Inside: Are you wondering what the timeline of a breastfed baby looks like? These are the phases that your breastfeeding baby will go through, including cluster feeding, distracted nursing, growth spurts and more! A lighthearted, humorous look at the funny and sometimes frustrating stages that your baby will go through. This post contains affiliate links. …
Breastfeeding and Pumping
I wanted to write this post on breastfeeding tips for new mothers because I believe in order to be successful and get through those first difficult weeks, you NEED to be educated. You need to be encouraged and informed because breastfeeding is HARD. Hard.What? I thought breastfeeding was natural. While breastfeeding is natural, meaning something …
Finding the best co-sleeper for breastfeeding is so important for so many reasons. Having your baby within arms reach for each and every middle of the night wake-up is essential. Feel like having your feet actually touch the floor in the middle of the night? I didn’t think so. The thing about co-sleepers that I …
Making it to the one year breastfeeding milestone is HUGE, and now that you’re finally here, you’re wondering what’s next. Should you continue breastfeeding and what are the extended breastfeeding pros and cons? My first baby was BOOB OBSESSED. And I was pretty obsessed too, I guess. First of all, from the very first moment …
Okay, let me preface this by saying that MOST breastfeeding moms can eat absolutely whatever they please and their babies will be JUST FINE and thinking about what foods to avoid when breastfeeding for gas, or colic, or whatever never needs to cross their minds. However, this isn’t always the case. Babies digestive systems are …
Over the last few months, I’ve written a LOT about milk allergy in babies. Or dairy free breastfeeding. CMA Breastfeeding (Cow’s Milk Allergy Breastfeeding). Milk protein allergy. Cow’s Milk Allergy. Or MSPI (milk and soy protein intolerance). Whatever you want to call it. They all mean the same thing. What it means is that your …
When you get the news that you are going to have to make a drastic diet change (and it’s not by choice), it can be devastating! And then when you realize that cutting dairy and soy from your diet is A LOT more involved than you at first believed, it can feel like the end …
Today I’m talking anything and everything about how to store breast milk after pumping. I’m sure you’re on the edge of your seat. But in all seriousness, storing, thawing and everything that includes caring for our expressed milk is an important job and one of many pumping tips that you need to familiarize yourself with. …
I remember when I was breastfeeding my baby with a milk allergy. Actually, babIES. I would have LOVED to have this list of dairy and soy free dinner recipes for nursing moms. I also would have loved to have this 7-day dairy and soy free meal plan, complete with breakfast, lunch and dinner recipes for …
If you are breastfeeding and trying to figure out when in the world to pump as well, it can feel like a balancing act. Unfortunately it’s not as simple as “pump whenever!” when you are trying to figure out the perfect breastfeeding and pumping schedule for you. It can be challenging. You might be worried …