Once you’ve reached the third trimester, you’ll probably start stocking up on nursing bras, breast pads, and loose button down shirts for the coming months ahead.  While getting ready to breast feed, you can also create your personal area, a custom designed breast feeding area for yourself.
Your nursing area should reflect your personality. If [...]

When your baby has stopped breast feeding and gets all of his nutrition from other sources than the breast, he’s actually considered weaned.  Even though babies are also weaned from the bottle as well, the term weaning often refers to when a baby is stopped from breast feeding.
When weaning is a mother’s idea, it [...]

Breast milk is all your baby will need until at least 4 months of age.  There does come a time,  when breast milk will no longer supply all of your baby’s nutrition needs.  Full term babies will  start to require iron from other sources by 6 – 9 months of age. 
Some babies that aren’t [...]

Sometimes, a baby that is breast fed may suddenly decide to refuse breast feeding.  The baby will pull away from the breast, then toss his head from side to side.  This can happen at anytime, so there really is no way to predict it happening.
Reasons why Refusal to feed from the breast [...]

Almost all women don’t have a problem with producing enough milk to breast feed.  The ideal way to make sure that your baby is getting enough milk is to be sure that he’s well positioned, attached to the  breast, and feed him as often as he gets hungry.
Some mom’s that are breast feeding will [...]

Breast milk is actually the only food your baby will need until 4 months of age, although most babies do well on breast milk alone for 6 months or better.  There is really no advantage to  adding other foods or milks before 4 – 6 months, except under unusual circumstances.
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Breast milk is over [...]

Just like breast feeding, pumping is a skill that you learn.  When first trying a breast pump, most mothers are only able to express a few drops of milk.  With the proper practice and knowledge, the mother will be more efficient at pumping.

The milk production in the breasts, much like so many other things, work on the shear principal of supply and demand.  The more breast milk your baby consumes, the more your body will need to make. 
Breast pumps are generally used to insure continued production of breast milk when you cannot feed your baby – [...]

The nutritional requirements for the baby will rely soley on the breast milk, and therefore the mother will need to maintain a healthy diet.  If the baby is large and grows fast, the fat stores gained by the mother during pregnancy can be depleted quickly, meaning that she may have trouble eating good enough to [...]

When you hold your baby for the first time in the delivery room, you should put his lips to your breast.  Although your mature milk hasn’t developed yet, your breasts are still producing a substance known as colostrum that helps to protect your baby from infections.
If your baby has trouble finding or staying on [...]