by lcbaker | Jul 5, 2012 | Advice, Breastfeeding, Healthy Food
My baby has started solids, and I’m realizing now why it’s hard for some families to maintain breastfeeding for a year. Both the AAP and the WHO recommend that breast milk or formula be the primary source of nutrition till age one, with solids serving only...
by lcbaker | May 31, 2012 | Advice, Babywearing, Breastfeeding
This post is the second in a series of quick useful tips for moms. Today’s amazingly auspicious advice is a trick I discovered out of necessity: the trick of breastfeeding in a carrier. While walking around. It can totally be done. My normal way to breastfeed...
by lcbaker | May 28, 2012 | Breastfeeding
This is a guest post by Danielle Downs Spradlin. Danielle is a Certified Lactation Counselor accredited through the Academy of Lactation Policy and Practice. She is a veteran nursing mother who wants mothers to meet their breastfeeding goals. Her practice focuses on...
by lcbaker | May 24, 2012 | Advice, Breastfeeding
This post is the first of a series I’m starting called “Amazingly Auspicious Advice.” These will be very brief posts with a single useful tip. Most of the tips will be submitted by readers. If you’d like to submit a super-useful, practical tip...
by lcbaker | May 21, 2012 | Breastfeeding
After the big TIME cover last week, extended breastfeeding is becoming a lot more mainstream. Most moms I know are pretty sure they want to wean around age one. But now that you’ve seen Jamie doing it, I would not be surprised if a few of you are thinking, Well,...
by lcbaker | May 20, 2012 | Breastfeeding
There is no nutritional benefit to breastfeeding after twelve months. That’s what the pediatrician said who was interviewed with me on Peachtree TV this morning. (I have no idea whether that quote got aired or not because I haven’t seen the show yet, since...
