A 2017 article says that about 50% of millennials have at least one piercing other than the soft tissue of the ears. And, up to 20%…
Nursing mothers are often told that eating chocolate while breastfeeding makes babies irritable and fussy because it contains caffeine. Is that true? Before jumping to…
Myth #1: All breastfeeding problems originate in the baby’s mouth In my recent interview with Carol Gray, I led with this question: Is craniosacral therapy…
(Image from https://lindyhealth.com/) Placentophagia, which is consuming your own placenta, has become a fairly common practice. Some women eat it raw or cooked. Others ingest it…
It’s common, at least in U.S. hospitals, for physicians to order lanolin cream for breastfeeding mothers “as needed” (in hospital lingo, “prn”). Throughout my years…
Myth: The FDA puts infant formulas through rigorous testing to ensure safety and efficacy before it is released for use by infants. Fact: The FDA…
Here we go again. Another day, same old question — or, at least, same type of question. Mothers [somewhere] are using [something] for [some breastfeeding…