How To Relieve Trapped Wind In Your Baby – A Simple Technique
By Hannah Schenker As adults, we know how uncomfortable it can get if you have wind trapped in your digestive system. Babies are no…
Breastfeeding
Breastfeeding for 2 Months Halves The Risk of SIDS, Study Says
By Hannah Schenker New parents live in fear: fear that their babies will die in their sleep. Sudden Infant Death Syndrome, or SIDS, is…
Eating Peanuts While Breastfeeding Could Help Prevent Allergies
By Hannah Schenker A new study by researchers at the Children’s Hospital Research Institute of Manitoba and the University of Manitoba and published in…
Getting Your Breast Pump to Work the Best For You
By Hannah Schenker with Express The Best Expressing breastmilk is something that comes in handy for many mothers. You may want to express milk…
Breastfeeding in Real Life: The Public Breastfeeding Awareness Project
By Hannah Schenker #NormaliseBreastfeeding is a thing because in some parts of the world, women are still getting hassled for feeding their babies. In…
Breastfeeding Beyond the Cultural Norm…
This article originally appeared in Issue #2 of The Natural Parent Magazine Breastfeeding long-term is undoubtedly a growing phenomenon and mothers are increasingly willing…
Five Totally Unexpected Breastfeeding Surprises
By Anna Stoyanoff It hurts… Even when you’re doing it right. When I became pregnant for the first time, the most noticable of countless symptoms…
What is Breastfeeding Aversion and Agitation (BAA)?
By Zainab Yate Whilst a baby, toddler or child is latched on, some mothers suffer from negative feelings or intrusive thoughts – this is a…
To the Partner of a New, Breastfeeding Mama
By Jo Arnold and Lauren Hutton One of the reasons frequently cited by women for considering giving up breastfeeding is, “It means my partner can…
Sugars in human mother’s milk are non-toxic antibacterial agents
By David Salisbury Mother’s milk, which consists of a complex and continually changing blend of proteins, fats and sugars, helps protect babies against bacterial infections….
Pink #PumpsUpTheJams in Latest Breastfeeding Selfie
Pink posted a candid pumping selfie this week on Instagram. Taking a #mombreak, as she says in her caption, from the gruelling promotional tour…
Back to Nature or Back in Time?
By Mary Malyon If, like me, your head has been buried in a fug of nappies, baby food and breast milk for the last…
Oxytocin: The LOVE drug
By Amy Sherpa Have you ever wondered why, no matter how many babies you have, you never quite feel complete and ponder over the…
This Mama Wrote a Rap Song Teaching Women how to Breastfeed and it is Awesome
By Hannah Schenker Whenever you see a woman breastfeeding a child, it can be tempting to assume that it was always so easy, that…
Mourning the End of the Breastfeeding Relationship
By Sam Milam I metaphorically stand up here today, shaking in my boots, to share my journey of breastfeeding my son until he was…
The Nurture & Care Project: The Importance of Accepting Breastfeeding in Public Spaces
Argentinian photographer Valeria Alves da Florencia documents human connection. Her most recent focus is the The Nurture & Care Project, which aims to create a…
Painful Nipples From Breastfeeding? Try SILVERETTE Nursing Cups
After becoming a mother and starting to breastfeed her daughter, Stephanie Harper also started experiencing nipple pain. Breastfeeding was such an important part of…
What’s So Hard About Covering Up to Breastfeed in Public?
By Annie Reneau Any time a breastfeeding story comes up in the news, especially one in which a breastfeeding mom is asked to leave an area…
Breastfeeding Luck vs. Having the Right Support
By Haylee Hackenberg I love breastfeeding my babies. I love everything about it. I love the convenience, the forced slow down time, I even love…
Sharing breast milk: Making the most of liquid gold
By Amy Sherpa Breast milk sharing is rapidly gaining popularity in NZ, and for good reason. Everyday Kiwi women who are complete strangers are…