Not surprisingly, most women assume that breastfeeding means suckling a baby at his mother’s breast. That’s certainly one option. But there are actually several options…
We all know that infants grow and develop. But we might not know the extent to which feeding and oral development are interwoven. I learned…
I’d like to think I’m better at counseling real people than I am at answering test questions. Face-to-face, I’m listening, caring, and responding spontaneously with…
These days, we hear women proclaim the importance empowerment. We hear them express their need to become empowered. They help other women to become empowered.…
During thirty-plus years in maternal-child nursing, mothers have told me many reasons for why they believe they can’t breastfeed, or why they don’t want to.…
Over the years, I’ve heard this many times: “I feed my baby formula because it’s more convenient.” Research studies about infant practices have reported the…
Have you given thought to baby formula and GMOs? Probably not. But, have you ever chuckled at the sight of a parent buying organic formula?…
I’ve had chiropractic care for decades, so I thought I pretty much knew what chiropractors did (and didn’t do). Yet, only moments before I opened…
These days, people are often searching for the term babywearing. This suggests that parents see it as a potential benefit for themselves or their babies.…
For IBLCE Exam test-takers, I’ve previously written about how to determine what to do first in terms of assessing and sequencing specific actions for questions…