"Lamaze International Past President (Fall 2012-2016) Robin Elise Weiss, PhD, MPH, CPH, CD(DONA), CLC, LCCE, FACCE presented the United Stat Read more
Feed with Love and Respect
Breastfeeding is the optimal way to satisfy an infant's nutritional and emotional needs. "Bottle Nursing" adapts breastfeeding behaviors to bottle-feeding to help initiate a secure attachment. Follow the feeding cues for both infants and children, encouraging them to eat when they are hungry and stop when they are full. Offer healthy food choices and model healthy eating behavior.
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New issue of Breastfeeding Today from La Leche League International, Issue 35, June 2016: Nurturing |
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I often hear of the struggles mothers face when trying to nurse a baby in those first few weeks. For me, that has not been the case. Although both of my sons nursed differently, neither had difficulty nursing. My experience is the opposite. |
API extends its condolences to the family of La Leche League International Co-Founder Mary White. API is grateful for her world-changing work through mothering, breastfeeding, and supporting families. |
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"According to a recent report published by the Centers For Disease Control and Prevention, 54 percent of babies were breastfed between 1986-1988, a number which r Read more |
Baby Led Weaning is allowing your baby to take the lead when complimentary foods are introduced, letting her learn to feed herself from the get-go. |
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Mothers can legally breastfeed in public, cover or no. So what’s going on with Facebook? Is Facebook above the law? |
It happens at the mall, at Target, at a park or even a museum. You’re just walking along, minding your business, when BAM you see it: a baby eating. You are shocked. Aghast. Agape. What do you do? What do you say? Where do you look? |
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A young mother in the U.K. is serving up a cozy space for families in her new breastfeeding café. Charlotte Purdie’s idea to open the café in Nottingham came after she gave birth to her first child, she explained to the BBC. |
If you’ve ever travelled with an irritable infant or testy toddler, you know exactly how challenging it can be. Throw a crowded airport in there, and you have all the makings of a scene from a chaotic holiday movie. |
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