker and a productivity maven, you need to be at your best every day. To that end, you’ll need to be intentional about…
Most of us are aware of the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) feeding recommendations. The AAP recommends that parents “introduce solid foods around 6 months of age.” The…
“I’m pumping. How will I know how much milk my baby needs?” Lactating mothers raise many “enough” questions. It’s easy to assume that the “enough”…
Regardless of why you choose to pump, at one time or another, you’re likely to say that pumping is too time consuming. Here are 8…
Freezing and reheating milk should be a no-brainer, right? Well, no, it’s a little more complicated. There are many questions and myths floating around about…
It seems simple. You can thaw your milk just like you’d thaw ground beef or a chunk of chocolate cake, right? Not so fast there.…
For years, I’ve fielded tons of questions about freezing milk for newborns or older infants. In the last decade or so, the number of questions…
The many components of human milk change from hour to hour, day to day, month to month. Let’s take a quick look at the changes…
I previously wrote about why babies may be reluctant to breastfeed in mostly normal newborn situations. With a little help, those issues usually resolve fairly…
Newborn babies should be eager and happy to breastfeed, right? At the breast, they find nourishment, nurturing, and general pleasure. Yet, whether it’s a newborn…