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Breastfeeding when your baby is unwell
Fortunately, due to the immunity boosting factors in your breast-milk, your breastfed baby will usually be healthy and well. However, if your baby does get sick, for instance with a cold or ear...
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Dana’s story – baby not latching, SNS, formula – to breastfeeding triumph!
My start to breastfeeding was a rocky one. After my baby Liam was delivered the doctors informed me that he wasn’t able to maintain his sugar levels. To me this came as a surprise (and major scare),...
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Breastfeeding in Summer – why your breastfed baby doesn’t need water (it...
It’s stinking hot. You are sweaty so is your baby. He keeps grizzling and signalling that he wants more ‘boobie’ . He’s obviously thirsty so you wonder, should I give him a drink of water? The short...
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Breasting out all over – preventing and treating breast engorgement
At first, your newborn’s feeds will be colostrum, a yellowish fluid high in antibodies and important elements that prime your baby’s immune system and protect him against infections. Although you...
View ArticleHow Boobie Bikkies helped Rebecca boost her milk supply
I have been lucky enough to feed my baby successfully from when he was born to now (nearly 15months) and our success continues. I attribute much of this success and my breastfeeding confidence to you...
View ArticleBreastfeeding your baby to sleep?
Among all the rules about baby sleep, you are certain to hear advice to never, ever allow your baby to fall asleep on the breast! Although you may like to use other sleep cues as well as...
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Breastfeeding pills, potions and cautions – are you risking your health to...
In my work as a lactation consultant, I often see women swallowing handfuls of pills to boost their milk supply. As I delve deeper, I discover that rather than explore and address the possible...
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Why breastfeeding mummies need to ‘get em out’ in public
I was only nineteen, out with my boyfriend while he was on a uni assignment. He was a surveying student and had to measure a piece of land near the Yarra River. As he went over the hill to find survey...
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When breastfeeding becomes ‘cluster feeding’– what does this mean?
So often mums say, my baby wants to breastfeed all evening, I am worried about my milk supply? It’s common for young babies, especially, to ‘cluster feed’, meaning they feed very frequently or...
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How do I stop breastfeeding my baby to sleep?
Mum question:I have spent the first few months of my daughter’s life feeding her to sleep and it works well but now I’m worried I’ll be doing forever! I am starting back at work in a couple of...
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