Bottle-feeding an infant is not rocket science, but it’s not necessarily easy either. Some babies take to the bottle like champs, while others require a bit more ...
Excessive milk supply, known as hyperlactation syndrome, affects some new mothers. This condition causes pain, engorgement, and emotional stress for mothers. Babies may face digestive discomfort and ...
Cluster feeding is when infants want to feed more frequently than usual. Often, feedings get shorter as well as more frequent. While cluster feeding can happen with both breast and formula feeding, it ...
‌A lot of breastfeeding women have an oversupply of breast milk, or hypergalactia, when they first start out. When your body overproduces milk for your baby, you could experience mastitis, clogged ...
As a new parent, there's not much worse than struggling to feed your baby. If you're determined to breastfeed and searching for solutions to get your newborn the milk they need, you might have come ...
Breastfeeding takes a lot from your body. Eating the right nutrient-rich foods can help you stay energised while nourishing your baby. Key nutrients like protein, calcium, iron, and omega-3s in your ...
A University of Massachusetts Amherst nutrition scientist who has spent his career studying breast milk has demonstrated how beneficial microbes in the gut of infants use nitrogen from human milk to ...
Breastfeeding is hard to keep up. Some 83 percent of babies in the United States start out on breast milk, but by 6 months, just 56 percent are breastfed — and at that stage, only a quarter drink ...