Baby Health Issues
What to expect from breastfeeding when the baby has health issues, including prematurity.
Breastfeeding and Swine Flu
What are some precautions against influenza A (Swine Flu - H1N1) that breastfeeding mothers should take?
What are some precautions against influenza A (Swine Flu - H1N1) that breastfeeding mothers should take?
What If My Baby Ingests Someone Else's Breast Milk?
What will happen if my baby ingests someone else's breast milk?
What will happen if my baby ingests someone else's breast milk?
Can breastfeeding benefit heart health?
Information on the newest heart-health research. Breastfeeding is part of it!
Information on the newest heart-health research. Breastfeeding is part of it!
My baby has been diagnosed with slow weight gain. What does this mean?
A nervewracking diagnosis to say the least, slow weight gain makes new parents confused and frustrated. Here are the details on what the term means.
A nervewracking diagnosis to say the least, slow weight gain makes new parents confused and frustrated. Here are the details on what the term means.
What Does "Failure To Thrive" Mean?
Failure to thrive, or FTT, is a very frightening diagnosis to receive for your baby. What is it? What is the treatment plan? What are the implications? Here are the details.
Failure to thrive, or FTT, is a very frightening diagnosis to receive for your baby. What is it? What is the treatment plan? What are the implications? Here are the details.
Breastfeeding And Milk Allergies
Milk is the most common allergen affecting infants. What are some signs and symptoms that your breastfed baby has a milk allergy? How do you deal with a milk allergy in a breastfed baby?
Milk is the most common allergen affecting infants. What are some signs and symptoms that your breastfed baby has a milk allergy? How do you deal with a milk allergy in a breastfed baby?
Breastfeeding A Baby With A Cleft Lip And/Or Cleft Palate
Breastfeeding a baby with a cleft lip and/or a cleft palate is challenging, but it is highly recommended and it can be done. Here are some techniques and tips to help you breastfeed in this situation.
Breastfeeding a baby with a cleft lip and/or a cleft palate is challenging, but it is highly recommended and it can be done. Here are some techniques and tips to help you breastfeed in this situation.
My baby is tongue-tied. Will this affect breastfeeding?
What is tongue-tie? How does tongue-tie affect breastfeeding? What can be done about a short or tight frenulum?
What is tongue-tie? How does tongue-tie affect breastfeeding? What can be done about a short or tight frenulum?
Breastfeeding A Premature Baby
Breastfeeding a preterm baby can be challenging. Their feeding abilities and patterns depend on their gestational age. What can we expect from a very premature baby? What can we expect from a "late preterm" or "near term" baby?
Breastfeeding a preterm baby can be challenging. Their feeding abilities and patterns depend on their gestational age. What can we expect from a very premature baby? What can we expect from a "late preterm" or "near term" baby?
Breastfeeding a Baby With Down Syndrome
Breastfeeding a baby with Down Syndrome is very challenging, but with patience and great resources and support, it can be a success. Here are the basics on breastfeeding a baby with Down Syndrome or other trisomies.
Breastfeeding a baby with Down Syndrome is very challenging, but with patience and great resources and support, it can be a success. Here are the basics on breastfeeding a baby with Down Syndrome or other trisomies.
Neurological Defects and Breastfeeding Problems
Understanding the development of the central nervous system and the senses in babies can help to troubleshoot many breastfeeding problems, particularly if there are any malformations. There are certain developmental milestones that are necessary in order for breastfeeding to go well.
Understanding the development of the central nervous system and the senses in babies can help to troubleshoot many breastfeeding problems, particularly if there are any malformations. There are certain developmental milestones that are necessary in order for breastfeeding to go well.
Allergies and Breastfeeding
The incidence of food allergies and allergic diseases is rising at a very steady pace. With so much conflicting advice aimed at breastfeeding mothers, how can you make sense of it all? Here's everything you need to know.
The incidence of food allergies and allergic diseases is rising at a very steady pace. With so much conflicting advice aimed at breastfeeding mothers, how can you make sense of it all? Here's everything you need to know.
The Birth Experience And Its Effect on Breastfeeding
A baby's ability to breastfeed can be affected by his or her birth experience. Suckling effectively, which is a key component to breastfeeding, is an important factor in the baby's growth and development. Here are some interventions and issues that can affect proper behavior at the breast.
A baby's ability to breastfeed can be affected by his or her birth experience. Suckling effectively, which is a key component to breastfeeding, is an important factor in the baby's growth and development. Here are some interventions and issues that can affect proper behavior at the breast.
Breastfeeding the Baby with Health Problems
How to handle breastfeeding issues when the baby is ill or hospitalized.
How to handle breastfeeding issues when the baby is ill or hospitalized.