Help + Advice
To the grandparent (s) of the breastfed baby
Grandparents are enormously important to the new family. Your support is invaluable. As parents and now grandparents, you have seen fashions i...
To the Father of the Breastfed Baby
The key to successful breastfeeding is motivation and support. This will be your major role as the father of the breastfed baby, as your partner...
Myth Busters
1. Eating vegetables such as brussel sprouts, cabbage, peas etc will cause wind in the baby.
Very rarely some babies will show a sensitivity to ...
Visitors
Your time in hospital after the birth is important for you and your partner to get to know your baby and learn the special skills needed for p...
Crying
Normal newborn behaviour normally involves at least one unsettled period a day, commonly occurring during the late afternoon to evening. Your ba...
Night Feeds
Night feeds have many advantages:
- Your milk supply will be established sooner
- The chance of engorgement is reduced and this therefore helps ...
How do I know when my baby has had enough?
It is not necessary to time feeds at the breast. All babies have individual needs in regards to breastfeeding, some requiring as short as 10-15 ...
What can I do to prepare for breastfeeding?
Learn about Labour and Birth
- Drugs in labour and their effects on Breastfeeding
-Techniques for natural, drug free birth
-Consider the role o...
Weaning from a Nipple Shield
These things can help you start to wean from the shield:
Ensure good positioning and latch–
Make sure that when positioning your baby to nurse ...
PCOS
What is polycystic ovarian syndrome?
Polycystic ovarian syndrome (PCOS) is a complex hormonal condition that affects 5% to 10% of women of repr...
My baby won't take a bottle
Bottle refusal is most likely to occur in those babies who have been fed only from the breast (i.e., not given bottles) past six weeks of age, o...
Milk Blebs
Milk blebs are solidified milk that block the milk pores
Treatment: It may open on its own during feeding but if not try the following:
Soak...
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