By Ali Weatherford A breastfeeding strike is when a baby refuses to breastfeed. Some people might also indicate that their baby “self-weaned”. These things can happen… sort of. But it’s really important to understand the differences and how to manage [...]
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 [...]
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” [...]
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, [...]
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 [...]
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, [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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