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Breastfeeding & Dietetics

NICU Stays and Breastfeeding

By Ali Weatherford in consultation with Belinda Rico (Trigger warning: discussion of prematurity and NICU stays) A NICU is a Neonatal Intensive Care Unit. These special units in the hospital are for newborn babies who need some extra care. Not [...]

NICU Stays and Breastfeeding

What to Expect When Nursing Toddlers and Preschoolers

By Ali Weatherford The focus of our last article was tandem nursing, which usually means breastfeeding a toddler and a newborn at the same time. A lot of people do not plan to breastfeed a toddler, but most babies start “toddling” [...]

What to Expect When Nursing Toddlers and Preschoolers

Tandem Nursing: Challenges, Benefits, and Hacks

By Ali Weatherford Tandem nursing refers to breastfeeding more than one child at a time when they are also different ages. Feeding twins or multiples is a little different. Tandem nursing is not a common practice in our modern culture, [...]

Tandem Nursing: Challenges, Benefits, and Hacks

Nutrition When Breastfeeding

By Ali Weatherford I love to learn about nutrition. During pregnancy, I was SO careful about what I ate, and it was easy because I had constant morning sickness and no terrible cravings anyway. No food sounded good, so I [...]

Nutrition When Breastfeeding

Supplementing and Breastfeeding

Ali Weatherford The word “supplementation” has become almost completely associated with breastfeeding. Many new parents believe that supplementation is just part of the deal. It actually is NOT! Supplementation can be a really critical part of a family’s feeding experience, [...]

Supplementing and Breastfeeding

How to Drop the Night Feeds

Ali in consultation with Cassie Terrillion Let’s face it, it can get VERY hard to wake up in the middle of the night to feed your baby. Many breastfeeding parents figure out how to breastfeed their babies in bed. This [...]

How to Drop the Night Feeds

Cluster Feeding: What Is It and What Should I Do?

Ali Weatherford You may never hear the term “cluster feeding” before you are breastfeeding a baby of your own, but once you experience it, you never forget it. Cluster feeding is when a baby seems to want to breastfeed ALL [...]

Cluster Feeding: What Is It and What Should I Do?

Does Size Matter? Breast and Nipple Size for Breastfeeding Success

Ali Weatherford Breast size and nipple size can be factors for successful breastfeeding, but probably not in the ways that most people think. There is a perception that larger breasts make more milk. Some people worry that their nipples might [...]

Does Size Matter? Breast and Nipple Size for Breastfeeding Success

Breastfeeding and Your Emotions

Ali Weatherford Because of social media and the internet, there is a lot of sharing going on about emotional struggles that many new parents face. You might be one of those people who shares, or you might be one of [...]

Breastfeeding and Your Emotions
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